We hear an argument presumably between a husband and wife escalate into violence but never see the couple or the physical abuse as the camera stays focused primarily on a living room wall.
We don’t see what’s happening because the camera gives us the perspective of being the next door neighbor seated in his or her living room. The sounds of fighting are heard through the wall–shouting, piercing yet muffled words, cries for help, voices getting progressively louder and desperate. A thump or bang is heard, the wall shakes, and then there’s silence.
Indeed, you don’t need to see in order to feel the fear and nightmare that is domestic violence.
A super appears on screen which relates that nearly one in five murders in London is the result of domestic violence. If you suspect domestic violence, this web film urges you to not be passive but rather to take action and call an emergency hotline. A parting super reads, “You make the call. We’ll make it stop,” accompanied by the London Metropolitan Police logo.
Wallpaper was directed by Ben Quinn of The Sweet Shop for AMV BBDO, London. The DP was Daniel Trapp.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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