In blog post #12 I will be sharing some insight about my research project. I will be analyzing the two films Miss Representation and The Mask You Live In in this blog post. I read through the scripts of both films and broke them down to develop a slug line, six word memoir and a Found Poem.
The slug line that I choose for the film Miss Representation came straight from the script we did not change or add any words. The slug line is “We get conditioned to think that’s what woman look like.” A slug line is similar to a tagline it should grab a person's attention and make them want to learn more about what the slug line is referring to. In Miss Representation the slug line is referring to the common theme in the film which is women have a certain expectation to look and act a certain way all of the time. Next we constructed a six word memoir which was Self Objectified, Unhappy Woman, More Vulnerable. This six word memoir shares a story about all women. Many women self objectify themselves by trying to change their appearance or actions to look more like the women they see in the media. Many women become unhappy with how they look because they don’t meet the certain social expectation. The last part more vulnerable is referring to the way women feel is they don’t meet the expectation or they make changes to themselves that they aren’t confident about. Finally we constructed a Found Poem, We see so much in the media, There’s a concept of the perfect woman, There’s so much negativity, “Something looks fundamentally wrong with her”, We constructed a slug line, six word memoir and a found poem for the film The Mask You Live In as well. The slug line we choose is another quote from the script “The way boys are brought up makes them hide all their natural vulnerable and empathetic feeling behind a mask of masculinity.” We choose this to be the slug line because it is very true. Boys are being raised thinking that it is not okay to show emotion or cry because it is a sign of weakness. The six word memoir we created was Aggressive Friends, Tough Mask, Scared Boy. The first part of the story is referring to the way males always try to seem tough by acting aggressive. The second part refers to the way males hide their emotions behind their “tough mask”. The third part “scared boys” refers to the way boys feel if they show any emotion they’re scared that people will view them as weak. Finally the Found Poem, How hard is that? To walk around everyday with a poker face on. Sometimes I would cry myself to sleep. I felt really depressed and alone, I didn’t have anyone to talk to. Can’t reach out and ask for help because, not allowed to or, won’t be a real boy. This poem really makes me step back and think wow this is true for so many young impressionable boys who just want to be happy and want to express themselves but the way they were raised it’s not an option.
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Daniel
4/8/2019 08:57:15 pm
I really like how you put your slugline from class into this blog post it shows how you add what we do in class to what you do out of class.
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Katey
4/9/2019 04:49:32 am
I like your 6 word memoir for The Mask You Live In and how you explained it it’s really good.
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Gabriella
4/9/2019 06:08:17 am
I really like your found poem for the mask you live in because it really expresses how young boys are taught not to show emotion and how it hurts them in the long run because they wish they were able to share their feelings.
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