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The document discusses Laura Mulvey's theory of the "male gaze" from her 1974 essay. The theory proposes that films are typically shot from a male perspective, objectifying women as sexual objects for the male viewer. Mulvey argued that camera techniques like close-ups can fetishize images of women. While influential, the theory is over 30 years old and may need further exploration to account for changes in representation and audiences over time.
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The Male Gaze Theory proposes that women are often portrayed as sexual objects in films from the perspective of heterosexual male viewers, focusing on their physical attributes rather than depicting them as complete individuals. It suggests that female characters frequently exist only to complement male characters, having little importance themselves beyond how they make male characters feel or act. The theory argues that media being presented from a male point of view leads women both to be objectified on screen and to internalize objectifying gazes towards other women.
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The document discusses Laura Mulvey's theory of the male gaze in film. It explains that Mulvey suggested films typically adopt a male point of view for the assumed male audience. This male gaze objectifies women through lingering camera shots and by typically having male protagonists, positioning women as passive objects. However, the document also notes criticisms of Mulvey's theory, citing examples like Scream 4 that challenge her assertions through having a female central character like Gale Weathers. It argues representations of women in films have changed since Mulvey's theory.
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Laura Mulvey introduced the Male Gaze theory in 1975, suggesting that women are typically presented as objects to be viewed sexually from a heterosexual male perspective in films. The theory examines how audiences perceive people, especially women. When viewed through a feminist lens, the Male Gaze can be seen through how men look at women, how women see themselves, and how women view other women. Features of the Male Gaze in music videos include the camera lingering on the female body and events involving women being presented through a man's reaction.
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Laura Mulvey's 1975 essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" argued that classic 1970s Hollywood cinema encouraged the "male gaze," or voyeuristic way of looking at women. She identified five features of the male gaze in cinema, including focusing the camera on female bodies and showing events through the male character's reaction rather than the female's perspective. The male gaze objectifies and sexualizes women for the pleasure of the male viewer. It positions women as weak objects in need of male protection rather than as fully realized characters.
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3) Barthes' enigma code theory suggests media leaves audiences with questions to intrigue them. Films often reveal culprits at the end.
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Laura Mulvey developed the theory of the "male gaze" which argues that cinema and visual media are typically constructed from a masculine point of view that objectifies and sexualizes women for the pleasure of the male viewer. She identified two ways women are depicted: "voyeuristic", seen as sexual objects, and "fetishistic", seen as madonnas. Examples are given of Hollywood pin-ups like Marilyn Monroe being voyeuristic. The theory also holds that male viewers identify with powerful male protagonists who control the film's fantasy. Mulvey's theory was influential in explaining how media representation enforces patriarchal social norms.
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Laura Mulvey's 1975 essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" argued that classic 1970s Hollywood cinema encouraged the "male gaze," or voyeuristic way of looking at women. She identified five features of the male gaze in cinema, including focusing the camera on female bodies and showing events through the male character's reaction rather than the female's perspective. The male gaze objectifies and sexualizes women for the pleasure of the male viewer. It positions women as weak objects in need of male protection rather than as fully realized characters.
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Hollywood Film Analysis
The classic Hollywood movie was dominated by a misogynistic view of sex and gender. The Hollywood film rose rapidly as one of the highest earning industries in America in the early twentieth century. As a result of the traditional patriarchal society of the era it was the men who owned the studios, the men who wrote the scripts, the men who worked behind the scenes, and the men who held the leading roles that dominated the industry. In this paper, I will discuss in brief my experience in viewing the short film by Tracy Moffatt (2003). Second, examine the feminist theories of Mulvey (1975) that provide a psychoanalysis of the male gaze and how these views of sex and gender were placed in the movie. Finally, I will provide a counter...show more content...The criteria of this theory examined how women s roles were perceived, were they passive or active, did they receive adequate screen time and were their roles stereotypical of the female genre, did the roles reinforce sexism . In addition, in its infancy, this theory examined the meaning of the text and what affects they had on the audience and the primary focus on the male gaze and spectatorship .
