KFC is reinventing the
commercial production process and celebrating its fans with a new
ad that's all about them. Gathering "talent" from an unlikely
source: the internet's most popular video sharing communities,
KFC's new "Celebration" spot for its Zero Grams Trans Fat
conversion includes content taken entirely from existing consumer
generated video.
The spot, created by Draftfcb, is scheduled to debut during the
American Idol finale on Tuesday, May 22, and features 13 clips
showing people caught in mid-celebration. The video celebrations
had been posted on some of the internet's most popular sites before
being discovered by KFC.
The 15-second commercial continues KFC's new campaign, "The
Bucket's Back," and builds on the nationwide excitement generated
by the company's April 2007 conversion to zero grams trans fat
cooking oil.
Everyday Stars
Whether celebrating a last-minute birthday getaway, a favorite team's victory or a granddaughter's joy, the stars and amateur videographers of KFC's "Celebration" commercial were all shocked to hear about their upcoming prime-time appearance.
For Kelly Brinson, who appears in the ad dancing in her sister's kitchen, the call from KFC offered a sense of destiny -- as Brinson tried out repeatedly for American Idol(R), the show the ad will debut in Tuesday night. Brinson never made the initial cut.
"I definitely never thought the video of me dancing that my sister and her boyfriend posted online would be my big break into the finals," said Brinson, 18, from Powder Springs, Ga.
For grandfather Claude Goodwin, he's glad to be able to show off his pride and joy on national television.
"I'm just excited to share my granddaughter's joy with the world," Goodwin, 59, from New York City said of Maya Elizabeth Crumpton, Goodwin's one year old granddaughter from Mebane, N.C.
"The KFC brand itself is a genuine, real-people kind of brand so using consumer generated content just made sense," said Tom O'Keefe, chief creative officer of Draftfcb Chicago.
Zero Grams Trans Fat
After nearly three years of research, planning and much anticipation, KFC announced in April 2007 that its restaurants nationwide were serving its classic, finger lickin' good fried chicken with zero grams of trans fat per serving. Introducing a low linolenic soybean oil in place of the partially hydrogenated soybean oil previously used in KFC restaurants in the United States, the zero grams of trans fat per serving menu now includes all of KFC's fried chicken products, such as its famous Original Recipe and Extra Crispy chicken, Crispy Strips, Wings, Boneless Wings, Honey BBQ, Buffalo and Crispy KFC Snacker Sandwiches, Popcorn Chicken, Twisters and KFC's Potato Wedges.
