The summary discusses Laura Mulvey's Male Gaze Theory and how it is represented in the trailer for the horror movie "Jennifer's Body". Mulvey's theory argues that cameras in films typically adopt a male perspective and view women as sexual objects. However, the trailer for "Jennifer's Body" turns this theory "upside down" by presenting the female protagonist as in control and dominant over passive male victims through slow-paced shots that emphasize her sexuality and power over men.

1. The Male Gaze Theory Laura Mulvey

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. Coming from a female this turns Mulvey’s male gaze theory upside down, presenting women as in control and dominant. The males of trailer are passive and victims to an unknown threat. 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. This representation of women connotes them as in touch with their desires and how to get what they want.