Moreover, Laura Mulvey s essay, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema (1975), Mulvey applied the psychoanalysis theories of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan and combined them with feminist theory to analyse the woman s role in film. Mulvey argues that women play roles that are passive and women are only used as a visual pleasure to accompany the male actor , that is to say, the woman s role is to highlight the patriarchal order of the male, hence the woman is objectified and exploited . According to Mul
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Laura mulvey’s male gaze theory
Laura Mulvey is a British feminist film theorist known for her 1975 article "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" which introduced the concept of the "male gaze". She argues that in classic Hollywood cinema, the camera presents women as objects of male pleasure through techniques like lingering shots of their bodies. This reflects the patriarchal ideology of representing women as passive objects to be looked at by both male characters and the audience. Mulvey's work helped establish psychoanalytic film theory and influenced feminist film criticism by revealing how gender is constructed through cinematic techniques.
Laura Mulvey - Male Gaze Theory Research
Laura Mulvey was a British feminist film theorist who developed the influential Male Gaze Theory. She argued that mainstream cinema represented women as sexual objects for the pleasure of the male heterosexual gaze. Films were constructed to be viewed through the perspective of a heterosexual man, which objectified and degraded women on screen. The camera would linger on the female form and present women as "to-be-looked-at." This imbalance between the male gaze and female gaze reinforced patriarchal norms and could negatively impact how women saw themselves. While critics argued her theory did not account for diverse spectator experiences, the Male Gaze Theory was seminal in shifting film theory towards psychoanalysis and feminist perspectives on objectification and representation of
Feminism & fc
The document discusses several feminist film theorists and their perspectives on the portrayal of women in cinema. Mary Ann Doane argues for defining a feminine poetic syntax and positioning of looking/desire derived from reimagining depictions of the female body. Teresa de Lauretis calls for reconsidering women in cinema by addressing the spectator as a woman and depicting diversity among women. Laura Mulvey's theory of visual pleasure argues that the spectator and camera adopt the active male gaze, while women on screen are the passive objects of desire.
The male gaze
The document discusses Laura Mulvey's theory of "the male gaze" in cinema. Mulvey argues that cinema and visual media are typically constructed from a patriarchal and male point of view. Women are often depicted as objects for the male gaze, either as sexual objects ("voyeuristic") or idealized figures ("fetishistic"). The male viewer identifies with powerful male protagonists who control the action and narrative. Examples are given of how women are portrayed in Hollywood films and advertising to appeal to and be viewed by the male gaze. The theory is applied to analyze representations of gender, sexuality and power dynamics in music videos, TV shows, and other media forms.
Mulvey and the gaze
Laura Mulvey analyzed how mainstream films appeal to the "male gaze" through the representation of women and the act of spectatorship. She argued that most films are made from the perspective of male directors for a male audience. This results in active male characters and passive female characters who are presented for visual pleasure. The male spectator can gain narcissistic pleasure through identifying with male heroes and voyeuristic pleasure through objectifying and fetishizing female characters.
Laura mulvey’s 'male gaze theory’
Laura Mulvey developed the theory of the "Male Gaze" which describes how cinema and media typically present the world from a heterosexual male perspective, portraying women as objects of male pleasure. The Male Gaze involves three looks - the perspective of the male character in the film, the spectator viewing the female character, and the spectator relating themselves to the male character to view the female as a sex object. Mulvey's theory argues that films and media often emphasize and objectify women's bodies to be viewed through this male perspective.
Laura mulvey the male gaze
This document discusses Laura Mulvey's concept of the "male gaze" in film. Mulvey introduced the idea in her 1975 essay, arguing that women in films are typically objects of desire for the male gaze. She believed audiences were encouraged to view films from the perspective of a heterosexual male, seeing women as objects. The male gaze involves lingering camera shots on women's bodies, presenting events through men's reactions, and degrading women as possessions. It suggests women are weak and can be divided into men looking at women, women looking at themselves critically, and women looking at other women competitively.
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Stuart Hall proposed that audiences must decode the messages that media encode in order to understand reality as constructed by media. Hall believed media have powerful influence over what the public sees as important issues. He identified three types of audience positioning.
Laura Mulvey's male gaze theory suggests that media, like film and music videos, are represented from the perspective of a heterosexual male gaze. This can objectify and sexualize women through camera angles and framing.
Andrew Goodwin's theory of music video analysis identifies six key aspects: demonstration of genre characteristics, relationship between lyrics and visuals, relationship between music and visuals, demands of record labels, and representation of characters and notion of looking.
