Mulvey's theory about the 'male gaze' includes analysing the way males look at girls within films. Laura Mulvey suggests that when male look at women in films, they are viewed as an object of sexual desire, rather than being portrayed as the average person. What this does is gives the viewers a different reflection of women in films, as the male gaze is regularly being exploited. A prime example of the male gaze being used is in Tucker and Dale vs. Evil trailer.
In this trailer, the first bit of dialogue used exclaims the fact that two men were staring at a girl - "Did you see the way those guys looked at us?" said the girl looking out of the car in caution. This is suggestive of Mulvey's male gaze being used, as the men beforehand were freakishly staring at the girl. This also emphasises her caution at the men staring at her, which shows that she's fearful of the male gaze.
This continues to be exploited, as we see the girl undressing herself to jump into a lake. Again, the men are shown to be looking at the girl, which happens to distract her and causes her to fall into the lake terrified.
However, with the girl undressing herself, it symbolises how this girl will be represented in the film. It implies that she is shown as an object of sexual desire, as Mulvey may have suggested. This may be reflected onto the passive audiences (explained in a later blog post), as they may see women as objects of sexual desire, which leads to women creating a bad representation of themselves. Not only this, but it represents them in a vulnerable way, shown through the girl falling into the lake in a terrified manner.
How can this be applied to my trailer?
This can be used to represent the vulnerability of women in scenes. For example, Mulvey's male gaze can be intertwined with the concept of false sense of security (as shown in the Tucker and Dale vs Evil trailer, where the girl is shown undressing herself innocently and a quick shot of the males looking causes the girl to react horrifyingly).
No comments:
Post a Comment