And you can see some of the desperation in a lot of charity TV ads; harrowing images plus pleas for money that make you flip channels after a degree of exposure.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and its agency Inferno have clearly taken this on board in its new campaign, ‘Amy,’ directed by Yann Demange for Stink with music by Brian Eno.
Inferno ECD Al Young says: “‘Amy’s gentle aesthetic breaks from the shocking images we are used to viewing in charitable advertising. This soft treatment emphasises the hard message.”