AUK
Proposal | PM-AUK-2026-FALL

Where You Belong

مكانك بيننا

A cinematic, bilingual ad campaign that flips stereotypes into belonging.
Fall Semester 2026 — Presented by Prismic Media.

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This isn't a recruitment ad.
It's a belonging campaign.

AUK carries assumptions. "It's only for a certain type." "You won't fit in." "It's too hard." Instead of defending against these, we acknowledge them — then flip them confidently with real student stories. The audience already has preconceptions. We meet them there and show them why they're wrong.

16-18
Primary Age Group
2
Hero Films (EN + AR)
200+
Stills Delivered
6
Weeks to Deliver
Student on campus Students collaborating
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Prospective Students
High schoolers and transfer students in an active decision-making window. They need to feel: "I could belong here."
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Parents & Families
Decision influencers who care about quality, outcomes, and safety. They need to feel: "My child will thrive here."
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The Mechanism
Expectation → The Turn → Reality → Emotional Payoff. Inspired by the "Visit Saudi Arabia" campaign's confidence.
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Three ideas. One truth.

We don't replace your concept — we elevate it. Your creative mechanism is strong. Our job is to make the execution cinematic, authentic, and shareworthy.

IDEA 01 — ENGLISH
"They Said"
60s hero film — cinematic, confident, powerful
Cinematic student shot

The film opens on darkness. A voice — calm, measured, slightly amused. Stereotypes appear as bold text, then get crossed out with a hand-drawn strike. Reality replaces them. Every frame says: "we know what you think, and we're unbothered."

They Said The Turn Visual
"AUK is only for top students." For those who try. Student walking campus, golden hour
"If you fall behind, you're on your own." Someone pulls you back in. Professor mentoring student, close-up
"You won't fit in." You find your people. Group of diverse students laughing
"You have to be a certain type." You just have to be you. Student expressing individuality
"It's too hard." Worth it. Graduation ceremony, families cheering
"It's not for people like you." It's for people who belong. Wide aerial of campus at golden hour
Cinema Camera (RED/ARRI) Golden Hour Real Students Hand-drawn Text Animation
IDEA 02 — ARABIC
"قالوا عنا"
60s hero film — playful, witty, Kuwaiti dialect

Same visual framework, different energy. Warmer, quicker cuts, Kuwaiti conversational rhythm. The voiceover sounds like a sharp, confident student talking to a friend. Arabic calligraphy replaces generic fonts. Oud textures weave through the score.

هالإعلان يحتفل بالطالب اللي "مختلف" — اللي يسأل أسئلة أكثر من اللازم، يحلم بأحلام كبيرة، ويتحدى الوضع. النبرة ذكية وجريئة — مو سخرية، ثقة.

Arabic artistic design
VOICEOVER SCRIPT — ARABIC

... تشوف نفسك

غير

تسأل أسئلة أكثر من اللازم

عايش بحلم

جريء بزيادة

بشكل عام ماتناسب قوالبهم

شنو يعني إذا قالوا

يتحدى نفسه

صعبة عليه

ماراح يغير شي

احنا ندري

الدنيا مليانة صعوبات

واحنا مو بحاجة لصدى مكرر

نحتاج أصوات جديدة

تبتكر

تتحدى

تصنع

وتدري شبيقولون بالنهاية

كنا نعرفه

أصلا كنا ندري انه مميز

رايين معاه

كلامهم عمره ماراح يغيرك

لانك من الأساس غير

AUK وعندنا في

مساحة حرة للتفكير

مكانك بيننا

FINAL LOCKUP

Kuwaiti Dialect Arabic Calligraphy Oud + Percussion Quick Cuts
IDEA 03 — BILINGUAL — OUR ADDITION
"يوم في حياتي" — A Day in My Life
4-6 micro-documentary episodes — 30-60s each — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube
Graduation ceremony

While the hero films establish the campaign's emotional core, this series creates ongoing, authentic, platform-native content. Each episode follows one real AUK student through their day — intimate, beautifully lit, almost documentary-style.

The Engineer
Runs a campus business between classes
The Transfer
Found their people after starting over
The Athlete
Balancing competition and academics
The Returnee
Chose AUK over studying abroad
Shot During Same 2-Day Window B-Unit Crew Content Library
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6 weeks. Start to finish.

From contract signature to final delivery — a tight, structured production with no wasted days.

Campus aerial view
Week 1-2
Pre-Production
Script finalization, Arabic copy review session, casting (8-12 student talent), location scout on AUK campus, crew assembly, storyboards, music direction.
Week 3
Production — 2-Day Shoot
Day 1: Hero films (EN + AR), golden hour establishing shots, student portraits. Day 2: Micro-doc series, photography (200+ stills), testimonial interviews. Full crew including on-set photographer.
Week 4-5
Post-Production
Offline edit, color grading, sound design, motion graphics (text animation + Arabic calligraphy), music licensing, social media cuts (15s/30s/reels/stories), photo editing.
Week 6
Final Delivery
All video masters, 200+ edited stills, print designs, digital banners, campaign toolkit with posting calendar, raw footage archive.
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Your production crew.

Creative Director
Campaign vision, creative oversight, quality control across all deliverables
Director of Photography
Cinematography, lighting design, visual language, camera direction
Producer
Logistics, scheduling, budget, crew coordination, campus liaison
Arabic Copywriter
Kuwaiti dialect script refinement, Arabic on-screen copy, bilingual QA
Motion Designer
Text animation, Arabic calligraphy animation, lower thirds, title cards
Photographer
200+ stills — portraits, campus, lifestyle, behind-the-scenes
05

Not our first campaign.
Not our first flip.

10+
Years in Kuwait
Producing premium campaigns for Zain, NBK, Boubyan Bank, KNET, Keeta, and 30+ other brands.
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Bilingual by Default
Our Arabic copywriter writes in Kuwaiti dialect, not fusha. For Idea 2, this is the difference between landing and missing.
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Full In-House Production
Creative, video, photography, design, motion graphics, digital — under one roof. No outsourcing key roles.
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Campaigns, Not Just Videos
From the 60s hero film to the 15s Instagram story to the A3 campus poster — all from the same creative DNA.
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