Bro forgot to mention (intentionally?) that ranking ads for high sophistication audiences = $$$$$$
Remember, just think of it this way.
The higher the sophistication stage, the more skeptical your audience.
So for me, in higher sophistication stages, images that don't show product, related to the story, interesting visuals work better
But for products where sophistication is lower, you can be more direct
For example, my best performing MSL is actually just a shot of the product on the floor, still looks super native, but because it's stage 2 new mechanism, the audience actually responds better to just seeing the product straight up