‘I Think You’re Beautiful!’ is a social experiment filmed by a student at High School in Australia. Gina Held, the director went up to classmates/ teachers whom she knew and didn’t know and explained to them that she needed to take portrait photos for an Art project she was working on. Instead, she secretly filmed them, to capture a real and authentic reaction to them being told that they are a beautiful person.
I found it fascinating how Gina tricked the people she filmed to capture real and honest reactions. What was so interesting was that every single person she filmed had a different response. Some were happy and some felt in denial and embarrassed. Going forward with my own project I would like to use the same techniques as Gina and use an excuse to film people to capture honest responses to a question I oppose to them. Analysing the differences into why different people have different reactions.
Bibliography
GinaHeld. (2016) I think you’re beautiful! | social experiment. YouTube. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW8wV_qaaQc [Accessed 2nd December 2017.]