Marklives.com, the trade news website that covers the South African advertising and marketing industry, has released its annual Ad of the Year countdown for 2016.<\/p>\n
First Kiss by Y&R Cape Town for the Western Cape Government\u2019s Safely Home campaign, was rated as the best advert for 2016.<\/p>\n
First Kiss is a road-safety ad that brings home, in graphic detail, just why it\u2019s important for everyone, including backseat passengers, to be strapped in with seatbelts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe story sucks you in, as it features a likeable young man who meets a young woman at a party,\u201d said MarkLives columnist and CEO of brand intelligence firm, Ornico, Oresti Patricios.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe couple hits it off, and there is desire in the air. Their attempts at having a kiss are thwarted by other people, and eventually it\u2019s time for the party to end. The young woman accepts a lift in the same car, and they are together in the back seat. Just when they are about to sneak that first kiss, the car is involved in an accident, and at this point the mood changes from romantic to horrifying.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe man is thrown around the car and collides with the driver and front passenger, with brutal force. Glass shards fly as the man tries to stop himself from flying through the windscreen. The shock of another impact forces him back and the slow-motion \u2018kiss\u2019 as his face collides with the young woman\u2019s face is an ironic twist to the tale. The final scene reveals that all four people in the car are dead, and it was all due to the one passenger \u2014 the young man \u2014 who was not buckled up.\u201d<\/p>\n
MarkLives top 10 ads for 2016:<\/b><\/p>\n1. First Kiss by Y&R Cape Town for Safely Home<\/h3>\n