Music, Money & Hip Hop Honeys

Name: Charlie Crosbie

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

The presenter made the point that music videos used to be about peoples happiness and is now about women showing off their bodies such as lady gaga and Katy Perry. The videos are now based more on the women it is showing than the music and now women in general are being portrayed differently due to this.

It is unfair on the normal women who have to almost live up to this and the children who have to watch this on TV as a way of life

Why were these important in the development of music videos?

This has changed music videos from just for fun and about the music and now most music videos contain women showing off their bodies and acting sexually even if it’s a bad song. The videos are based as much on the women it contains than how good the song sounds. Men will watch anything if it has these women in it. Now the bar is being raised ever higher as to how much women can be involved in these videos.

How did ‘Tashy Jay’ chose to represent herself in the documentary?

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

Representing herself as a classy women and very professional you can tell that she thinks she is better than all the other video girls.

She is saying that they fling themselves at the artists, that they have no class. She says that she would never act in this way.

She thinks that the video girls have no class.

What did he think about ‘video girls’?

Why do they need these girls in their videos?

Where did they find all these girls? Wouldn't it be expensive to pay them all?

To attract the people to watch the artists video and listen to their song even if it is not really that good of a song.

That they want money and they try to get the attention of the artist so they can get more work they are kind of smart for it.

Most of them heard through social media and jut came because they think they might get noticed and no, most of them don’t get paid even though they think they’re going to.

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

She believes that women have to look good to be able to be a video girl she spends money on her breasts and bum to be able to get in a music video. This shows how much women want to get in the videos and the lengths they will go to to be able to get into one of these videos . Most women will never make the money back from what they spent on the surgeries back from dancing or being a part of these videos.

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 they are right but wrong at the same time. They are using men to make money but men are also using them In videos or pictures for their pleasure both sides are being exploited. As long as the women are happy getting paid and the men are happy paying for what they are getting there are no problems with what both genders want.

This sexual equality expert argues that music videos have a lot to answer for - what’s the issue?

What does the government think?

That women are used as slaves to men. And that the videos show that men can have whoever they want. The women are being exploited and then almost disposed showing the respect that men give to the women. The women are being used as objects by the men.

That the videos are a bad role model to young people and they are following a bad influence and that they cant be watching this because they’all think that it is what every man or women is like when they grow up

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

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

That they are normal girls who just want to make money for themselves and they try to get attention for themselves by clinging on to the artist showing how desperate they are for jobs.They need to get the attention of the artist to be picked for a future video.

He thinks that they think that this could be their big break but he knows it never is this shows how hard it is to get into the industry.

He thinks that they are just used as objects to be used in these videos – they may not even get paid.

What happened to Alisha?She thought she was going to a music video but then she got sexually assaulted because it was fake and set up this shows the risks that women are taking to try to get into this industry and that its not safe and people should be very careful when trying to get into the industry no one can be trusted when making cheap music videos.

She was like everyone else in the industry she just wanted to get paid and break into the industry and this can happen to anyone in the same place as her.

But Alisha did not want to give up and carried on going to music videos as this was her ‘dream’.

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 the change from beautiful classy girls with elegance to a ‘sex pistol’ who is just used to look at and exploit. This shows that now all women need is boobs and a bum and they can be in this industry.Her opinion is that women only need a boob job and a big bum and they can now be the main attraction in the music video. They can be the only reason that people watch the video. Because they are turning into objects that just ooze sex appeal.

Why is she challenged on this performance by the presenter?

Tashy Jay is challenged because she told the presenter that she would never shake her bum and get very naked on camera but she did. This shows that women will go to lengths that they don’t necessarily want to.

This is the US ‘Ambassador for Hip Hop’ - what is her view?

How has Angel Lola Love’s experience been positive?

Her view is that beautiful women are being used by rich men that are ugly and just using them to look powerful.She feels that video girls should be treated with much more respect than they are being treated with.

Angel Lola loves experiences have been extremely positive because she has acted kind of classy witch has helped her make a lot of money.

What conclusions can we draw from this documentary?

From this documentary we can learn that the video girl industry can be very hard and dangerous to be able to get involved in and that it doesn't always woke out. But we can also see that it can also be very successful and lots of money can be made.