1. Laura Mulvey
Male Gaze Theory
How the audience view people through the gaze. This can be seen in 3 ways:
How men look at women
How women look at themselves
How women look at other women
Laura Mulvey believes that the audience view characters
through a heterosexual male
Features of the Male Gaze are that the camera lingers on the curves of a female and seen
through a males eyes . Relegates women to the status of objects and the female audience
are the secondary audience.
2. Scouting for girls - She’s so lovely
The first shot we see of the woman lingers over her, the
pace of the shots change from fast to slow so it can linger
over her. This backs up the male gaze theory as the shot
lingers on her body.
Later on in the video we see the female being kissed by a
man, the look on his face looks creepy and like he is being
possessive of her. This makes us look at her through his eyes.
Here is a close up of the female, she is biting her lip
which is seen as seductive for a male therefore the
female are second hand viewers to the shot.
Finally you can see the men staring at her from behind, this
makes you look at her through the eyes of the men behind
her rather than looking her through your own view.
3. JLo - On the floor
In this shot you can see the woman surrounding the men making
them look like objects to the man and you see you threw the
males perspective. They are also wearing little clothing in bikini
making them appear in a sexual way. Finally they are wearing a
gold bikini and their body is covered in gold I think this makes
them look like trophies for them, again second to the men.
In this shot you see the main artist wearing a leotard that gives the
appearance she is naked which is very promiscuous, making her
looked at in a sexual way. Also she is shaking her bum which is again in
sexual way and for a man to enjoy. Again she is wearing gold which
also has the trophy theme, but in this sense I think she looks more like
she is being celebrated as a trophy than as a prop to the men. I think
this is mainly because she is the star.
This shot is of a male looking at a female his look is very intense
and creepy towards what he is looking at. This makes us look at
the woman dancing in the next clip through his eyes. Also he is
surrounded by woman makes them again just look like props to
him.
4. Kylie Minogue – Spinning around
There is a close up of his bum, it is also in slow
motion shot so it lingues over her bum. This is for the
males to appreciate. Also as she is dancing it makes it
look sexual. Being that close up will also make woman
stare at her and maybe make them jealous.
In this shot you can see the performer dancing on the bar in a sexual way, also
she is wearing little clothing which doesn’t help. This is for men to appreciate
and this is emphasised by the man in the background looking her, you see it
more through her eyes due to this.
In this shot you can see the man looking
seductively over kylie, this makes her look like a
piece of meat and I think you see her through his
eyes rather than as herself.
This shot is another close up of her private areas but in this shot you can see even
more of her body and less clothes, the shot also lingers over it, again the surrounding
of gold makes her look like a trophy and that she is being celebrated for the body, but
also in a sexual way.
