Greenfields work has always been a massive influence of mine, especially when it comes to my work on body image. I studied her documentary film Thin, which focuses on four young, women that struggle with their bodies, have an extreme want to be thin and anorexia. Her documentary follows these women though their process within the center. When watching the documentary it makes you feel for the women, as you witness their frustration and the devastating pain that is inflicted on them.
Lauren Greenfield directed two a short
films called Kids & Money and Beauty CuLTure. Both of these documentaries
are shot between Los Angeles and New York. Within both she interview numerous
of teenagers and children between the ages of 10 and 19.
Kids & Money is about the teenagers and
their relationship with money. They explain the materialism that exists within
their world. How you look and how expensive your belongings are will set you
out for life. It is how you make your friends and how people see your life
progressing. Within the documentary we hear from rich to poor children,
addressing how they are shaped by this culture of consumerism.
Beauty CuLTure on the other hand is based
around the definition of beauty in contemporary society, and the influence that
media messages has on the female body image.
I found both documentary’s very
interesting, because of the insight you get into these teenagers lives. What I
find most interesting is that even though these people live in completely
different world to us when it comes to money, the issue of consumerism is the
same worldwide. What is produced and pushed in the media is set out to be the
next big thing and instantly people want it..
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