Monday 31 October 2011

Early/Iconic Music Video - TLC



This music video explores the realms between reality and fantasy. The music video shows footage of TLC shown looking into reality from their fantasy land.
It portrays that in reality, society affects the population immensely. This video was made in 1999 which shows us now that society hasn't changed much in the way that it affects us. Such as skinny models and woman with big breasts in mens magazines, giving girls and some boys the pressure of living up to these images in order to impress others instead of ourselves.

However what makes this early video iconic is the fact that at the end of the music video we see that the girls focused on, throughout the video, have accepted who they are within and physically and that they don't let society affect how they think who they are isn't quite enough for everyone else.

As you can also see in the music video one of the members (Lisa Lopes) is using sign language in the chorus so that the message of the song is portrayed to those who have impairments.

Overall the editing and concept of this video as well as the meaning within the song are the perfect ingredients to an early/iconic recipe!

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