2. • Mulvey used the term to describe what she saw as
the male point of view adopted by the camera for
the benefit of an assumed male audience.
• Mulvey views the practice of the camera lingering on
women’s bodies as evidencing that women were
being viewed as sexual objects for the gratification of
men.
• Women in the audience are also positioned by the
narrative to identify with the male gaze and see the
world through a male perspective.
3. Jennifer’s body a contemporary horror movie:
In the trailer the establishing shot is of the main protagonist, a
women swimming in a lake naked. This is made apparent by the
pace of the action being slow and directly on the protagonist. The
opening sequence of this trailer is a series of slow paced mid shots
anchoring the cuts to the text explaining the narrative. There is an
emphasis on sexual innuendo and blatant sexual language from the
main protagonist. The opening of the trailer does not conform to
Todorov’s theory of narrative effectively using a montage of the
most sexualised parts of the movie to directly engage the target
audience of 18-24 year old males attention.In one shot the cut
from the wording on screen which says “her body” back to action
as the protagonist slighting unzips her top at a mid shot level with a
clear focus on her cleavage.Using editing to slow down the pace of
the trailer conforms with Mulvey’s male gaze theory, the “male
eye” of the camera is stereotyping the female exclusively for male
audience pleasure
4. The use of an extreme close up of two female
protagonists lips in red lipstick with one of the
protagonists fingers on the lip, is another example
of Mulveys “male eye”, the use of dark lighting in
this clip places emphasis on the dual meaning in
red as lust, evil and is symbolic of the films
meaning. The stereotypical use mainly outsiders
or nerds as males in the trailer as victims is
shown through point of view shots, such as when
an over the shoulder shot from the male’s
perspective as he becomes another victim. This
clip is a classic example of Mulvey’s male gaze
theory. However Though the camera still acts as
a “male eye” portraying women in a sexualized
manner for male pleasure, the female protagonist
is not passive in this representation actively
acting to this stereotype.
