The Lego Movie TV Advertising

In Dancing On Ice at 7:27 PM on Sunday 9th February 2014 - five days before the movie launched - ITV broadcast a world first, an ad break made entirely out of LEGO. British Heart Foundation, BT advert, Premier Inn; these were examples of ads made entirely out of LEGO It created a lot of hype on social media, people who didn't see it commented on it and started looking it up on YouTube.Saved half a million by advertising on this world first TV advert rather than advertising in newspaper.

The Lego Movie broke boundaries in advertising techniques as to create hype and generate free press it did a world first by doing a whole ITV ad break on February 9th 2014 at 7.27pm (during Dancing on Ice) in Lego. This saved a lot of money in newspaper advertising and online advertising because journalists and members of the public couldn't help but write about leading to 6 million YouTube views.
It targeted different target audiences because of having usual TV adverts made out of Lego and then the official Lego Movie trailer advertised afterwards, this can appeal to older audiences like adults and maybe older adults because this is something that is out of the norm for them and it is attracting them to the Lego Movie at the end. This can also appeal to older kids like teenagers because it is also something out of the norm for them so therefore they will talk about it social media and look it up on YouTube which will attract a bigger audience to the official trailer and will make them want to go and see the film in cinemas. Younger kids would also like this as well because they like to play with Lego, so this world first TV advert would get them excited about the movie and make them want to go and see the film. This was very successful as they saved a lot of money with advertising and marketing and it has attracted people to the movie by having usual British TV adverts made out of Lego, therefore creating a bigger audience making a bigger profit.