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.

1. Mulvey’s Male Gaze- Audience Theory

2. What is the gaze? Gaze is the notion of how the audience perceive characters which are presented to us.Laura Mulvey suggests that the male gaze is where the camera adapts the males point of view- for the benefit of the assumed male audienceFeminists view the concept of male gaze in three different ways: How men look at womenHow women look at themselvesHow women look at other women

3. Features of The Male GazeThe camera tends to linger on female bodies which draws attention to the fact that women are represented as ‘sexual objects’ . These particular camera movements are used in order to gratify male audiences. Mulvey argues that mainly the protagonists are male which in addition allows the male audiences to relate to the character.The fact that the central active characters are always mostly male presents women as passive and sexual objects.Female audiences are forced to identify with the male gaze

4. Criticisms of Mulvey’s Theory In Scream4, the central heroic character is a female which challenges Mulvey’s theory that all central heroic characters are male. Gale Weathers is the central heroic character in scream 4. The fact that she is a women challenges ideas expressed by Mulvey. Since Mulvey wrote this theory, stereotypical representations of women

5. have changed. An example of this can be from Kill Bill.