I loved the idea our guest speaker Jim Wend proposed. The title of the presentation was "How to make stuff look good". I pondered on this topic while reading Chapter 9. Not knowing what my video was going to be about I came accross the section entitled Ethics of Shooting and Editing. Before continuing to read I immediatly thought "Are there any ethics?".And from there my video was born, the exact words used where that pictures edited "run the risk of altering or negating the truth of the image". It seems like we run this risk AND cross this line everyday when we as women look at beauty ads. Shouldn't a beauty ad represent real beauty? It doesn't seem like the commercial photographers out there have gotten that message. Altering photos so that they don't even look like the model anymore? Or choosing models that don't represent the the majority of that products consumers. Should we support companies that publicize a false idea of beauty? I have reevaluated the companies that I buy from. I also want to mention the last picture in my video is taken from the Dove campaign called "Love yourself". Im so in love with what this campaign represents and shows that beauty really does come in many forms.
Last week in class one of our classmates posed the idea that she doesn't want to teach her daughter a false image of beauty which I really felt for her. Do you think supporting these types of companies supports the image we allows to be circulating.
I loved this Nycolle! The music and the photos went so well together and I love what you have to say about it. I agree 100% - beauty is sold all over through so much advertisements but it is always the same trend of women. All the women look the same, wears their make up the same. I wish we could step outside the stereotypical "beautiful women" and show varities of beauty for all different type of women.
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Great Animoto and blog post, Nycolle! You chose some arresting photographs that truly capture your message in a meaningful manner. I thought I'd seen it all and then came across the make-up to enhance one's cleavage! I know that that is done in commercial shoots, but I didn't know that make-up for that effect was sold to the general public. As my grandma used to say, "Now I know everything."
ReplyDeleteI must commend you on the choice of music you selected for your Animoto. Absolutely perfect. I'm showing my ignorance here: who sings it and did it come from the Animoto library?
I, too, find the Dove Real Beauty ads compelling. I did a bit of digging to see just how "real" the models' real beauty is. Are the images of the women Photoshopped? Dove remains mute on that topic. What is the size of the largest woman pictured? I remember reading that it's a size 12, which, in my mind isn't particularly large.
While looking on line, I stumbled upon another Dove commercial that I really like. It's the one titled Selfies--perhaps you've seen it? If not, here's a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFkm1Hg4dTI
Now, to stir things up a bit, I also hope you'll read the article found at the following link:
http://www.beautyredefined.net/dove-doesnt-redefine-beauty-reinforces-it/
Here's a line from that article: "Dove doesn’t so much 'redefine' beauty as much as it merely re-centralizes beauty as the foremost priority in a girl or woman’s life."
I encourage you to check out the website on which the article appears: Beauty Redefined. You might enjoy it.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Dawn
Thank you! I will read these today! The song is Beautiful by India Arie. Im glad you like it I downloaded it for the animate but I love the artist.
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