I never thought this could become reality. I was so shocked but this is something you should watch. Who would want to become a real life BARBIE?? It is unreal but you have to see for yourself. And can you believe she didn't even use a mirror?
This would be great for a costume party but the way she describes looking like a 'plastic Barbie' is just plain scary.
Plastic Barbie Make up Tutorial
The stereotype type of Barbie is a doll, (well she is..) but we see barbie as blonde, blue eyed, always wearing make up and tight clothing. The way this girl does her make up, wears a wig, puts on fake eye lashes well it really does make her look like Barbie which is shocking.
But why would you want to look like a Barbie doll?? It might shock some people but guys don't like girls with lots of make up and looking cake faced and fake.
Think about if teenage girls saw this. They would think 'oh it's normal to cake my face in loads of make up cause I saw someone else do it.'
Teenagers are always influenced by older people. Obsession to be the girl everyone wants changes their attitude, personalities, looks and many more. Also if they think they don't look beautiful like the people they see everyday it creates self esteem issues, depression and health problems for the teens.
So this 'how to look like a plastic Barbie' video, is creating a false image to teens about how they should look in everyday life and one day it could be them that has all the bad effects of this.
Click here to read the article I found
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Monday 2 April 2012
Stereotyping in the Movies
Every movie we see we become immediately attracted to the drama of the characters and their story. Stereotyping in movies is a way the viewers can clearly make assumptions about the character. Usually they are based on sex, race, religion, profession or age. Everyone stereotypes people, it's a way we try to make sense of the world.
"Filmmakers often rely heavily on stereotypes, because they're a quick and simple way to establish a movie character's traits. Blonde women are dumb, for example; foreigners are villains, Mexicans are lazy, and blacks are great athletes. Teenaged characters are variously shown as sex-crazed, uncivilized, moralistic or shallow, and they tend to be lumped into groups of either popular kids or geeks." Media Awareness Network
"Filmmakers often rely heavily on stereotypes, because they're a quick and simple way to establish a movie character's traits. Blonde women are dumb, for example; foreigners are villains, Mexicans are lazy, and blacks are great athletes. Teenaged characters are variously shown as sex-crazed, uncivilized, moralistic or shallow, and they tend to be lumped into groups of either popular kids or geeks." Media Awareness Network
When I read the statement above I thought wow, this is so true. When we see a particular sex, race, age etc in movies or a TV show and we immediately guess their life story and try make connections through out the duration. That's what the director wants us to do. Their aim is to hook in his/her audience early.
I would never want to watch the end of a movie or TV show if the first 20minutes doesn't make me want
to watch the till the end. We have all had the moments when we have bought a movie ticket, walked in to the cinema, sat down, the movie begins and we think what a waste of money this is.
I would never want to watch the end of a movie or TV show if the first 20minutes doesn't make me want
to watch the till the end. We have all had the moments when we have bought a movie ticket, walked in to the cinema, sat down, the movie begins and we think what a waste of money this is.
Sunday 1 April 2012
Mean Girls Cafeteria Cliques
Mean Girls Cafeteria Cliques
The typical teen movie stereotypes are shown in this clip. But are these stereotypes taken to the extreme? Do we really have 'plastics', 'asian nerds', 'art freaks', 'jocks', 'unfriendly black hotties', 'girls that eat their feelings', 'girls who don't eat anything', 'desperate wannabes', 'burnouts' and 'sexually active band geeks' at high school? Well, I'm a high school student and I can tell you now, we definitely do not have these types of stereotypes. All teen movies have stereotypes taken to the upmost extreme because thats what makes the audience get hooked with the drama between the cliques in that movie.
The main characters in the movie 'Mean Girls' are mostly female. It is a very female dominant film, which wasn't very common when it was released in 2004. The four characters we see most are Cady (Lohan), Regina (Adams), Gretchen (Chabert) and Karen (Seyfried). These four girls are the 'plastics' in the movie. They are the rich, popular, hot, blonde girls that everyone wishes they could be. But they are also bitchy, mean and cruel.
So why is every still obsessed with their lifestyle? Because it looks like they have it all? Everything they have is what we wish for? It's just the perfect barbie image that they portray that everyone falls in love with. We put them on a pedestal. They aren't better than ANYONE else. Everyones equal.
In 'Mean Girls', if you have seen the whole movie, you see the way the school looks at the 'plastics' in envy of their lives. The 'plastics' have the entire school wrapped around their fingers because they make people scared of them which gives them more power. And therefore.. Popular bullies.
To be honest why would anyone want to be like that? It's not the perfect world if you have to make yourself feel better by hurting others. Thats just not fair. NO ONE should ever have to put up with it.
