Dove Camera Shy Ad Analysis

Not too long ago, I was watching YouTube videos like I always do when I’m bored and I’m not too fond of ads so when I noticed I was allowed to skip it after 5 seconds, I was ready to click it. I took one last look at the ad before I skipped it but I stopped. There was no click of the mouse because my full attention was now somewhere else. The ad a compilation of short clips of girls and women hiding their faces from the camera while playing fitting music in the background. Towards the end of the ad, instead of women, it showed little girls laughing and giggling in front of the camera. They loved the attention but the older girls and women didn’t. What really stuck to me was the message of the ad, “When did you stop thinking you’re beautiful?” That’s when I actually started thinking about it. When and why did we stop thinking we’re beautiful the way we are? As children, we’re not aware of our appearances, but something happened in between that started making us self-conscious. Ever since then, I still remember the Dove Camera Shy ad perfectly. It brought up the idea of …show more content…
Some find beauty in objects, some find beauty in words. But the most influential idea of beauty is the beauty we see everyday on a make-up commercial and on the billboard just around the corner. Even though some people are aware of the fakeness of this type of advertising, they don’t speak up. It is also a big problem that no one thinks it’s a problem. Technology has come a long way, and along with it, so has the beauty standards. In fact, they may both even be tied together. Want to change how you look in the picture? Photoshop. Want to slim down any part of yourself but it’s a video, not a picture? Try video editing. These are programs companies use to make their models look “perfect” and they are so good at it, that no one will notice that the images they are seeing are not really how the models look at