Michael Lebowitz on One Show Interactive

Michael Lebowitz, founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, is jury chairman for The One Show Interactive. He is filing daily reports from the jury room this week for AdFreak.

Day Three: Thursday, March 19
  Hey, it's Ash here from BannerBlog, filling in for Michael, who had a family emergency, and blog posts don't fall high on the list of things to do when they happen.
  Well, Thursday was day three and the first time we as a jury had all judges as one unit and, as opposed to Cannes, all judging is done anonymously. We all have handheld devices (very hi-tech), and we all vote with little visible influence from anyone else. It's still a rating from 1-9.
  With 160 pieces to get through, we had a quick pace to maintain, and I believe we got through 85 today. So, on schedule. Pieces which everyone had seen previously or were simple to grasp were much easier than the more complicated and larger projects. There were some that caused much debate, like Diesel's campaign. Some argued "this is the purpose of the campaign," and rightly so. Probably the biggest confusion and discussion was around categories. Also: "Is this a banner?" "Why is this in community?" "What is a campaign?" were all echoed. Although in a room full of interactive CDs, a question like "What is a campaign, a series of microsites?" surprized me. See Iain's tweet on this.
  Campaign overview videos again are a must, and unless your campaign, site, game, app, widget or whatever is obvious, you need a campaign overview video. That doesn't mean a 10-minute epic; it just means, "Tell me WTF this is about so I can explore more and not miss anything."
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March 19, 2009 in Award shows, Big Spaceship, One Show Interactive | Permalink