1983

1. The thing that struck me as the most interesting in these music videos were the outfits of the women in both videos.  Although more so in the Pat Benatar video, the women were dressed in fancy dresses that had been altered to show a less orthodox fashion.  This could have perhaps been portraying the message of the songs about women wanted to be able to do different things then they were expected to do in society.

2. I think that the Pat Benatar video had the stronger message.  Initially, the video captured my attention more as it had almost a creepy theme and was more memorable than the video for Girls Just Want to Have Fun.  One part that was especially powerful was when Benatar was in the bar and noticed the man harassing the random woman and stood up and got in his face.  This showed a big stretch for power of women and women standing up to men. 

3. From the video that I am working on, Walk this Way by Run DMC, I am able to make two conclusions.  First, I think that the video uses the costumes to show stereo types about the different groups of people.  Also, I think the video tries to show how music can bring people together no matter how different they are.  Watching these videos did actually help me in breaking down my music video because these had more obvious themes that allowed me to have a starting point in what to look for.