Friday, 26 November 2010

Male Gaze

The gaze is constructed through the camera man and production team establishing and framing a short the 'look' withing the film of male characters objectivfiying female ones: the specators gaze is there by constructed through mechanisms.

→ Men fetishe women imbuing them with an overvalued and unrealistic
     status: 'Fetishistic   Scopophilia'

→ Men have this gaze to avoid being 'castrated'

→ Women are represtented as sexual spectale and objective of pleasure
     for characters and audience

Representation of Women

Fragile needs man strength
  • Costume
  • White
  • Dresses - Low cut
 → Blonde / Brunette - Survive?
  • Victim
  • Too Stupid
  • More Practical
Sacrifice for greater good

Position in relation to men
  • Married 
  • Diminant - Smaller
Camera Angles
  • Love angle- view point towards men
  • High angle- froms mans presective
  • Over the shoulder - women through mans eyes
  • Pans up- to focus on figure

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