Hernán Cerdeiro, VP creativo de Alma DDB
Hernan Cerdeiro, creative VP of Alma DDB, spoke with PRODU about his participation as guest leader of the guided tour of Graphics entries that competed this year at the Ibero-American Advertising Festival, or FIAP.At the exhibit he was particularly impressed by student participation. I was really struck by the role of students, you can see theres a bunch on the way up with a lot of enthusiasm of all the pieces we saw I think 20 percent were by students Cerdeiro said.As for the quality of the pieces, the exec said the entries were of a very high level, especially those seeking to express the essence of an idea through simplicity. A lot of pieces stand out for their simplicity. Sometimes we see entries that try to make an impact with overblown production values, so there begins to be a battle between who has more or less money for production he said.If an idea is simple it has to be told simply, and if an idea is complex it especially has to be told simply, but if its a bad idea it needs a lot of money spent on production to make it presentable Cerdeiro said.About the current status of the Hispanic market and how it is influencing the evolution of multicultural agencies compared with those of the general market, Cerdeiro said its harder for general market agencies to win in the Hispanic market because they dont live in two cultures its much easier for us to take some of their market he said.