Male Gaze

' Film has been called an instrument of the male gaze, producing representation of women, the good life, and sexual fantasy from a male point of view.' - Jonathan Schroeder (1998)


Laura Mulvey wrote a very influential essay 'visual pleasure and narrative cinema' (1975), which suggested that the way women are viewed in the cinema is unequal. The camera sexualises women for the please of men.

1- the look of the camera as it records the filmic event
2- the look of the audience as it watches the final product
3. the look of the characters at each other in the visual images of  
    the screen illusion








My interpretation of male gaze

This is true in older films, portraying females in an ideal form in the eyes of the majority of males. However with the new empowerment of women this is no longer always the case. Hardly any of the new iconic films have these moments.

Which is why in my trailer i may attempt to subvert this, show element of male gaze but then have it contradict it self when the female does not look so attractive. This is represented in twilight where the protagonist Bella is not your usual 'beauty' and so any voyeuristic male gaze shots come across quite awkward.