The Perception of Beauty – Survey

The following is a brief survey, not about your knowledge of facial symmetry, but about your personal opinions about beauty and attraction.

Answer these questions as honestly, but seriously too. I want to know exactly what you think.

I only need basic information about yourself and do not require any names… so feel free to admit anything you feel is true.

When you have finished filling in your answers please return the completed survey to Aleisha Cavanagh.

Thank you! And please be honest as I’ll be using the information in statistics and if yours seems completely unbelievable I won’t use it :)

-Aleisha.

Personal Questions:

Are you:            MALE                             FEMALE                            OTHER

Age:         ____________________

Are you a student?            YES                       NO

If yes, what year?         ____________________

Do you have a partner?          YES                      NO                      MAYBE

I realise this is a difficult question but,

Are you in love?        YES          NO          MAYBE         HOW DO I TELL?

Are you attracted to:       

MALES                FEMALES                BOTH                NEITHER

People that are:  OLDER   YOUNGER or  THE SAME AGE as yourself ?

Certain…

Ethnicities?                           YES                       NO

(skin colour,  accent, language, culture etc.)

If yes, what one(s)?                   ____________________

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Height/size/weight/eye colour/hair colour/hair length etc.?

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Have you ever been attracted to someone by scent?     YES         NO

Celebrity ‘crush’ or a celebrity you find yourself attracted to?

____________________

What do you think females think is the most attractive feature in a man?

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What do you think males think is their most attractive feature? 

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What do you think females think is their most attractive feature?

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What do you think males think is the most attractive feature in a woman?

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Do you prefer beauty that is fake (makeup, plastic surgery, dyed hair etc) or natural (no makeup, natural hair colour etc)?       

FAKE                       NATURAL

Is this woman beautiful?

YES                                                                      NO

(It doesn’t matter if you’re attracted to women or not, just your opinion)

What is ‘beauty’?

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What is ‘inner beauty’?

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What isn’t beautiful in a person?

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Detailed description of your ideal partner? (Including physical features and mental features or anything else you’d like to add).

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What do you think your most attractive feature or trait is?

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Definitions of Documentary

The word “documentary” poses many challenges in providing an quick definition. Here are some definitions from various reference guides and textbooks:

“Documentary concerns itself with representing the observable world, and to this end works with what [John] Grierson called the raw material of reality. The documentarian draws on past and present actuality — the world of social and historical experience — to construct an account of lives and events. Embedded within the account of physical reality is a claim or assertion at the centre of all non-fictional representation, namely, that a documentary depiction of the socio-historical world is factual and truthful.”
–Keith Beattie, Documentary Screens: Nonfiction Film and Television, p. 10.

“Documentary is the creative treatment of actuality.”
– John Grierson, Cinema Quarterly 2.1, p. 8.

“Documentary defines not subject or style, but approach. … Documentary approach to cinema differs from that of story-film not in its disregard for craftsmanship, but in the purpose to which that craftsmanship is put.”
–Paul Rotha, Cinema Quarterly, 2.2, p. 78.

“A non-fiction text using ‘actuality’ footage, which may include the live recording of events and relevant research materials (i.e. interviews, statistics, etc.). This kind of text is uually informed by a particular point of view, and seeks to address a particular social issue which is related to and potentially affects the audience.”–Paul Wells, “The Documentary Form: Personal and Social ‘Realities,’” An Introduction to Film Studies, 2nd ed., ed. Jill Nelmes, p. 212.

“[A]ny film practice that has as its subject persons, events, or situations that exist outside the film in the real world.”
–Steve Blandford, Barry Keith Grant, and Jim Hillier, The Film Studies Dictionary, p. 73.

“A nonfiction film. Documentaries are usually shot on location, use actual persons rather than actors, and focus thematically on historical, scientific, social, or environmental subjects. Their principle purpose is to enlighten, inform, educate, persuade, and provide insight into the world in which we live.”
–Frank Beaver, Dictionary of Film Terms, p. 119.


“A nonfiction film about real events and people, often avoiding traditional narrative structures.”
–Timothy Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing About Film, 4th ed., p. 206.

“Film of actual events; the events are documented with the real people involved, not with actors.”
–Ralph S. Singleton and James A. Conrad, Filmmaker’s Dictionary, 2nd ed., p. 94.

“A documentary film purports to present factual information about the world outside the film.”
–David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction, 5th ed., p. 42.

“A film or video presentation of actual events using the real people involved and not actors.”
–John W. Cones, Film Finance and Distribution, p. 154.

