2. What point did the presenter
make about videos just a few
years ago and videos now?
They were a lot less naked women in the
videos like in Wannabe and now a days there
are a lot more naked women like in California
Gurles.
3. Why were these important in the
development of music videos?
The Thong Song song was one of the first video to just
have women showing of there bodies.
And Dirrty shocked people because it was very
controversial, and sexual.
4. How did ‘Tashy Jay’ chose to represent
herself in the documentary?
Stupid, laid back and she says that she says she is professional.
What was she saying about ‘video
girls’ at the shoot?
That their just there to hang off the artist and just
there to show off their body.
5. What did he think about
‘video girls’?
He thinks the girls want to be
there.
Why do they need these
girls in their videos?
To get people to watch the music videos.
Where did they find all these girls? Wouldn’t it be
expensive to pay them all?
Most are got off the internet and not paid.
6. How does China Black illustrate some of
the issues with how women are represented
in music videos?
She shows that women in music videos are represented as sex
objects that are just there to attract young men.
7. 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 that the men are just exploiting the women
because they are not even getting paid for most of
the work that they are doing.
8. This sexual equality expert argues that
music videos have a lot to answer for -
what’s the issue?
She thinks that there is not equality sexually between
genders and the men are showed with the power and women
are shown to be serving the men.
What does the government think?
The government thinks that children are being
shown to many sexual images.
9. K.I.G use ‘video girls’ - what
do they think of them?
They think that the video girls are just there to
sleep with the artists.
Music Video Director ‘Digital
Dan’ has a lot to say - what does
he think of the girls?
He thinks the girls are objects and will do
anything for money.
10. What happened to Alisha?
She was sexually abused by one of the artists during
a video shoot she went to by seeing a web ad she
took it to court and won and she is still in the
dancing in music videos.
11. 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 noticed over the years artist want more and
more video girls in there videos
And she thinks that the ways the girls are
represented in the music videos are wrong.
12. Why is she challenged on this performance by the
presenter?
Because she said that she would never where a thong in a music videos.
13. This is the US ‘Ambassador for Hip Hop’ - what
is her view?
She believes that men and women are not represented equally in music
videos, as men are usually quite over weight and don’t want to take their
clothes off in the music videos.
How has Angel Lola Love’s experience
been positive?
Her experience has been positive because she has become
very rich and famous in the industry and she started out as a
video girl to get her self into the industry.
14. What conclusions can we draw from this
documentary?
Conclusions we can draw from this documentary are that videos girls
are being exploited by the artists. The video girls do it for different
reasons like fame, fortune and to sleep with the artists. This area of the
industry is controlled by the men and most of the video girls are very
poor because they don’t get paid and not many make it.
