Q1. Why do you think people are portrayed this way in the media?
ANS: I think people are portrayed this way in the media because the creators of those advertisements want to tell people that this is the way you should look & that this is the way all women/people should appear. Almost every advertisement on billboards, magazines and websites attempt to show women in the most presentable way: not just by clothing, but by make-up and real body appearance. Watching the videos and analyzing that image revealed soo much about how advertisers, photographers, editors and companies do to make the person they are really working with into something that isn't really true about the person.
Q2. How are you affected by the images you see?
ANS: I think that when I see these images on a daily basis, I would say that I am really not much affected about this. But knowing that the people on those advertisements do not look like that in real life, it really is disturbing to see that people out there distort images to make people look a certain way. I would say that the first video that I watched was really overdone. Transforming the women's face alone just by using make-up, I thought was enough. But editing the photograph of her face afterwards was just too much. Like, really; what's their purpose? Making a point about a certain way of looking doesnt make a difference in reality if it's possible in a picture. Not all women and girls look like that and not all of us need to. Advertising make-up is just business. But using images like those of a person who looks nothing like that in reality just brings our self-esteem down.
Q3. What can be done to reduce the amount of young men and women that are negatively affected by these images?
ANS: My answer for this question would be... I don't know, maybe "protest against those companies and tell them to stop advertising the unrealistic looks of men and women". But going on their side for a bit, I think that not all of them want is our money... & maybe their point of those images aren't neccessarily about 'being perfect'. I think that in today's society, we have soo many distractions and many of us feel that there is no time to play fun and games or go out to the park and live a healthy lifestyle. In my perspective (and I'm probably going off topic on this one, but) I think maybe those advertisements aren't so full out..
Q4. What would your reaction be to a magazine cover where the subject isn't all glammed up? Is this a possible route that society should take? Why or why not?
ANS: If I saw a magazine cover where the subject wasn't all glammed up, I would probably think that it would be okay. If the subject wasn't presentable, I would wouldn't react in a very good way. I think that it would be okay if the subject on the magazine wasn't all glammed up because that is how everyday people look. I don't know anyone who appears to be as perfect as those I see on billboards and magazines. But I think that sometimes photo/video editors do what they do to distort or edit a persons face because they want to show that this is not the only way to look, but they try to show how the person can look as presentable as they can. In my opinion, I do not think that it is a possible route that society should take because people should know that they should present themselves in a certain manner. If you compare my opinion towards that video of how they covered up her acne, I do not mean of how their face appears to look in reality; I mean their clothing and how they express themselves. It's always the "fashion makes a statement" kind of thing. That is what I mean by presentable. Though I know that not everyone focuses on clothes, what they wear and what other people will think about how they look, this may be a possible route for society because if you focus on the negative of this, it is not how anyone wants to feel.
ANS: If I saw a magazine cover where the subject wasn't all glammed up, I would probably think that it would be okay. If the subject wasn't presentable, I would wouldn't react in a very good way. I think that it would be okay if the subject on the magazine wasn't all glammed up because that is how everyday people look. I don't know anyone who appears to be as perfect as those I see on billboards and magazines. But I think that sometimes photo/video editors do what they do to distort or edit a persons face because they want to show that this is not the only way to look, but they try to show how the person can look as presentable as they can. In my opinion, I do not think that it is a possible route that society should take because people should know that they should present themselves in a certain manner. If you compare my opinion towards that video of how they covered up her acne, I do not mean of how their face appears to look in reality; I mean their clothing and how they express themselves. It's always the "fashion makes a statement" kind of thing. That is what I mean by presentable. Though I know that not everyone focuses on clothes, what they wear and what other people will think about how they look, this may be a possible route for society because if you focus on the negative of this, it is not how anyone wants to feel.
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