“A type of film marked by its interpretative handling of realistic subjects and backgrounds. Sometimes the term is applied widely to include films that appear more realistic than conventional commercial pictures; at other times, so narrowly that only films with a narration track and a background of real life are so categorized.”
–Edmund F. Penney, Facts on File Film and Broadcast Terms, p. 73.

“A term with a wide latitude of meaning, basically used to refer to any film or program not wholly fictional in nature.”
–James Monaco, The Dictionary of New Media, p. 94.

http://www.documentarysite.com/

In my documentary I must use at least six of the following:

- Actuality
-Vox pops/sound bites
-Pieces to camera
-Interviews
-Tilting/graphics
-Background music
-Cutaways
-Voice overs
-File footage
-Noddies
-Throw to studio newsreader(s)

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful

Don't look at me

Everyday is so wonderful
Then suddenly
It's hard to breathe
Now and then I get insecure
From all the pain
I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring me down
Oh no
So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends you're delirious
So consumed
In all your doom, ooh
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The pieces gone
Left the puzzle undone
Ain't that the way it is

You're beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring you down
Oh no
You're beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring you down
Oh no
So don't you bring me down today

No matter what we do
(No matter what we do)
No matter what we say
(No matter what we say)
We're the song inside the tune
(Yeah, oh yeah)
Full of beautiful mistakes

And everywhere we go
(And everywhere we go)
The sun will always shine
(The sun will always, always, shine)
And tomorrow we might awake
On the other side

We're beautiful
No matter what they say
Yes words won't bring us down
Oh no
We are beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring us down
Oh no
So don't you bring me down today

Oh, oh
Don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down, ooh
Today

Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful (To Me)

You are so beautiful
To me
You are so beautiful
To me
Can't you see
You're everything I hoped for
You're everything I need
You are so beautiful
To me


You are so wonderful
To me
You are so wonderful
To me
Can't you see
You're everything I hoped for
You're everything I need
You are so wonderful
To me


You are so beautiful
To me
You are so beautiful
To me
Can't you see
You're everything I hoped for
You're everything I need
You are so beautiful
To me

Keri Hilson - Pretty Girl Rock

I can do the pretty girl rock, rock
Rock to the pretty girl rock, rock, rock
Now, what's your name?

My name is Keri, I'm so very
Fly oh my, it's a little bit scary
Boys wanna marry, looking at my deri
Aye, you can stare, but if you touch it, then I'ma bury

Pretty as a picture sweeter than a swisher
Mad 'cause I'm cuter than the girl that is with ya
I can talk about it 'cause I know that I'm pretty
If you know it too, then ladies sing it with me

My name is Keri, I'm so very
Fly oh my, it's a little bit scary
Boys wanna marry, looking at my deri
Aye, you can stare, but if you touch it, then I'ma bury

Pretty as a picture sweeter than a swisher
Mad 'cause I'm cuter than the girl that is with ya
I can talk about it 'cause I know that I'm pretty
If you know it too, then ladies sing it with me

All eyes on me when I walk in
No question that this girl's a 10
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful

My walk, my talk, the way I dress
It's not my fault, so please don't trip
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful

Aye, now do the pretty girl rock, rock, rock
Do the pretty girl rock, rock, rock
Do the pretty girl rock, rock

All my ladies do the pretty girl rock, rock, rock
Do the pretty girl rock, rock, rock
Do the pretty girl rock, rock
Do the pretty girl rock, now where you at?

If you're looking for me, you can catch me
Cameras flashing, daddy's turned his head as soon as I passed him
[ From : http://www.elyrics.net/read/k/keri-hilson-lyrics/pretty-girl-rock-lyrics.html ]
Girls think I'm conceited 'cause I know I'm attractive
Don't worry about what I think, why don't you ask him?

Get yourself together, don't hate
(Don't do it)
Jealous is the ugliest trait
(Oh, don't do it)
I can talk about it 'cause I know that I'm pretty
If you know it too, then ladies sing it with me

All eyes on me when I walk in
No question that this girl's a 10
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful

My walk, my talk, the way I dress
It's not my fault, so please don't trip
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful

Doing the pretty girl rock, rock, rock
Do the pretty girl rock, rock, rock
Do the pretty girl rock, rock, rock
Do the pretty girl rock, rock

All my ladies do the pretty girl rock, rock, rock
Get along with your pretty girl rock, rock, rock
Steal the show your pretty girl rock, rock
All my ladies do the pretty girl rock, rock
Sing it with me now

All eyes on me when I walk in
No question that this girl's a 10
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful

My walk, my talk, the way I dress
It's not my fault so please don't trip
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful

All eyes on me when I walk in
No question that this girl's a 10
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful

