The Male Gaze, developed by feminist, Laura Mulvey describes how the audience, or viewer, is put into the perspective of a heterosexual male. Mulvey believes that women should enjoy the attention of attracting the gaze, and put themselves in positions to be looked at. The concept of ‘the gaze’ is one that deals with how an audience views the people/person presented. Mulvey states that in film women are typically the objects, rather than the possessors, of gaze because the control of the camera (and thus the gaze) comes from factors such as the as the assumption of heterosexual men as the default target audience for most film genres.
The male gaze occurs when the camera puts the audience into the perspective of a heterosexual man. It may, for instance linger over the curves of a woman's body. The woman is usually displayed on two different levels:- as an erotic object for both the characters within the film- the spectator who is watching the filmBelow is a presentation I created in order to apply Mulvey's theory to the modern music videos I have been studying 'She's so lovely' 'She's on the floor' and 'Spinning around':
WWW- Good understanding of what the theory is
ReplyDeleteEBI- go into more detail about the music videos and if they go against/for the gaze theory. Relate back to the theory.