The Guardian has revamped the creative work for its ongoing
sponsorship of FilmFour Productions. The new executions will appear on
the FilmFour channel on August 26 and will be shown first on Channel
Four during the premiere of East is East on September 2. The aim of the
strategy for the idents, created by BMP DDB, is to debunk film cliches
such as 'in the movies theatre audiences always react'. Previous idents
through Channel 4's in-house creative team, featured a brightly covered
newspaper type image being opened. It is the first time The Guardian has
significantly revamped sponsorship idents since the deal was signed in
1996 and follows the appointment of BMP to handle The Guardian's
creative task late last year.