Creative Critical Reflection: Representation of Social groups and issues in our music video Our music video serves as an exploration of the struggles faced by individuals (mainly teenagers) dealing with mental health issues including selfloathing and insecurity linked to eating disorders (we portrayed eating disorder in the scene where she steps on the weight scale and the word 'fat' pops up), this links to feelings of low confidence and low self esteem, depression and social anxiety. In mainstream media, these themes are often romanticised or overlooked, leaving many individuals particularly the youth feeling unheard. Our project aims to challenge this by representing the emotional turmoil experienced by young people who battle with their sense of self.One of the ways our music video represents these issues is through visual storytelling. The protagonist's journey trapped within her home (also a symbol of entrapment in one's own mind constantly struggling with negati...
