1 The male gaze Laura Mulvey’s Theory 1975

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3 Laura Mulvey British feminist film theorist Born 1941- currentBest known for her essay “Visual pleasure And Narrative Cinema 1975 Mulvey was the first feminist theorists to analyze the objectification of women in film. Intention of Essay Use of Freudian psychoanalysis Pre-existing patterns a fascination of social behavior Image of the castrated woman

4 Mulvey’s theory Highlights:The male gaze occurs when the audience is put into the perspective of the heterosexual man. A scene may focus on the curves of a woman's body, putting you the viewer in the eyes of the male. Curves are highlighted with specific conventions such as slow motion, deliberate camera movements and cutaways. Objectifying the female form. Suggests that the male gaze relegates women to the status of objects to be admired for physical Mulvey’s theory

5 Gender in film roles

7 Audience and voyeurismScopophilia

9 James bond Die another day

10 50 Shades of grey

11 Laura Croft Tomb Raider Broke the mold in the 90’s / Masculated feminine