Watching the "Mad World" video was very eye opening. The video is done in black and white and creates a somewhat of a dark depressing mood with the main message of "These Systems are failing us"- focusing on the theme of cell phones and the addiction of them as well as social media. Over the three minutes it shows issues that occur in our society that tend to be over looked or people ignore.
The main theme throughout the video was the addiction of cellphones. This was show in my different ways- all true and relavent to todays society. For example, a man was being beat up and a crowd of people were hovering watching. Instead of helping, everyone was recording the violence on their phones. This is seen all time on twitter and facebook where people would rather post on social media than actually help someone. Another example was how cell phones are just a mask for our emotions. In the video a depressed looking teenager was sending happy, smiling emojis via text. To the person he was texting, he seemed fine but in reality he was upset but no one knew because he was hiding behind his screen.
Another example which is very serious and hard to talk about is the need that people feel for acceptance by society and when they feel they don't have it can lead to serious harm such as sucicde. In the video, a girl is being mocked, starred at and harassed by her peers. They record her, and took pictures of her (a reference to social media and online bullying in my opinion) You can tell she is upset and feels lost- it then shows a clip of her standing on a building ledge wanting to jump.
Although cell phones, social media and technology is great, it has a lot of negative impacts as well. This is especially true in todays day because kids are getting involved with social media and phones at a younger age and everyone around them is addicted to their devices. This video was a very cleaver way to show these issues and addressed things are common problems but are not always talked about.
Watch the video here:
The main theme throughout the video was the addiction of cellphones. This was show in my different ways- all true and relavent to todays society. For example, a man was being beat up and a crowd of people were hovering watching. Instead of helping, everyone was recording the violence on their phones. This is seen all time on twitter and facebook where people would rather post on social media than actually help someone. Another example was how cell phones are just a mask for our emotions. In the video a depressed looking teenager was sending happy, smiling emojis via text. To the person he was texting, he seemed fine but in reality he was upset but no one knew because he was hiding behind his screen.
Another example which is very serious and hard to talk about is the need that people feel for acceptance by society and when they feel they don't have it can lead to serious harm such as sucicde. In the video, a girl is being mocked, starred at and harassed by her peers. They record her, and took pictures of her (a reference to social media and online bullying in my opinion) You can tell she is upset and feels lost- it then shows a clip of her standing on a building ledge wanting to jump.
Although cell phones, social media and technology is great, it has a lot of negative impacts as well. This is especially true in todays day because kids are getting involved with social media and phones at a younger age and everyone around them is addicted to their devices. This video was a very cleaver way to show these issues and addressed things are common problems but are not always talked about.
Watch the video here:
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