Don't You Dare Yawn: Visual Essay: Love Your Body

Process Analysis

Part One:

The images included in my video make the claim that society creates a dangerous ideal body image that females shouldn't and don't have to aspire to achieve. This claim is validated by the warrant that people care about the physical and mental state of females and do not want them to harm themselves. It also assumes that whoever is watching the video is familiar with how the media portrays beautiful women nowadays as well as the possible detrimental influence it can have over the female population. The intended audience for the video is women of all ages who struggle with their body image. After watching the video, the audience will feel encouraged disregard the unattainable ideal body that the media has created. They might also feel motivated to accept their body and embrace their beauty.

Part Two:

I chose to start out with the phrase, "Get Skinny," because I felt that it embodied the message that society and the media send to women. The images following show the so-called perfect model body that women are pressured into attaining. In this series of images, a picture of fashion/modeling icon Twiggy is included because she is the one thought to have been a major influence in the start of the thin trend.

The picture of written out dialogue shows the reaction of women to beautiful models, which are shown in the previous pictures. In the series of pictures that follow, the possible hazardous effects on women due to wanting to have the perfect body is shown. They can harm their bodies by becoming anorexic or resorting to plastic surgery. Barbie is used as an example for comparison in some of the pictures to show what women occupied with the idea of having the perfect body define as perfect.

In the last set of images, the reality of the perfect body and being beautiful is revealed. It shows that the model bodies that are thought to be beautiful or perfect aren't realistic and are almost fake. The main point of this section is that all types of bodies are beautiful. This is followed by showing attractive women who aren't stick-thin to emphasize that waist size and weight are not contributing factors to beauty. I used a famous woman, Adele who could care less about what dress size they are to inspire others to do the same. The quote from Adele that shows that she is not concerned about being the size of a model; this is inspiring to other women since Adele is a popular celebrity. The woman on the beach looks proud in her bathing suit, which can be uncomfortable for women who are insecure about their bodies. The text, "Love Your Body," is the idea of the section summed up into a neat phrase. I made the final picture an inspirational image of a woman making a heart over her stomach because it is an unusual picture that is creative so it will remain with the viewers long after watching the video. It will serve as a reminder to them to not get caught up in the media's influence.

My organization of the images creates a convenient flow of thoughts that allows the audience to see the problem, its dangerous effects, and the solution. The images support my claim as reasons because they show the negative effects that result from the media/society's creation of the perfect body.

Part Three:

Don't You Dare Yawn

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Visual Essay: Love Your Body

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