About this vlog and our friends….

About 3 years ago Asa and myself were planning our annual pilgrimage to Cannes for the Adfest. As usual money was tight and since neither of us are fit enough to cycle there, buying plane tickets was the only option. So how can we get other people to pay for our flights and hotel we wondered !!! I know lets set up our own awards… The Cannes Viral Awards were born… We got a couple of pounds together by throwing words like New Media, Digital, Viral and Content at people who liked hearing them. Got ourself a venue (bar) in Cannes, printed a bunch of fliers and stuck some virals on a screen. All in All I think we had about 6 people (including organizers) showing up.

That was 3 years ago…..

Back in London we regrouped and wondered what went wrong….So we came up with the Cannes Podacst idea. Quickly we got online and secured www.cannesadvertisingfestival.com !! (I know ?!?!) and set up meetings to find potential sponsors. Everyone loved the idea and our friends at Shots were totally up for it. We talked about one big sponsor who would get behind it all (yes pay for flights, hotel, etc…you guessed it). That never happened … To much money not enough time …

So this year we said lets make it a vlog about the Cannes Advertising Festival, get media partners first (Shots, Contagious) and then go to see our friends in the “industry” and get them to support it with little donations towards the cause. All said and done. We got the media, the sponsors and we booked the flights and the villa (yes with pool). The site is up and running and we have a great team of camera men, reporters and producers on board to make this happen. Finally after 3 years it looks like we got it right.

Cannes 07 here we come……

This vlog page is only possible because we got some great support from our friends in the “industry”. So big thank you to Shots and Contagious for the media. Thank you to Rushes, Ricall, v2film and Final Cut for their support and help.

See you there.

Patrick

An independent perspective at Cannes

Lets get it on…

Welcome to cannesfringe.com the online home of the independent broadcast from the Cannes Advertising Festival. We have to say independent as we have nothing officially to do with the organisers of the festival or any of the awards that go on there; we are just a bunch of next generation ad folk that got together to bring you our own perspective of what goes on during one the most important weeks in the advertising calendar.

So what to expect…

Ok so now all that’s cleared up, what can you expect from us? Well as a pretty outspoken and rebellious bunch, standing up for all that’s just and right in the world (soap box time) we wanted to put out a fun and unadulterated look at the festival – in our own distinct style of humour with a slight but not too heavy professional stance.

Yes we’ll be interviewing all the big agency heads and the top creatives, hob knobbing with the Directors and listening to what they have to say. But we’ll also try and bring you some of the more fun and stylish ongoings as the nights progress – should be fun.

Get involved…

So check back as we unfold this years coverage of events and please do get involved, drop us a line, make comments on the site and please if you are so inclined send in your videos and well put them on the site for all to see.

See you there