Topic: I've decided to choose sexism as my "ism" for the short video. Sexism has become so normalized and invisible in our culture that we don't understand it is everywhere, in all structures in patriarchal society. I think there are some easy ways to understand male domination and how it oppresses women and reduces our only worth to our bodies while making us think that our success is achieved if our bodies are "honored"; sexism is the foundation that upholds the hyper sexual culture.
Story: The story is of a young white girl and young white boy, they are neighbors in a small apartment building. They live with their single parents and have become good friends as their mothers both work a lot. As the only children in the four until apartment building and and are growing up in a Patriarchy, where social interactions are controlled by male over female domination. These two friends experience sexism and socialization in their everyday together living under the Patriarchal systems that promote sexism, so that men can benefit for it and so that women can internalize it: this inequality feeds the power and privilege of the Patriarchy. They help each other have an understanding of this culture and how to both live in an accepting, equal world away from society norms that promote sexism.
Software: I plan to use Xtranormal to create my project. I have not previously used the software myself but think that most programs like this have plenty of available resources and help tools that it should be pretty self explanatory.
Research: My research will come from online sources and organizations website that provide resources relating to feminism and social justice. There are also numerous media videos and images that are part of everyday culture that promote and helps perpetuate sexism in our culture and make it seem like normal actions for privileged to oppresses and dominate those of the opposite gender. This hopefully can be used as an educational video that promotes positive relationship and support between two friends of the opposite gender while discovering how sexism is so ingrained in our society, and how it cannot continue.
Timeline: My first step will be researching examples of sexism and how it is part of our everyday lives in many different forms on Thursday. I plan to have the script finalized by Friday and start to input the script into the program on Saturday and finish it up on Sunday.
Why: I think the most important thing that I would like viewers to take away is that sexism is a very deep, near invisible issue that is affecting us and the youth everyday and constantly. It is really crucial to social justice that we start to talk about these things and change them, the people are the only ones that will because the law and people in power are doing nothing, it could save the world to tell girls they are strong and boys they are beautiful.
This sounds like a very interesting video project. I like the storyline and how it involves young people and their relationship to sexism and gender role socialization. I think xtranormal will work wellto tell this story. I look forward to viewing it!
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