For my final project in my ART211 class, we were supposed to make a deconstruction video. From what I understood, a deconstruction video is a video that is supposed to make you think or question an idea. I made mine feminist.
In my video, I layered a recording of my own voice with a background beat from GarageBand, and played it over a photo montage of myself from when I was little until just as recently as this past Saturday.
When watching this video, please excuse my voice, as I have had a frog stuck in my throat for weeks since Thanksgiving and so my voice is a bit shaky.
I consider this a deconstruction video because of the juxtaposition between the angry and upset tone the audio gives off, with the pictures of me smiling and beaming from my accomplishments. The point of this is to make you think. I believe this video does that.
In the audio, I am talking about how society thinks. While the opinions I express obviously do not apply to everyone, the fact of the matter is that women are objectified every single day. Men believe that women dress for them, go out to gain their attention, and wear makeup for them. In reality, women dress however they want to dress because they want to, not for men to stare at them and lust after them. Women go out to have fun, not to have men hit on them. Women wear makeup to make themselves feel beautiful and more confident, not for the viewing pleasure of men.
As a society, we need to stop objectifying women, and realize that women are people too. Instead of treating them like living barbie dolls, why don't we treat them like actual human beings.
Enjoy my video.