But in the movie the director (Waters) shows the different stereotypes and they way they all treat each other. They tend to stick to themselves through out the movie but they ALL have an obsession with the 'plastics'. Everyone wants to date them and be friends with them. I think Waters did a great job at making the 'plastics' look desirable. This then makes the story line and plot for the movie and 'Mean Girls' is created.
I recently watched 'Easy A' (2010) again and I looked at how they different stereotypes compared to the stereotypes I saw in 'Mean Girls' and I noticed that 'Easy A' was different to 'Mean Girls' but had similar stereotypes such as the good girl, the mean girl, the cute guy etc. But it wasn't as far fetched as I noticed 'Mean Girls' was. For those that haven't seen 'Easy A' It's a movie about a good girl high school student, Olive (Stone), who is at first invisible but when a false rumor spreads the school about her she decides to live up to her new stereotype, the school 'slut'. Olive alters her attitude and the way she dresses to embrace her new title. We see her in corsets with a big red 'A' sewn on, tights and heels as her entire wardrobe begins to change, copying a character from the novel she studies at school, The Scarlet Letter. At first she doesn't mind what people say about her. But eventually it gets to her. Girls can't stand being on the outside. They need their friends around them. It's just who they are. So Olive seeks help and finds the answer is to video blog to the entire school the truth about the rumor and therefore lives happily ever after.
In real life our problems don't disappear with us riding off with a cute guy on a lawn mower like Olive does. We have to deal with them. Stereotypes make high school high school. It's never easy, always a challenge but when you get the right people around you everything becomes a little easier and you can stop worrying about what you look like, what your wearing, how you act etc but enjoy who you are and be your own stereotype. YOU.
The typical teen movie stereotypes are shown in this clip. But are these stereotypes taken to the extreme? Do we really have 'plastics', 'asian nerds', 'art freaks', 'jocks', 'unfriendly black hotties', 'girls that eat their feelings', 'girls who don't eat anything', 'desperate wannabes', 'burnouts' and 'sexually active band geeks' at high school? Well, I'm a high school student and I can tell you now, we definitely do not have these types of stereotypes. All teen movies have stereotypes taken to the upmost extreme because thats what makes the audience get hooked with the drama between the cliques in that movie.
The main characters in the movie 'Mean Girls' are mostly female. It is a very female dominant film, which wasn't very common when it was released in 2004. The four characters we see most are Cady (Lohan), Regina (Adams), Gretchen (Chabert) and Karen (Seyfried). These four girls are the 'plastics' in the movie. They are the rich, popular, hot, blonde girls that everyone wishes they could be. But they are also bitchy, mean and cruel.
So why is every still obsessed with their lifestyle? Because it looks like they have it all? Everything they have is what we wish for? It's just the perfect barbie image that they portray that everyone falls in love with. We put them on a pedestal. They aren't better than ANYONE else. Everyones equal.
In 'Mean Girls', if you have seen the whole movie, you see the way the school looks at the 'plastics' in envy of their lives. The 'plastics' have the entire school wrapped around their fingers because they make people scared of them which gives them more power. And therefore.. Popular bullies.
To be honest why would anyone want to be like that? It's not the perfect world if you have to make yourself feel better by hurting others. Thats just not fair. NO ONE should ever have to put up with it.
But in the movie the director (Waters) shows the different stereotypes and they way they all treat each other. They tend to stick to themselves through out the movie but they ALL have an obsession with the 'plastics'. Everyone wants to date them and be friends with them. I think Waters did a great job at making the 'plastics' look desirable. This then makes the story line and plot for the movie and 'Mean Girls' is created.
I recently watched 'Easy A' (2010) again and I looked at how they different stereotypes compared to the stereotypes I saw in 'Mean Girls' and I noticed that 'Easy A' was different to 'Mean Girls' but had similar stereotypes such as the good girl, the mean girl, the cute guy etc. But it wasn't as far fetched as I noticed 'Mean Girls' was. For those that haven't seen 'Easy A' It's a movie about a good girl high school student, Olive (Stone), who is at first invisible but when a false rumor spreads the school about her she decides to live up to her new stereotype, the school 'slut'. Olive alters her attitude and the way she dresses to embrace her new title. We see her in corsets with a big red 'A' sewn on, tights and heels as her entire wardrobe begins to change, copying a character from the novel she studies at school, The Scarlet Letter. At first she doesn't mind what people say about her. But eventually it gets to her. Girls can't stand being on the outside. They need their friends around them. It's just who they are. So Olive seeks help and finds the answer is to video blog to the entire school the truth about the rumor and therefore lives happily ever after.
In real life our problems don't disappear with us riding off with a cute guy on a lawn mower like Olive does. We have to deal with them. Stereotypes make high school high school. It's never easy, always a challenge but when you get the right people around you everything becomes a little easier and you can stop worrying about what you look like, what your wearing, how you act etc but enjoy who you are and be your own stereotype. YOU.
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