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Laura Mulvey is a 75-year old British feminist film theorist and professor known for her influential 1975 essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema". In this essay, she introduced the concept of the "male gaze", arguing that women in film and literature are represented from a male point of view, with men in active roles and women in passive roles. Specifically, the "male gaze" refers to how scenes are framed from the perspective of a heterosexual male viewer, focusing on a woman's body as an erotic object for both characters and spectators to view.
Laura mulvey male gaze theory l1
Laura Mulvey developed the influential Male Gaze theory, which proposes that in film and media, the audience is positioned to view scenes and women from the perspective of a heterosexual man. This denies women their identity and reduces them to objects for the male gaze. Mulvey also suggests that women can only watch films from a secondary perspective and view themselves through a man's eyes. The theory argues that media perpetuates patriarchal ideals by masculinizing the viewer and objectifying and sexualizing female characters.
CompExam1
- Laura Mulvey's 1975 essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" analyzed how women are depicted and objectified in mainstream cinema for the pleasure of the male gaze. She argued this stems from the male-dominated film industry.
- The essay sparked debate around feminist film theory. Responses discussed how the male spectator can distance themselves from the image, the female spectator's relationship to images, and the potential for "masquerade" through alternative representations of femininity.
- Later essays criticized the lack of evolution in female characters compared to male ones, arguing this stems from ideology that places men in history and women as timeless objects outside of it. They called for a counter-cinema with
Laura mulvey’s 'male gaze theory’
Laura Mulvey developed the theory of the "male gaze," which describes how films typically present the perspective of the heterosexual male viewer. The male gaze objectifies women by emphasizing their physical form and positioning them as objects to be looked at. Mulvey identified three types of gazes in film - the perspective of the male character, the viewer, and the connection between the two which allows male viewers to see female characters as their own objects. The male gaze is exemplified through focusing on women's bodies and treating them as displays rather than people.
Laura mulvey
Laura Mulvey was a prominent film theorist born in 1941 who studied at Oxford University. She is known for her theory of the "male gaze" which proposes that in film audiences view characters through a male perspective, and that media has socialized women into becoming passive objects of the male gaze over time. Her theory helps identify when ideologies are unconsciously adopted from movies and challenges the notion that what is shown is factual. The theory remains relevant as more movies continue to employ the male gaze, influencing viewers' mindsets.
The laura mulvey theory
Laura Mulvey developed the Male Gaze theory to describe how mainstream films typically show women as objects for the heterosexual male gaze. The theory argues that women are displayed for both the characters and spectators to look at, with the male emerging as the dominant figure. Mulvey believes this reflects an underlying power imbalance where the male gaze takes precedence over the female gaze. However, some disagree with aspects of the theory by arguing that some women enjoy attracting attention or that some media also objectify men.
Feminism
The document discusses feminism in media from several perspectives. It outlines how early feminist theory viewed media as patriarchal and aimed at disempowering women. It then provides context on the origins of feminism and the women's liberation movement of the 1970s. Finally, it summarizes Laura Mulvey's theory of the male gaze, which argues that cinema audiences view films voyeuristically and fetishistically in a way that objectifies and reduces female characters.
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- 1. THE MALE GAZE THEORY ZONE Joseph Chamberlain VI th Form College media studies The term ‘male gaze’ is frequently used by students, although they often end up demonstrating how little they know rather than how much. Mulvey coined the term ‘Male Gaze’ to refer to the overall way that cinema objectifies women (turns them into sexual objects rather than people). She claimed that when you watch a film you are watching it from a male perspective If the camera is male then the female members of the audience must adopt a male viewpoint – they are seeing the world represented through a man’s eyes – hence ‘the male gaze’. Mulvey applied this through close textual analysis of films. She looked at how film language Fetishises images of women (making them seem sexual through the use of close ups which were sexually suggestive). The theory is now over 30 years old and may need further Exploration. For more on Mulvey’s essay and her other ideas see the Theory Theory The Male Gaze Other Names Objectification Theorist Laura Mulvey Origins 1974 Essay ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema Feminist Film Studies Key Concept Representation , Audiences , Film Language , Ideology Application Gives a framework for looking at the representation of women in films and on TV. People sometimes apply to other media texts (although this should be done with caution)