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Timeless Ideas

Real Beauty Sketches

Brand:
Dove
Agency:
Ogilvy São Paulo
2013FilmVideo · YouTube

Timeless principle

Reveal the emotional gap between perception and reality.

The idea

Compare portraits drawn from women’s self-descriptions with portraits drawn from strangers’ descriptions.

Why it works

The side-by-side drawings turn an internal insecurity into visible evidence. The participants discover the point at the same moment as the audience, which gives the film emotional force without a conventional pitch. Dove’s belief is demonstrated through a human experiment.

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