heyy everyone!
Since Jenny and I were both so inspired and influenced by Malisa’s amazing post about perfection and how hard it is to accept yourself with all your perceived flaws, we decided that we would collaborate on a video and hopefully come up with something awesome. If my memory serves me right, she proposed to do something with the more painful side of the difficulties people have in flaunting who they are and the role that they play in this harsh world because of the judgment, stigma, and ridicule that they have to face. I am thinking of adding on to that with also showing some of the hope that is coming out in present times and that even when they are feeling at their lowest, there is comfort in knowing somewhere out there someone is willing accept you exactly the way you are. We haven’t quite fully mapped out what we’re going to do but I really liked the simplicity of the “emerging from the subway” video and how it told an unspoken story. I think that we’re going to have some darker images of people struggling to accept who they are and maybe show that there is some light in the world. I would also like to incorporate some music; some with darker tones but also developing into hopeful perhaps lyrical music.
As a last note, in the same episode of the “Born this Way” Glee they also sang a mash up of “Unpretty” by TLC and “I Feel Pretty” by West Side Story comparing the two sides of how people feel about themselves and that they can bring themselves down. Sometimes you are your biggest critic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DBEdshgTUY
I had to comment on this because I’m part of this so yeah xD. I would like to say that our minds think alike!! I really wanted to make something simple for the video but strong so it can show emotions of the people who can’t accept themselves. Kinda Like the subway video something with a short but yet unspoken story. Lastly, the Glee cover of TLC/West Side Story was a surprise when I watched the episode but that song really inspired me to do this topic.