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2017 One Show - Moving Image Craft

A Kauri Cries

Agency Ogilvy & Mather New Zealand / Auckland + Liquid Studios / Auckland

Client Auckland City Council

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Category

Craft - Use of Original Music / Use of Original Music - Single

Annual ID

OS_MI17108M

About the Work

THE PROBLEM: The mighty kauri trees of New Zealand face extinction. Kauri dieback disease, an infectious soil-borne organism that hitches a lift on the shoes of bushwalkers is killing these native giants at a rapid rate. But they're dying silently, which means the epidemic is easily overlooked. THE BRIEF: To raise awareness around the devastation dieback disease is having on the kauri population, and make it a more pressing issue in the public eye. THE SOLUTION: When a kauri becomes infected, it weeps gum from its trunk – this is the tree silently crying for help. We needed people to hear these cries, so we invented a way for the kauri to communicate their pain and peril. By collaborating with an Audio Digital Technician, we developed unique software that transposed the tears of a dying kauri into musical notation, which was performed by members of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

2017 Awards

Total Points: 5

Merit

Credits

Agency

Ogilvy & Mather New Zealand / Auckland

Production Company

Liquid Studios / Auckland

Executive Creative Director

Regan Grafton

Producer

Janine Johnston

Agency Producer

Steen Bech

Creative Team

Liam Crerar
Tona Torres

Music / Sound

Ryan Dickinson
Peter van der Fluit

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