BCFNZ’s new campaign ‘Normal for me’ uses humour to raise awareness

Breasts that play loud music with a built-in wind machine, or that put on a laser show when exposed, or make pop corn – these are all featured in Breast Cancer Foundation NZ’s new awareness campaign.

‘Normal for me’ is different for everyone is an important message addressed in the campaign, which goes live this week via Ogilvy.

Directed by Revolver’s Fiona McGee, it shows the importance of every woman knowing what’s normal for them – no matter how unusual or fantastical it might seem. 

Using the tagline, ‘Know what’s normal for you, so you’ll know what’s not’, it aims to reinforce that the best way for women to engage in early detection is to get to know their own bodies, so they’re able to spot any changes.

It will be rolled out across multiple platforms from this week to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Executions include three films that will be seen on VOD, cinema, social, digital, plus static OOH (billboards, street posters and street furniture), and radio, influencer activity and PR.

Ogilvy NZ Executive Creative Director Kristal Knight said the campaign used laser-beam, music-playing, corn-popping breasts to capture attention and address an uncomfortable issue through warmth and humour, rather than fear. 

“We needed to create a comfortable space around a topic that’s uncomfortable by nature,” she said.

“Knowing what’s normal for you is more than a call to action, it’s a fundamental change in behaviour, and taking the fear out of getting to know our own bodies is an important step. So to make this message memorable, we went to the extreme, and through the genius of Fiona McGee created breasts with fantastical abilities, to remind all women that ‘normal for me’ looks and feels different for everyone, so you need to get to know yours.”

The campaign follows another BCFNZ campaign developed by Ogilvy to encourage mammograms called ‘Maybe it’s a sign’ launched in April.  The agency has been working with the not-for-profit charitable trust for the past two years.

Breast Cancer Foundation NZ CEO Ah-Leen Rayner says the latest campaign is another important step in making women as breast aware as possible. 

“We know that breast cancer is more treatable if it’s caught early. For women over forty, we’ve reminded the nation that this means having regular mammograms. But long before that age and stage, the most important things we can do is perform a self-check, and get really familiar with what’s ‘normal’, and what isn’t. It’s an incredibly important yet overlooked action of getting to know yourself, your breasts and your whole chest area. A seemingly simple, yet potentially life-saving act, and one we hope this memorable campaign will remind all women to undertake.”

Ogilvy NZ creative team Chelsea Sietses and Matt Woods add, “Asking people to examine their breasts can bring out a whole range of different emotions and sensations, which are completely unique to the individual, much like their breasts. And since there is no universal normal, we hope this campaign will encourage all women to check in with their own chest to discover what’s normal for them, and empower everyone to own their unique quirks.”

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