Personal study unit

1. PERSONAL
STUDY UNIT
Thomas Moore

2. AUTEUR THEORY
https://www.britannica.co
m/art/auteur-theory
https://www.liveabout.com/a
uteur-theory-definition-and-
famous-auteur-directors-
4684211
Definition-
The Auteur theory is the
concept that the director
the film (the filmmaker)
plays the major role in the
creative force of the film
was first used in the 1940s
a American film critic. The
director of the film is
seen as the author of the
and not just a director.
Example-
Japan's Akira
Kurosawa (Rashomon,
Seven Samurai) This
is a film from the
1950s where people
believe that the
theory is used and
that the director
takes a heavy role in
the making of the
movie.

3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
1st site
Andrew Sarris . (2020). auteur theory. Available: https://www.britannica.com/art/auteur-theory. Last accessed
24th September 2021 .
2nd site
Christopher McKittrick. (2019). The Auteur Theory. Available: https://www.liveabout.com/auteur-theory-definition-
and-famous-auteur-directors-4684211. Last accessed 24th September 2021

4. RECEPTION THEORY
Definition
Reception theory is a
of reader response literary
theory that emphasizes
particular reader's reception
interpretation in making
meaning from a literary text
Reception theory is
referred to as audience
reception in the analysis of
communications models In
literary studies reception
theory originated from the
work of Hans-Robert Jauss
the late 1960s and the most
influential work was
during the 1970s and early
1980s in Germany and the
(Fortier 132) with some
notable work done in other
Western European countries
form of reception theory
also been applied to the

5. BIBLIOGRAPHY
1st site
communication theory. (2019). Reception Theory. Available: https://www.communicationtheory.org/reception-
theory/. Last accessed 24th September 2021 .
2nd site
revision world . (2019). Reception Theory. Available: https://revisionworld.com/a2-level-level-revision/media-studies-
level-revision/reception-theory. Last accessed 24th September 2021 .

6. MALE GAZE THEORY
Definition
In feminist theory the male gaze is
act of depicting women and the
in the visual arts and in literature
a masculine heterosexual
that presents and represents
as sexual objects for the pleasure
the heterosexual male viewer In
visual and the aesthetic
representations of narrative
the male gaze has three
the perspective of the man behind
camera the perspective of the
characters in the filmed story and
perspective of the male spectator
gazing at the moving image
the female gaze is the conceptual
analogue of the male gaze.

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
1st site
Janice Loreck. (2016). what does the male gaze mean. Available: https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-does-
the-male-gaze-mean-and-what-about-a-female-gaze-52486. Last accessed 24th September 2021 .
2nd site
Sarah Vanbuskirk. (2021). What is the male Gaze. Available: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-
male-gaze-5118422. Last accessed 24th September 2021 .

8. FOCUSING
ON MALE
GAZE

9. FOCUSING
ON MALE
GAZE
On vogue the male gaze takes a big part in it with the majority of there
magazines have female actors or models on them and are mostly wearing a
small amount of clothes and are the main subject images of the front cover.
These images are used and taken to attract an audience which will most
likely be male due to the front cover appealing more to the male audience.
Vogue has always been known for there revealing covers and photoshoots
and wide range of famous actors they have on there covers and has made a
name for themselves doing so.
For example Billie Eillish recently did a photoshoot for vogue and with Billie
being a very hidden person and most know for wearing baggy clothes she
caused abit controversy