From a very early age, we are bombarded with standards of physical beauty that are impossible to achieve. Plastic is a short film that deals with the obsession of body image. While Anna is preparing for a first date with Henry, a man she has secretly loved for years, everything goes wrong until she discovers the impossible – to sculpt her appearance like clay to any shape she desires.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpJFE8UcFcU
How many of you can relate to this girl’s frantic rush to get ready for a date? What’s a little less relatable is the magic jar of cream she discovers that allows her to shape her body any way she wants. Of course, she plays around with it for a while, until an unrecognizable person is staring back at her in the mirror, but what she does at the end really hit home for me. I love messages that encourage men and women to have a positive view of their body image, and this video does just that! This is a short film called Plastic, made at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.