April 29, 2007

Jesus, the mini-musical

Filed under: silliness, video — zara @ 11:57 am

This short video, by Javier Prato, has been around for a few years but every once and a while, I need a fix. And it never fails to have me ROFLMAO. I have also learned that Javier is preparing a sequel called J.C. Returns “Jesus Christ! The Second Coming”. Can not wait to see it.

Warning: This video features explicit Jesus material, Hollywood and disco music. If you do not like that sort of thing, do not watch it.

April 18, 2007

women imagery in advertising

Filed under: femmes, media, society, société, video, women — zara @ 7:06 am

Came across a very powerful video the other day (Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women) at Back in skinny jeans and while it is stuff we have all heard before, a little reminder now and then will not kill us. The video can also be found at Google Video.

It is some 30 minutes long so make yourself comfortable. And although the speaker, Jean Kilbourne, describes many of the ads she talks about in her presentation, there is also a study guide for the video available at the Media Education Foundation that includes a synopsis that could be helpful for those who may have problems with a video format.