Case study · Social media with Solve

A national network, a single voice.

Seven cinemas, three regions, three languages. Since 2024, we have been building Arena Cinemas’ social media strategy, art direction and content with Solve.

Story This week’s releasesStory Now showingStory Coming soonStory Arena Cinemas social media
The Arena Cinemas storiesInstagram · Facebook · TikTok
Client
Arena Cinemas
SectorCinema
ServicesOngoing support, Graphic design, Video
PlatformsInstagram, Facebook, TikTok
LaunchMarch 2024

The context

Seven cinemas, three regions, three languages. Each cinema posted on its own, with its own colours and typefaces: it was impossible to recognise Arena Cinemas from one account to the next.

What we did

With Solve, we grouped the accounts by region, set a shared art direction in pink 3D, and built a kit of reusable formats. Every week, the content comes out of the same system, adapted by region and by language.

The result

Seven cinemas, a single voice.

Since March 2024, every post has come out of the same system, adapted by region and by language.

01

The diagnosis

Seven cinemas, seven voices.

One account per cinema. Each cinema spoke alone, with its own means, style and rhythm. The country’s most visited cinema chain had a fragmented presence.

02

The organisation

Three accounts, one brand.

We proposed that the national management and the regional managements reorganise everything: three accounts, one per language region. A shared identity, a local language.

03

The strategy

Less is more.

Ten pieces of content a month per region, chosen to inform, to make people want to come and to bring them into the cinema. Every post is sponsored and targeted around each cinema.

Story This week’s releases, Fribourg and Geneva

01This week’s releases

The posters coming up, and 2 tickets to win per cinema.

Story Now showing

02Now showing

A clip from the film of the moment.

Story Coming soon, Joker

03The big release

The film of the month.

Carousel Did you know, Inside Out 2

04Did you know

Trivia, in a carousel.

SolveAd targeting and digital strategy led with Solve.

04

The art direction

Two directions, one chosen.

An identity you recognise in a second in a news feed, and that holds up in three languages.

This week’s releases, direction The A, black backgroundThis week’s releases, direction The A, pink background
1The AThe A from the Arena logo, as a pattern.
RestraintThis week’s releases, direction The 3DNow showing, direction The 3D
2The 3DTickets, popcorn, cup, clapperboard, projector, seat, 3D glasses.
05

The kit

A system, not visuals.

Each format has its templates, ready to receive the film of the week.

12 3D icons

Ticket
Cup
Popcorn
3D glasses
Film reel
Clapperboard
Video player
Projector
Seat
Facebook
Instagram
TikTok

Backgrounds and templates

Pink background
Pink background
Black background
Black background
Tickets story
Tickets story
Tickets story, black
Tickets story, black
Social media story
Social media story
Social media story, black
Social media story, black
Video frame
Video frame
Video frame, black
Video frame, black
Video frame, variant
Video frame, variant
“Now showing” frame
“Now showing” frame
06

Anatomy of a Reel

Layer by layer.

The moment when everything comes together: the kit, the format and the region, on a single screen.

Published
  1. 1
    The pink backgroundThe gradient from the brand guidelines, the base of every format.
  2. 2
    The 3D icons come inPopcorn, ticket, clapperboard, cup, glasses.
  3. 3
    The title and the region“This week’s releases”, Fribourg · Geneva.
  4. 4
    The posters scroll byThe films coming out this week.
  5. 5
    The full-frame clipWith the title banner and the logo.
  6. 6
    The end screen“Subscribe”, with the social media icons.
  7. →
    The published Reel“The films of the week”, Fribourg-Geneva.

What was delivered

From the blank page to the published Reel.

Arena Cinemas × DaySince March 2024
  1. 01Account diagnosis and reorganisation7 → 3
  2. 02Content strategy and sponsorship plan
  3. 03Complete social visual identity
  4. 04Template kitReels, covers, carousels, stories, profiles, banners
  5. 053D icons12
  6. 06Posts per yearIn 3 languages, on 3 platforms1,080
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One brand, one partner, all year.

A single point of contact for strategy, creation and publishing, month after month.

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