Gender performance.
Judith butler argues that all we all put on a gender
performance, boy or girl. The image of ideal men and women has changed
dramatically over the last 50 years or so. However society has turned and faced
the strange.
Ever since the 1980's music videos have become a key element to go with a song and sex does sell. a music video that caused an absolute uproar with in the industry was Duran Duran, "girls on film". The music video really makes the male gaze obvious as seen in these screenshots of the music video.
THE MALE GAZE
Laura mulvey argues that cinema audiences look at films in two ways, Voyeuristically and fetishcally, cinema audiences watch a film without being watched by the characters on screen and usually in a darkened cinema so other audience members do not observe them either.
Mulvey argues that this voyeurism involves turning the represented figure in to a fetish. Mulvey writes about how female actresses must be glamorous and attractive, where as male actors are active, dynamic and not always conventionally attractive.
An example of a woman's character who must be glamorous and attractive is Margot Robbie who plays the character Naomi Lapagli, in the film The Wolf of Wall Street.We are first introduced to Naomi by the camera panning up her body whilst lying on a bed wearing lingerie. through out the film Naomi is usually wearing tight dresses,lingerie or no clothing at all.
Naomi's role in the film is a good example of the male gaze theory as through out the film the male roles in the film don't really pay attention to her apart from when Leonardo dicaprios character wants some thing either drug related or sexual pleasure.
In this video I got my room mate to watch a music video then I asked him 5 questions relating to the male gaze.
