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feminist critical thinking

Laura Mulvey – The male gaze where the heterosexual male fines satisfaction to women being treated as a sexual object

Jean Kilbourne –  How females are presented in adverts, idea of abuse, institutional behavior stems from sexualised female adverts and it was seen as acceptable

Toril Moi – The differences between female, feminist and feminine.

There are 3 waves of feminism:

1st wave of feminism: Women’s suffrage committee, international council of women, British suffragettes.

2nd wave of feminism: 60s civil rights movement, women’s equal rights

3rd wave of feminism: individualism and diversity 

Virginia Woolf (Jan 25, 1882 – Mar 28, 1941)

Virginia Woolf is called the foremother of the feminist movement. She is called foremother because there are many reasons for it. The first and foremost reason of this is because she has to face all the circumstances in her own life. She used to live in a society where there is no room for girl’s education.

statement of intent

I am aiming to make a print advert by advertising my product at women between the age of 14-30. My product is sky high lash sensational mascara. For my vintage style advert I will make it radical by not photoshopping it extremely and keeping it natural. My second modern advert will be reactionary and I will photoshop the model extremely like most modern adverts, getting rid of blemishes.

For my radical advert I have two ideas. My first idea is to take photographs of my product using the studio lights changing the lights to harsh lighting or soft lighting, once I have my product images I will go to photoshop and pick which images are the best ones to use for my advert. I am inspired by the colourful 60s/70s adverts and their backgrounds so I will make my own background using different shapes and colours that they used back in the 60s/70s.The iconic signs that I will add is the text of what my product is called, on photoshop I will choose the text that’s similar to the 70s style magazine texts. I would like the title of my product to stand out and I will use the bold text and wrap and use the fish eye filter. I will include indexical signs by taking my products image and remove the background so its only the sky high mascara you can see, then I will stick it on my a4 background where I will add flowers using photoshops custom shape tool making them big and small and the colours will be different shades of pink and purple. The symbolic signs of my advert are the pink and purple colours of my advert with the floral shapes I made. Centre of the advert will be my product and I will use different positions to see which ones I prefer. For my second idea It will be the complete opposite of the reactionary advert and I’m hoping to create a positive stereotype instead of making young girls insecure because they don’t have super clear skin or no eyebags. It will be inspired by the colour adverts of the 60s. My models face will be a closeup looking straight into the camera whilst holding the mascara brush with the mascaras name also facing towards the camera. The mascara brush will look like its being applied to the models lashes.

The reactionary advert I will use photoshop to edit the models face and airbrushing it like most makeup adverts are today making it a negative stereotype to impress men in todays patriarchal society pressuring women to look as good as the models on the adverts even though the image is photoshopped. The models face will be slightly angled from the side instead of looking directly to the camera. Her face will be a close up shot

Advertisement table

RESEARCH PRODUCT 1 (Maybelline lash sensational)RESEARCH PRODUCT 2
(YSL foundation)
MY PRODUCT
(Chanel no.5 perfume)
Understanding selfMakes your eyelashes stand out, you can wear it anywhereHides acne and pores and makes your skin look good Makes you smell good, can wear anywhere and anytime
Enjoymentmakes your eyes stand out and eyelashes longwearing it whilst going out to boost confidence
EscapismThe smell of the perfume makes you feel luxurious
Knowledge about the worldThe models eyelashes look The model on the advert looks confident
self-confidence, self esteemHides blemishes and makes you feel confident You smell good all the time knowing you are wearing expensive perfume
strengthen connections with family
and/or friends
Feel confident whilst taking photos with your friendsfemale family members can borrow it sometimes
any other category