Friday, 9 June 2017

Laura Mulvey

Whether it be in film, or in music, Media uses a term entitles 'The Male Gaze', which occurs when the audiences are put into the perspective of a heterosexual man. For instance, this may be apparent when a camera is focused on a woman's assets, such as her curves. 
However, it is actually only 'considered' if the certain aspects are highlighted with slow motion movements, or deliberate cut aways. 
The theory also suggests that woman audiences can only view from a second person perspective, obviously behind the 'males'. 


A musical interpretation of The Male Gaze would be seen in the Fratellis album covered, which is pictured above. Notice how there are no signs of male activity, and the women pictured are all slender, have long legs, are heavily made up and have extremely short dresses that show their stockings. By the band choosing to use this picture as an album cover it would immediately grab all genders attention. The women are all seen to have curves, and have very low-cut dresses on, stressing their seductive nature further. A highly controversial but effective album cover. 


The Male Gaze is very common in James Bond, in particular the opening credits. I am going to use 'Spectre' screenshots to explore this in more detail. 


Within the shot above, it is clear that there is a woman pictured with a twisted octopus's tentacle to cover up her body slightly. If the link below is clicked, audiences will see that this entire opening credits scene is in slow motion, which conforms and echoes Laura Mulvey's theory even further.  


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