The Movie Out There and Advertising of Canadian Beer

In today’s market of technology and visual stimulation it becomes more and more important for advertising campaigns to stand out and be innovative, and it is this idea that drove one Canadian beer company to do something that had never been done before. In light of waning interest, Kokanee, owned by the Labatt Brewing Company, enlisted the help of Toronto based Grip advertising agency to (with its entire yearly marketing budget) create something really big for there next campaign. Grip’s innovative response to this challenge was to do something completely new and create an ad in the form of a full-length feature film, which they would call: â€Å"The Movie Out Here† The Movie Out There is a ninety-minute Canadian indie film created as an entertaining alternative to traditional advertising. The film follows three friends on their quest to save a business in the small skiing town of Fernie, British Columbia by hosting a huge party. 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