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FEMINIST FILM THEORY & AUDIENCE
LAURA MULVEY

 Laura Mulvey is the main theorist in feminist
  theory.
 She believes cinema reflects society and
  therefore cinema reflects a patriarchal
  society.
THE GAZE

 The ‘gaze’ of the camera is the ‘male gaze’.
 The male gaze is active, the female is
  passive.
 Within the narrative male characters direct
  the gaze towards the female character.
THE MALE GAZE
 The spectator is made to identify with the male
  gaze because the camera films from the optical,
  as we as libidinal, point of view from the male
  character.
 Thus three levels of the cinematic gaze that
  objectify the female character. (the triple gaze)
 Therefore the audience is constructed as
  though everyone was male and women are
  forced to look at the text as though they were
  male in a process of suture.
AGENCY

 In the classical Hollywood cinema the male
  protagonist has agency, he is active and
  powerful.
 He is the agent around whom the dramatic
  action unfolds.
 The female character is passive and
  powerless – she is the object of erotic desire
  for the protagonist and the audience.
EROTIC DESIRE

 Mulvey argues that women have two roles in
  a film;
 1) As an object of erotic desire for the
  characters.
 2) As an object for the erotic desire for the
  audience

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Feminist film theory & audience

  • 1. By Billy Cove FEMINIST FILM THEORY & AUDIENCE
  • 2. LAURA MULVEY  Laura Mulvey is the main theorist in feminist theory.  She believes cinema reflects society and therefore cinema reflects a patriarchal society.
  • 3. THE GAZE  The ‘gaze’ of the camera is the ‘male gaze’.  The male gaze is active, the female is passive.  Within the narrative male characters direct the gaze towards the female character.
  • 4. THE MALE GAZE  The spectator is made to identify with the male gaze because the camera films from the optical, as we as libidinal, point of view from the male character.  Thus three levels of the cinematic gaze that objectify the female character. (the triple gaze)  Therefore the audience is constructed as though everyone was male and women are forced to look at the text as though they were male in a process of suture.
  • 5. AGENCY  In the classical Hollywood cinema the male protagonist has agency, he is active and powerful.  He is the agent around whom the dramatic action unfolds.  The female character is passive and powerless – she is the object of erotic desire for the protagonist and the audience.
  • 6. EROTIC DESIRE  Mulvey argues that women have two roles in a film;  1) As an object of erotic desire for the characters.  2) As an object for the erotic desire for the audience