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Wunderman Thompson South Asia and Times of India say Make Your Own #MaskIndia

by Editorial
May 4, 2020
in Featured, Print
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Wunderman Thompson South Asia and Times of India say MAKE YOUR OWN #MaskIndia
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New Delhi: As the corona pandemic gripped the world, experts feared that the disease had reached the stage of community spread – even in India. To make matters worse, an acute shortage of medical masks led advisories to continue to ask people to practice social distancing and personal hygiene as the only forms of prevention, and leave the masks for medical professionals and frontline workers.

In response to the national toll of Covid-19 positive cases and resultant deaths, India’s leading English daily, The Times of India raised a country-wide call to all Indians, to make and wear their own masks at home with their #MaskIndia movement. Conceptualized by Wunderman Thompson South Asia, the movement empowered every citizen of the country to take charge of protecting themselves, their families, and communities — encouraging individual action and responsibility among Indians, getting them ready to fight the single largest fight our generation has seen, globally. The campaign also focused on proper sanitation and disposal of the masks.

The ‘Make Your Own Mask’ campaign was launched on the front page of The Times Of India on 6th April involving the power of print, social media, and national activation that received a phenomenal response and activated its purpose.

The MaskIndia movement has been elevated into a national movement with the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi supporting it and himself sporting different homemade ghamcha masks on several occasions during the lockdown. Over a hundred thousand Indians have responded already with their own versions of homemade masks and posted their Mask Selfies and DIY How to Make Your Own Mask Videos with the #maskindia hashtag on social media and many unique, original and cool homemade masks have gone viral across Whatsapp Groups. Check out over 100,000 homemade mask and DIY mask posts on www.maskindia.com

Sanjeev Bhargava
Sanjeev Bhargava

Sanjeev Bhargava, President, Marketing, The Times of India, said, “The Times of India has always stood by its motto: “Change Begins Here” and the #maskindia campaign is another link in the long chain of initiatives that we have launched in the recent past. What makes it special is that it has immediate relevance and benefit to everyone in the country. We strongly believe it can play a critical role in our fight against the pandemic. I would like to specially congratulate Wunderman Thompson for not only turning around and developing the campaign from scratch within 2 days but having done so  in the times of a complete lockdown!” 

Joy Chauhan

Commenting on the campaign, Joy Chauhan, Managing Partner, Wunderman Thompson, Delhi, “The true character of a country is revealed by how its people and organizations behave in times of crisis. With this timely and crucial initiative, The Times of India has proven India’s fortitude, agility, and ability to go the distance. All of us at Wunderman Thompson are thankful and proud to be partners.”

The #MaskIndia movement culminated into a #MaskIndia film featuring a thousand different images of a thousand different homemade masks in a breathe in breathe out the composition of history and culture. The most innovative DIY homemade masks were curated from over 100,000 images posted by Indians during the lockdown with the hashtag #MaskIndia. Editorial photographs of the Masked Statues of National heroes like Mahatma Gandhi, Subash Chandra Bose, and The Times Of India’s iconic Common Man feature as special masked characters along with thousands of Indians who have made their own masks and joined the movement.

Senthil Kumar
Senthil Kumar

Sharing details on the film, Senthil Kumar, Chief Creative Officer, Wunderman Thompson, India, said, “The edit has been painstakingly crafted to lock the eyeliner in all images so that the transitions from one homemade mask to another are all seamless. The simulation of eye movements are designed to invite a live face-off with audiences who are watching the film on their mobile or television screens. Experience the emotion of a thousand eyes talking to you to deliver a powerful narrative through the masks. All the cultural folk masks and ancient mythological masks have been carefully chosen to share only wearable masks made from jute, coconut husk, bamboo, wood, leaves, paper mache, and natural fiber. It’s time to revive our cultural habit of wearing a mask to fight the evil virus, whenever we leave our homes for work and play, for life and family, for our country and for the future of humankind. It’s time to turn the humble ghamcha, dupatta, pallu, turbans, urma, lungi, dhoti, angavastram, or any clean cloth into a mask and wear it for India. It’s time to dig deep into our cultural roots and create a popular culture, inspiring every Indian to wear a mask like a warrior.”

www.maskindia.com features a unique interactive innovation where every Indian can upload their homemade mask selfie and their image will feature in a custom version of the #MaskIndia video.

“The idea is to inspire every Indian to Make their Own Mask and share their mask selfie to inspire every other Indian. With over a hundred thousand unique homemade masks already uploaded, the MAKE YOUR OWN #MASKINDIA movement will be amplified further with this interactive innovation”, added Kumar.

Fun facts about the film:

THE SOUND DESIGN:  THE RHYTHM OF INDIA’S BREATH

  • Ustaad Taufiq Qureshi and his team of vocal percussionists and sound engineers recorded all the sounds for this track using only breath and breathing while wearing a homemade mask.
  • The sound idea of ‘masks help you breathe easy’ was brought alive through some mind-blowing breath rhythms. The breath finds a powerful rhythm as it builds from one breath to many breaths in the chorus, a thousand Indians breathing in rhythm and building up to an epic Indian breath anthem. This is all about the rhythm of India’s breath. It’s in Yoga as well. You breathe easy only when you find the rhythm of your breath.

View the #MaskIndia film here:

Credentials:

Creative Team:

Chief Creative Officer:  Senthil Kumar

Executive Creative Director: Sundeep Sehgal

Creative Director: Sandeep Bagga

Senior Creative Director: Rattan Jyot

Copywriter: Binoy Sarkar

Account Management:

Senior Vice President & Managing Partner: – Joy Chauhan

Executive Business Director &VP: – Neetika Aggarwal

VP & Client Servicing Director: Bhavana Dogra

Account Director: – Amrita Hazari

Account Executive: Pia Singh

Planning Team:

Senior Vice President & National Planning Director: – Pinaki Bhattacharya

Executive planning Director & VP: – Shweta Khosla

Account Planning Director: Sulagna Chanda

Tags: #MaskIndia#MaskIndia movementDIY Mask Videoshomemade masksJoy Chauhan Wunderman ThompsonMake Your Own Mask’ campaignSanjeev Bhargava Times of IndiaSenthil Kumar Wunderman ThompsonThe Times Of IndiaWunderman Thompson South Asia

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