My walk, my talk, the way I dress
It's not my fault so please don't trip
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful

Mika - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)

Big girl you are beautiful

Walks in to the room
Feels like a big balloon
I said, 'Hey girls you are beautiful'
Diet coke and a pizza please
Diet coke I'm on my knees
Screaming 'Big girl you are beautiful'

You take your skinny girls
Feel like I'm gonna die
'Cause a real woman
Needs a real man here's why

You take your girl
And multiply her by four
Now a whole lot of woman
Needs a whole lot more

Get yourself to the Butterfly Lounge
Find yourself a big lady
Big boy come on around
And they'll be calling you baby

No need to fantasize
Since I was in my braces
A watering hole
With the girls around
And curves in all the right places

Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful

Walks in to the room
Feels like a big balloon
I said, 'Hey girls you are beautiful'
Diet coke and a pizza please
Diet coke I'm on my knees
Screaming 'Big girl you are beautiful'

You take your girl
And multiply her by four
Now a whole lot of woman
Needs a whole lot more

Get yourself to the Butterfly Lounge
Find yourself a big lady
Big boy come on around
And they'll be calling you baby

No need to fantasize
Since I was in my braces
A watering hole
With the girls around
And curves in all the right places

Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful

Get yourself to the Butterfly Lounge
Find yourself a big lady
Big boy come on around
And they'll be calling you baby

No need to fantasize
Since I was in my braces
A watering hole
With the girls around
And curves in all the right places

Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Oh you are beautiful

Get yourself to the Butterfly Lounge
Find yourself a big lady
Big boy come on around
And they'll be calling you baby

No need to fantasize
Since I was in my braces
A watering hole
With the girls around
And curves in all the right places

Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Oh you are beautiful

Get yourself to the Butterfly Lounge
Find yourself a big lady
Big boy come on around
And they'll be calling you baby

No need to fantasize
Since I was in my braces
A watering hole
With the girls around
And curves in all the right places

Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Big girls you are beautiful
Big girl you are beautiful

Cyndi Lauper - True Colours

You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh I realize
Its hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness inside you
Can make you feel so small

But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow

Show me a smile then,
Don't be unhappy, can't remember
When I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow

(When I last saw you laughing)
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show

Your true colors
True colors
True colors
Shining through

I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow

Urban Dictionary Has a go at Defining 'Inner Beauty'.

inner beauty
	Beauty on the inside; being "nice" and considerate to all. Is commonly confused with "what ugly people say to make themselves feel better", which is incorrect. Someone who truly loves you will accept you for your inner beauty, not for what you look like.

Inner Beauty

Inner beauty basically means being a generally good person. Being kind, honest, etc. Many people think inner beauty is just a phrase "used for ugly people to make them feel better about themselves." People who think that are sorely mistaken. Not all people who have inner beauty are "ugly," in fact, many people with inner beauty also have outer beauty. So you can't just look at someone and know if they have inner beauty, you have to get to know them first.Ever heard the phrase, "It's what's on the inside that counts"? It's true. She doesn't have any inner beauty, the only thing she has is her looks.

inner beauty
	A term ugly, undesirable and inadequate people use to make themselves feel less ugly, more desirable and sexually adequate. This phrase goes alone the lines of adages such as, "Looks are only skin deep," and "It's what's on the inside that counts," although everyone knows the adage should really be, "It's what's on the outside that counts." "Inner beauty won't get you laid." -Omega-Jerry

Any advances on these? I think yes.

“Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside.” - Marilyn Monroe

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Beautiful.

This would be the editing software I would use - Pinnacle Studio 14 Ultimate Collection - and these are some more techniques that could be used for effect during my documentary.

Time Freeze Effect

Slow Motion Effect

Reverse Motion Effect

"Pleasantville" Effect or Colour Pass Effect

Censor Blur Effect

Filming Techniques for my Documentary

This is a video my class and I watched on filming techniques. I am particularly interested in the techniques colour pass, echo and transactions.

Filmmaking Techniques

Updated Documentary Topic

I am presenting my documentary on 'The Perception of Beauty and its Affect on Attraction'.

In my documentary I am going to provide detailed statistics on the various perceptions of beauty such as:

• Male perception
• Female perception
• Teenage perception
• Adult perception
• Elderly perception
• Media perception

I will also talk about the different kinds of beauty that may be perceived like physical beauty and 'inner' beauty.

To do all this I will research information via the web and through a survey I will distribute to a wide range of people.

Videos on Beauty

Have a watch, see what you think.

What is True Beauty?

The Media's Distortion of Beauty

Body Image: Media vs Mind

The Perception of Beautiful

Doll Face