Pink- Stupid Girl video

Semiotics: the 'Science of Sign Systems'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR4yQFZK9YM 

These are some of the images from the video.

The scenes differ from what girls are doing to "fit in" or be popular, or natural girls that may not fit in or be awkward.

Signs

-The young girl looking at the Tv- watching etiquette lessons- what she should grow up to be.

- Curtains closed- being shut off, closed from the world

-Throughout the video an angel and devil are shown- representing the good girl who does everything right and the other who rebels.

-The girl at the start is wearing scruffy jeans and boyish top but holding/playing with the barbie dolls around her.

-Also having an american football on the table

-Girl walking in to glass door - dim/dumb/plastic

-Woman president- hoping for change, having a dream, changes the point of the video, showing a different side and meaning to the video.

-'Dancing in a video next to 50 cent' this relates to a more sexual side, using sex to get noticed/attention

-'Traveling in packs of 2 or 3' like being with friends, shows popularity and confidence.

-Getting a Chihuahua. They are another accessory, makes them look 'hot' = more confidence

-Being fake tanned- trying to do what the 'popular' people do and finding it difficult unusual but walking out of the booth thinking they look amazing, but in fact she looks ridiculous, it makes a girl be put off from getting one

-At bowling- uses an 'emergency blow up tag' to make her boobs bigger to get the attention of her boyfriend as he is interested in the skinny girl baring all.

-On the surgery table- having loads of lines drawn on to show where to cut or insert- i feel it shows how much pink thins she has to do to fit in.

-Girl is more interested in talking on her phone, doing her make-up and drinking coffee, than the girl she just ran over.

-Sees boy looking at girl in gym with boods and small waist so take her t-shirt off to get noticed but  has no response.

-not 'sexy' to eat loads- makes herself sick- linking to Anorexia and Bulimia, very common and serious eating disorders that can ruin lives.

-After being sick she yells "I wanna be skinny" 

-Back at gym her pants say "say no to food" - gets very embarassed

-Home video sex tapes- relates to the Paris Hilton Scandal that was leaked

-Washing the car- reenacting the Jessica Simpson movie.

From 3.00 Pink is being sarcastic and snide against the girls she is trying to pretend to be like and in the end the kid from the start of the video takes the football to play with outside like an ordinary girl with out being 'poisoned' by the media and body image/beverly hills stereotype.