Deadly Popcorn Ads

The Romanian Red Cross Campaign Shows That the Simplest Things Can Kill

It only takes a single freak accident to radically change a person's life as this ad campaign revolving around deadly popcorn shows. It focuses on food in an attempt to encourage people to get first aid training. Choking on a kernel is much more common than one would think. The deadly popcorn campaign reads, "Apparently harmless things can kill in seconds."

Conceived and executed by Lowe & Partners, an ad agency based in Bucharest, Romania, the deadly popcorn is represented by a single kernel that has been shaped just like a skull. Art directed by Dan Costea with creative direction by Manuela Gogu, the eye-opening image was shot by photographer Florin Iorgulescu. Raluca Popa wrote the copy with includes a drastic statistic.

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First Aid Training
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SCORE
5.1 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: Europe
GENERATION
  • Gen Alpha
  • Gen Z (primary audience)
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 64%
Activity 81%
Freshness 8%