The fifth task for the candidates was to develop an advertisement for breakfast cereal for kids.
They need to create a name, design a box, choose a cartoon character to promote the product and then film an advertisement.
The big risk in this task is in taking yourself too seriously, do not make anything with any kind of style or finesse, and make sure that the name of the product is mentioned a lot and make sure that the box is front and centre – particularly in the end shot.
Ignite, led by Kimberly was hijacked by Philip who came up with possibly the worst idea in advertising history “Pantsman” to sell breakfast cereal. I kept having flashbacks to Ren and Stimpy. The team were all over the place, infighting and backbiting. They didn’t give the designer enough input so the box was only printed on one side, and it was green. Green is my favourite colour but it doesn’t belong on a cereal box, for proof look at the cereal boxes in your supermarket. But the ad came off as pacey and funny.
Empire took a better strategy in terms of branding, they used a pirate theme and carried it through all aspects. Their character was a pirate’s parrot, the box included a treasure map. The ad was a bit lame, but got the point across really well. The team work was really miles better.
There were both tough teams; Kate got Ben and Debra to work well, but Kimberly failed with Lorraine and Philip. That’s the key difference – Ignite took too long to make bad decisions.
So should the leader who couldn’t lead go? Or should the guy who sabotaged the leader and forced his bad idea on the team go? Or is the fault at the door of Lorraine as Sir Alan said in his summary?
For me firing Lorraine would have been a mistake, she fought against a very bad idea – that doesn’t seem fair.
Apparently Sir Alan agreed; he wants her to come back and be team leader and told her so.
Just before turning to Kimberly and saying “you’re fired!”
Personally I think Philip should have gone, it was his terrible idea. But he’s unlikely to last much longer.
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