The Effects of Make-up

Today I was flipping through an old magazine of mine and came across an article about celebrities and what they really look like without all the make-up they wear and without their stylists doing their hair. It was so visually interesting to see this because people do not portray these well known celebrities to look this way! I've included some of the most interesting pictures. Check these out....

Mariah Carey

Kim Kardashian

   





 



Renee Zellweger





This pictures were shocking to me, yet I'm glad that they are out there for the public to see. I feel as though some girls try their hardest to look just like celebrities and sometimes they may not feel pretty enough and feel down because they don't look like how they feel society is portraying them to look. We discussed this a lot when we watched "Killing Us Softly." I think looking at these pictures is a perfect example of why women should in NO way feel as though they do not look good enough, or look like society wants them to, because clearly society is not showing the whole picture.                               

Amistad

I have never watched such a sad movie until yesterday when I watched Amistad. That is visually so emotional and I've never cried so much in one movie!! The director captures scenes that will always stick in my mind now which I think is a very positive aspect on his directing skills. Amistad tells a story about slavery in the past and the struggles that slaves encountered. There are certain scenes that are so graphic and violent, but I believe this is a positive aspect of the movie so that people who may not be as educated in what took place in the past can get a detailed understanding. I also think the film was so emotional because it is true. This stuff really happened in the past which makes it even more heartbreaking to watch. It had such a great story, and actually had a couple of humerous scenes but overall it was one of the saddest movies I've ever seen!

He was such a great actor! photo from http://www.timeinc.net/

Killing Us Softly

Week 3, February 7, 2011

Wow! So this week I viewed many different visually emotional films. Let's start with the video I watched in class titled "Killing Us Softly." I had many different thoughts and opinions on this video. It wasn't the first time I have viewed this video, yet each time I view it, I notice different things in it each time. This time, I noticed all of the "fine print" in each ad that was shown. Some of the magazine ads or commercials were RIDICULOUS! Ridiculous in a way that they were just downright degrading to women. Almost each ad portrayed a woman to be seen as a sex object or less than a human being. Women of color were objectified as animals and men were seen only in positive ads. The only concern I had with some of these ads is what was going through the women's minds when they posed for these ads or acted in these commercials. Did they not realize they were be objectified? Were they okay with this? They had to know in their contracts what was going to be displayed, and clearly they were perfectly okay with it. Which makes me wonder why I was making such a fuss about it, if they were fine with it?

This is one of the ads from the film. Crazy.
http://www.dipity.com/