Girls With Prefabricated Hearts

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A film as part of my Sacred and Profane project. I used the audio from 'The Girl With The Prefabricated Heart' as it acted as the perfect narration for the intensely objectifying nature of these perfume ads. The aim of the project is to identify and explore a topic that is Profane (such as objectification) but through investigating more deeply, find Sacred aspects of this. As I am passionate about feminism, misogynistic media seemed like an interesting pathway to explore. This is the first video as part of this project, so I am going to produce more as my ideas develop.

The lyrics are sometimes hard to hear, but I have edited the visuals to fit them. I tried subtitling the video, but I felt this distracted from the edit. So here are the lyrics that I recommend you read before viewing.
Oh Venus was born out of sea-foam
Oh Venus was born out of brine
But the goddess today
If she is grade A
Is assembled upon the assembly line
(How divine! Rise and shine!)
Upon the assembly line!
Now Julie was born as it’s proper
Her every proportion was planned
She was poured from a mold
Exquisite and cold
And she grew up untouched by human hand
(Oh how grand! See her stand!)
Untouched by human hands!
Her chromium nerves and her platinum brain
Were chastely encased in cellophane
And to top off this daughter of science and art
She was equipped with a prefabricated heart
She prepares for life!
Shall I be auburn or dark or fair?
Shall I unbind my nylon hair?
Would love make skies look clearer?
Or should I serenade my mirror?
A hero would always admire me
He’d pamper and pet and inspire me
Why else were my charms made so drastic ?
Why else were my arms made so plastic ?
What else was my heart electroplated for?
Oh, send me the mate it was prefabricated for.
Your fanciful dreams I’ll interpret for you
Your hidden desires I will bring into view
All the wheels in your brain I will polish and shine
To prove they can move in harmony with mine

Oh, nature and art will not win her
So ply her with diamonds and pearls
For bracelets and rings are practical things
That appeal to the mind of a healthy girl.

*I do not own any rights for the soundtrack or visuals*

the poor quality of the visuals is because I filmed them from a screen rather than risk trying to download them & i had to slightly blur the focus to avoid pixel patterns on the screen

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