Chapter 6

Doll face is a great example of audience interpretation. This is because the work can be viewed by people in different ways and each persons mind will perceive it in a different way depending on their own emotions and feelings. People may also relate to this due to past or present experiences. Although the basic storyline is a girl trying to be as perfect as “magazine women”, there are many different angles this can be viewed from. It deals with pier pressure and the media’s influence on young children. Many people in my class gave a lot of different views on the video. The majority of girls had strong feelings whereas the boys had less questions and opinions towards it. This is because girls are pressured into making their selves look better because of constant change in fashion and ‘fake beauty’. These different interpretations are important because it shows individuality. Without individuality each piece of work would be the same of very similar, art is all about diversity and pieces of work that are different from others. The most respected art is based around emotion. This emotion is from the artists past experiences and individuality and no one has been through the same situations as each other, so these differences inspire the artists.