Content leaders – now is not the time to bury your head in the sand
I’ve had several conversations in the past few weeks with contacts at large, US-headquartered, global companies ...
Virgin has shot a short movie entirely at altitude, featuring several well-known stars on its planes.
Which Virgin airline? How about all of them.
Working ‘up in the air’ on Virgin Australia, Virgin America and Virgin Atlantic Departure Date uses a supporting case that includes the talents of Philip Baker Hall, Luis Guzman and Janeane Garofalo around what looks like a romantic plot.
Direction comes from Kat Coiro, perhaps best known for a string of credits as an actress in well-known US TV shows.
Why do we care?
It’s not because of the logistics involved in doing this. (Which are considerable.)
Here at CC:UK we often ask whether content marketing is a separate, increasingly interesting beast or whether the examples that get cited most often are just effective (often cheesy) high-end advertising.
If one of content marketing’s defining characteristics is lack of an overt ‘BUY NOW’ then Departure Date has made it through security checks.
But if the first mantra of CM is ‘educate, educate, educate’ then the jury is out.
Release date is 11 June. Check out the trailer here:
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