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Roland Barthes distinction between the two types of pleasure links to the intended effect of my video. I challenged convention and expectation by ending the video in a worse state than it began. Therefore, I intended to create jouissance in parts of my video. This means my video doesn't conform to a particular stage in Schatz' cycle, containing elements from both the classical and deconstruction phases. My video raises important social questions to do with ideas of acceptance and belonging, and doing so is a stereotypical convention of genre.