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What Value Does Mavera Add?


When to Use This

  • You have a new creative and want both quantitative scores and qualitative interpretation before launch.
  • Video Analysis returned surprising results (high emotion, low brand recall) and you need to understand why.
  • You need more than numbers for stakeholders — they want to hear “what the audience thinks.”
  • You’re testing a risky concept and need two independent signals before committing budget.
This is the most thorough single-ad analysis in the playbook library. It combines Video Analysis depth with Focus Group interpretive power, then synthesizes both with Mave.

What You Need


The Flow

1

Upload the video

Standard three-step Files API upload.
2

Run Video Analysis

Get frame-level scores. These become the raw data layer.
3

Extract stimulus from AI scores

Find tensions — places where one metric is high but another is low. These become Focus Group prompts.
4

Run Focus Group with AI stimulus

Present the video AND the AI findings to a 25-person panel: “The AI says this. Do you agree?”
5

Synthesize with Mave

Feed both layers into Mave for a combined insight report.

Stage 1 — Upload + Video Analysis


Stage 2 — Extract Stimulus from AI Scores

This is the key step. Transform raw metrics into natural-language statements. The best stimulus highlights tensions — where one metric is high but another is low.
The stimulus logic looks for tensions — contradictory metric pairs. These are the most productive Focus Group prompts because they force personas to explain nuance that raw scores can’t capture.

Stage 3 — Focus Group with AI Stimulus

Questions reference the AI scores directly. High-tension findings become probing prompts.
The most powerful question pattern: “The AI says [specific finding]. Do you agree? Why or why not?” This forces personas to engage with data rather than give generic reactions.

Stage 4 — Mave Synthesis

Feed both layers in. Mave produces a report that explains the numbers with audience-level insight.

Running the Full Pipeline


Example Output


Variations

Use 3–5 persona IDs for segment-level reactions to the AI findings.
Run the full pipeline on both Creative A and Creative B. Compare layered reports side by side.
After the first analysis, make changes, re-upload, run again. Compare reports to measure improvement.
For stakeholder meetings, use the AI stimulus + Focus Group results as-is without Mave synthesis.
If all metrics are moderate, manually inject: “All metrics are moderate (50–70). Is this ad ‘safe but forgettable’?”

Credits Estimate

Reserve this for high-stakes creatives — hero campaigns, product launches, brand films. For routine testing, use Ad Creative Audit instead.

See Also

Ad Creative Audit

Score multiple ads without the Focus Group layer

Hook Analysis Sprint

Deep-dive into the first 3 seconds across 10 variants

Competitor Reel

Analyze competitor ads with the same Video Analysis pipeline

Video Analysis

Metrics reference, chunk options, and chat endpoint

Focus Groups

All 12 question types and audience simulation

Mave Agent

Research agent for synthesis and recommendations