Saturday, May 23, 2009

Jenna's remixed clips

The Factory Line

This remix explores the notion of women forced to work like machines for the pleasure of men. In this clip the man has complete control of the situation, while the women are merely there to undertake the wishes of the man. This clip was motivated by the premise of the Cinderella tale in which the women all try to impress the man in order to meet his wishes. By juxtaposing this relationship between the man and the woman with clips of women working in a factory, presents the notion of Man as boss and Woman as worker.

The Trouble with Women

This remix parodies the stereotypical notion that men are the breadwinners, while women are homemakers. The man in the clip is adament that men are better workers than women and attempts to persuade his boss to fire the new female employee. His poor arguments of women as absent, married and all round feminine come under fire from his more accepting boss. The basis for this clip was originally an instructional video calling for equal rights in the workplace between men and women, but is very different from what we would see today.

Wedded Bliss

And they all lived happily ever after... or did they? This remix details a possible future scenario for the happily wedded Cinderella and her Prince Charming. Did the young couple survive the trials and tribulations of married life? Or did they rush into their marriage too quickly without properly counselling? This remix explores both ends of the spectrum, from the young couple who get marriage counselling before taking the big step, to the couple whose once passionate love is ultimately destroyed by a single symbol; their wedding rings.

The Outsider

Cinderella, the classic tale of a lonely outsider who is magically transformed to become a beautiful Princess. It is a life and experience that many dream of, but will never achieve. So, what would Cinderella's life have been like without the help of her fairy Godmother? Probably very similar to many other teenage 'outsiders' growing up today. It is not easy being on the outside of friendship groups and feeling alone and this remix attempts to show what modern day Cinderella's are faced with - minus the fairy Godmother. It can be the harsh reality of being a teenager.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Jenna,
    Thanks for this project and making the remixes. I really got a lot out of them. It's so good to see a body of work remixed from Archive.org sources. The Cindarella theme is so great for your line of social critique, opening up in so many directions.
    I am interested to learn what you can do with the Tumblr platform. I am always keen to enable layered multi authour story telling and whould be very interestred to see further remixes of your work, to that end you might consider making it explicit that you can download your mixes at Vimeo. For me as a viwer this wan't immediately clear. But that could also be just something I'm obsessed with. Anyway it's a great project thanks for sharing it. Cheers John

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