The HBO Voyeur Project
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[edit] The HBO Voyeur Project
The HBO Voyeur Project is a theatrical multimedia experience and marketing campaign launched in the summer of 2007 using Voyeurism as a vehicle. Content related to the characters is scattered online in fictional web pages, in photo and video clips on media sharing platforms such as Flickr and YouTube, in blogs and social networks, on the HBO channels, and through mobile content. The focus seems to be on people living in eight fictional apartments on the corner of Broome Street and Ludlow Street. The display was projecting on a massive scale on the side of a building on Broome and Ludlow street on June 28th - July 1st, from 9 - 11pm, and again from July 5th - July 8th. The same film is set to music on the website at HBOVoyeur[1] The site's slogan was "See what people do when they think no one is Watching." The residences and their respective stories appear in New York City.
[edit] Story
There are 5 story locations with their respective addresses:
West 41st Street, "The Artist"
East 85th Street, "The Housewife"
Prince Street, "The Meditator"
West 72nd Street, "The Mortician"
Broome & Ludlow with 8 individual stories:
Apartment 1A, "The Tempted"
Apartment 1B, "The Departure"
Apartment 2A, "The Discovery"
Apartment 2B, "The Proposal"
Apartment 3A, "The Killer Within"
Apartment 3B, "The Grown-Up Table"
Apartment 4A, "The Delivery"
Apartment 4B, "The Temptress"
Broome & Ludlow seems to be the focal point of the series with the idea of one story of the entire apartment complex consisting of 8 other sub-stories that all relate to each other. The stories appear to involve murder, violence, romance, marriage, and cheating.[1]
[edit] HBO Voyeur On Demand
HBO Subscribers can also watch additional materials related to the online site via HBO On Demand, including an additional story "The Watcher",[2] trailers for the online site, and paired apartment storylines from "Ludlow & Broome".
[edit] Development
The Project was developed for HBO by Omnicom Group's ad agency BBDO. BBDO NY's Content Department hired production company RSA to shoot the content, Asylum for post-production & special effects, Search Party for original music, Big Spaceship for the site and PHD for media buying. The main wall film as well as "The Watcher" were directed by Jake Scott and the 4 exclusive interactive stories were directed by Chris Nelson.
Core BBDO NY team that conceived and produced the project --> Group Heads/Creative Directors: Greg Hahn, Michael Smith, David Carter. Executive Producer, Director of Content: Brian DiLorenzo. Content Producer: Jiffy Iuen. Interactive Producer: Sandra Nam. Hypermedia art director: Carlos Franco. Digital Writer: Kesu James http://www.hbovoyeur.com, http://www.bbdo.com
The Project includes the main website, HBO On Demand and HBO Mobile exclusive content, MySpace pages for the characters from the stories, supporting websites, and additional content for those willing to follow the breadcrumbs or "artifacts" hidden in the other media. Clues /discussion about voyeur artifacts found at the promotional blog http://www.thestorygetsdeeper.com (which has been frozen/removed). The project was estimated to have cost between $7 and $10 million dollars, and took about a year to create.
[edit] References
- ^ Lippert, Barbara ([]2007-06-28]]). HBO's 'Voyeur' Teases, Pleases. adweek.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
- ^ Vranica, Suzanne (2007-06-28). Tony Gone? HBO Fakes It. wsj.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
