Midsommar
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Assignment
Create a big, pre-trailer earnable press moment at the one month mark for Ari Aster and A24’s highly anticipated follow-up to Hereditary.
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Challenge
Identify a concept to thoroughly tease the mysterious project without giving too much away, while leaning into the film's unexpected Daymare [vs. Nightmare] of it all.
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Solution
Amplify “festival” angle while delicately balancing the promise of pure evil and A24 sensibility — conquesting Coachella so successfully that the piece earned a copyright takedown request within the hour; successfully earning organic publicity while igniting Aster and A24's excitable following, stoking FOMO around those who missed it, and creating even more hype around the film.
So we just gonna ignore the bear then?