Doll Face

         You shouldn't have to change your appearance just to fit in. What happened to being original? What happened to standing out from the rest? In class we watched a short clip called doll face. It showed some type of mechanical girl coming out of a steel box and a TV in front of her. The TV showed the girl putting makeup on and the TV screen kept moving further and further away as the mechanical doll kept imitating it. This is showing how people are trying to be something they aren't by following what the media is saying or doing. The media can shape our identity because so many people want to be flawless like the people they see on TV. Pretending to be something you're not can harm you because people don't get to witness the real you. Everyone should be proud of their differences because it shapes who you really are, and makes them unique from the rest. When the TV gets to the point where the mechanical girl can't reach, she starts forcing herself to reach it until she finally breaks down. This is symbolizing that the desires people crave will eventually break you down because it's not who you really are. When you start to change yourself little by little, you get to the point where you are so used to it and you keeping wanting more and it's never enough. At the end of the video she is on the floor shattered into pieces and the TV slowly stops and starts facing the audience. The ending was very powerful because it's stating that we as an audience are in the same position as that girl was, and we also are in danger if becoming someone we aren't.