Music, Money & Hip Hop Honeys

Name: Jack Wilsher

What point did the presenter make about videos just a few years ago and videos now?

Pop Music videos in the past were mainly people having fun jumping around but now music videos are now mainly semi naked women dancing around for example Lady Gagas telephone is a very good example of a sexual music video.

Why were these important in the development of music videos?

The development of the music videos are important because the target audience may be young children and the music video may brainwash the young children to act the women in the music videos.

How did ‘Tashy Jay’ chose to represent herself in the documentary? She chose the represents herself as a bit stupid.

What was she saying about ‘video girls’ at the shoot?

She was saying that some of them can be a bit slutty as will do anything to get into the shot.

What did he think about ‘video girls’? His thoughts on video girls are important at it makes people watch their music videos.

Why do they need these girls in their videos? The artist need to have women in their music videos because it brainwashes the people to like the song as it has semi naked women in the music video.

Where did they find all these girls? Wouldn’t it be expensive to pay them all? The video girls are not to expensive as most of them do not get paid an just turn up.

How does China Black illustrate some of the issues with how women are represented in music videos?

China Black illustrates some of the issues for the woman in music videos because she hasn’t been paid and her favorite thing is her breasts.

These women believe they are the ones with the power. They believe they are exploiting men, not the other way around. What do you think?

I think the women in the music videos who are wearing the least amount of clothing are exploiting themselves for the world to see.

This sexual equality expert argues that music videos have a lot to answer for - what’s the issue? The issue is that these music videos take stuff from porn and could have an affect on teenagers.

What does the government think? The government think that music videos should be made less dirty as it has a affect on teenagers.

K.I.G use ‘video girls’ - what do they think of them?

K.I.G think that it is the video girls choice to show of their body.

Music Video Director ‘Digital Dan’ has a lot to say - what does he think of the girls?

Digital Dan thinks that the video girls will do anything or him for example he said that if he points his finger at a girl they will get their breasts out.

What happened to Alisha?

Alisha was tricked into a modeling shoot which was fake and she was sexually touched by one of the men there she soon went to court but the judge couldn’t tell who was telling the truth because the way Alisha represented herself so the man went free.

This lady has been working with artists for years and cast lots of ‘video girls’ - what changes has she seen and what’s her opinion?

She has seen a big change in video from being fully clothed and having fun from being semi naked dancing around the artist in a sexy way.

Why is she challenged on this performance by the presenter? Tashy jay is challenged because before the music video she said she is more classy because she will never dance around in a pair of thongs soon later she was dancing in a pair of thong.

This is the US ‘Ambassador for Hip Hop’ - what is her view? She thinks that it is wrong the way women are treated in music videos and how the men treat them is wrong.

How has Angel Lola Love’s experience been positive?

It has been positive for Angel Lola Love’s because she gets paid a lot compare to all the other video girls and she also worked with some of the worlds biggest artists like 50 cent and many more.

What conclusions can we draw from this documentary?

The conclusion we can draw from this documentary is that there is a very different world once you are involved in music

videos.

There is a bad side to being a video girl like some of them don’t get paid but spend loads of money on plastic surgery making themselves look perfect but do not get any work. There is also a dangerous side as we found out with Alishia’s story about being tricked into a modeling shoot and was sexually touched. There is also China Black who was making money by

selling photos of herself online.

But there is also a good side to being a video girl like you can get paid loads for working with big artists all around

the world.

So the conclusion drawn from this documentary is that getting yourself into your business has its good sides and its bad

sides.