Simon Hayes and Giles Clayton’s Cannes Diary: We’re on a mother f@*#ing boat

Simon Hayes and Giles Clayton, a young creative team from J. Walter Thompson Sydney, have competed in the Print category of the Cannes Young Lions competition. The pair write exclusively for CB.

Yesterday, the lovely people at Finch were nice enough to invite us out on their yacht for what was easily the best day of the trip. Great banter, pink wine and a brief break from the craziness was definitely good for the soul. Not for the body though, we’re both weathering Grand Prix worthy hangovers as we attempt to write this blog.

Speaking of the blog, we’ve been asked to write 500 words each day on our time here, whilst also getting amongst it and soaking up as much of the festival as possible. It’s hard work (especially with a hangover) and there’s just not enough hours in the day. So to make it a little easier for ourselves (and easier on the eye) we’d like to cite a loophole. Fact: a picture tells a thousand words. So technically half a photograph and a snappy headline and we’re overdelivering. No, but all jokes aside, we’d like to transition this blog into more of a visual diary with lots of photos and a couple of witty observations along the way. Trust us, it’ll be better for everyone.

So, back to the boat. The sun sets at about 9:30 at night here and the location was an Art Director’s wet dream. As the sun went down the amateur photographers jumped up. Selfies, slow mo’s and awkwardly posed team shots ensued. I mean if you’re not winning a Lion at least you can get 100 likes to feed your ego (it’s actually 119 at the time of writing this but who’s counting, am I right?).