Looked & Hooked / Performance Creative

Stop the scroll.
Prove the product.

Unexpected visual hooks. Product-led concepts. Short-form ads built for Meta and TikTok testing.

We turn everyday ecommerce products into attention-grabbing creative ideas designed to earn the first second, demonstrate the product, and give brands stronger concepts to test.

No long brief. Send a product or URL and we’ll reply with a hook direction and a simple pilot option.

  • Meta & TikTok
  • Ecommerce
  • Creative Testing
Abstract cropped film frames from product ad creative
3 sec

Stills from the films

  • Tornado funnelling into a fruit-filled blender — extreme product-power hook frame
    Blender Tornado
  • Air fryer presented front-on as a bold product-payoff frame
    Air Fryer
  • Stain investigation scene on a cream sofa — crime-scene hook frame
    Stain Remover
  • Sneaker foam lifting dirt from a white trainer — product proof frame
    Trainer Foam

Selected work

The Work

Different products. Same job: earn attention, prove the product, make the payoff land.

Portable Blender — Extreme Hook / Product Power creative frame
Extreme Hook / Product Power

Portable Blender

A tornado-scale visual hook that turns blending power into an unforgettable product demonstration.

Headphones — Era-hopping Hook / Product Experience creative frame
Era-hopping Hook / Product Experience

Headphones

A simple headphone try-on becomes a fast journey through musical eras, making the listening experience the payoff.

Air Fryer — Concept-led Hook / Product Payoff creative frame
Concept-led Hook / Product Payoff

Air Fryer

A concept-led hook that leads into a clear product payoff.

Mattress Topper — Concept-led Comfort / Surreal Benefit creative frame
Concept-led Comfort / Surreal Benefit

Mattress Topper

A concept-led comfort demonstration that makes the softness benefit feel physical.

Stain Remover — Crime-scene Hook / Product Proof creative frame
Crime-scene Hook / Product Proof

Stain Remover

A crime-scene hook that turns a household stain into an unmissable open loop.

Trainer Cleaner — Transformation / Product Proof creative frame
Transformation / Product Proof

Trainer Cleaner

A dirty-to-clean transformation built around an immediate visual payoff.

Smart Posture Trainer — Human Problem / Payoff creative frame
Human Problem / Payoff

Smart Posture Trainer

A recognisable posture problem that leads naturally into the product solution.

Pet Hair Remover — Relatable Problem / Satisfying Demo creative frame
Relatable Problem / Satisfying Demo

Pet Hair Remover

An exaggerated pet-hair problem resolved through clear, satisfying proof.

Cleansing Balm — Beauty / Tactile Proof creative frame
Beauty / Tactile Proof

Cleansing Balm

A tactile demonstration showing makeup break down and wipe away.

Nine products. Nine different hooks. Every film built around clear product proof.

Original project

Original Film & Experimental Creative

Beyond performance ads, we also develop original AI-assisted films and visual storytelling — concept, atmosphere, continuity, sound and edit.

Original project — not client work.

Human Evolution — World-building / Cinematic Storytelling
World-building / Cinematic Storytelling

Human Evolution

World-building / Cinematic Storytelling

Facial Recognition — Surveillance / Visual Narrative
Surveillance / Visual Narrative

Facial Recognition

Surveillance / Visual Narrative

The Screen Took Their Place — Human Connection / Concept Film
Human Connection / Concept Film

The Screen Took Their Place

Human Connection / Concept Film

Hook lab

The product isn’t the hard part. Finding an opening people haven’t already scrolled past is.

  • A

    Start with the product.

    Find the specific problem, benefit or transformation that gives the concept a reason to exist.

  • B

    Find the unseen opening.

    Turn that product truth into an unusual first second people have not already scrolled past.

  • C

    Prove the connection.

    Resolve the hook through tangible product proof, then give the idea a clear payoff to test.

We develop visual concepts around the specific product — its problem, benefit or transformation — rather than adding spectacle that could belong to anything.

Services

What we make

  • 01

    Visual Hook Concepts

    Unexpected openings built around the product problem, benefit or transformation.

    • Product angles
    • Opening frames
    • Hook direction
  • 02

    Performance Creative

    Short-form ads designed for paid-social testing, with every visual idea connected to what the product actually does.

    • Product proof
    • Meta and TikTok
    • Sound and edit
  • 03

    Creative Variations

    Alternate hooks, openings and executions built for testing and iteration.

    • Hook variants
    • Alternate executions
    • Cut-downs

Process

From product to creative test.

Product→Hook→Proof→Payoff→Test

  1. 01

    Product

    Identify the strongest problem, benefit or transformation.

  2. 02

    Hook

    Build an unusual visual opening around it.

  3. 03

    Proof

    Connect the idea to the product doing the work.

  4. 04

    Payoff

    Land a concise result and clear CTA.

  5. 05

    Test

    Deliver short-form creative ready for paid-social testing.

The difference

Unusual openings.
Tangible product proof.
Built to test on paid social.

We build short-form creative around the product’s strongest problem, benefit or transformation. AI can be part of production where useful, but the idea, product proof and testing purpose come first.

Start a pilot

Give us a product. We’ll find the hook.

Send the product or a URL. We'll reply with a hook direction for it and a simple pilot option — no long brief needed.

Name, email and the product are all we need to start. Agencies: use this for overflow creative — extra hooks, edits and variations when your team is at capacity.