She said that the features of the 'male gaze' included...
- The camera lingers on the curves of a female body
- Events which occur to women are presented largely in the context of a mans reaction of these events
- The 'male gaze' relegates women to the status of objects
- The female viewer must experience the secondarily, by identification with the male.
Laura Mulvey's theory of the 'male gaze' had been criticised as others said some women enjoy being looked at , for example we have beauty pageants etc.
Another criticism towards Laura's theory was that the gaze can also be directed towards members of the same gender, for several reasons, not all of which are sexual. Such as in comparison of their body or of their clothing.
I applied this theory of the Male Gaze to an essay i wrote. We had to analyse an advert for Calvin Klein. Eva Mendez a famous actress was modelling underwear and i had to create an essay on what effect her pose and and editing had on the audience.
Calvin Klein analysis
Laura.
ReplyDeleteYou now need to try and apply the theory you have learnt in class to the preliminary exercises you have completed for Mr Ford.
You could analyse your magazine cover using Laura Mulvey, Tessa Perkins' stereotypes and the theory you learnt on Thursday relating to facial expressions.
Similarly your prelim can be analysed using Barthes, Todorov, Propp etc.
This is a good start.