Reading 3 Texts I made these notes.
Primary Text
L Mulvey Women as Image, man as bearer of the look
Mulvey is a feminist film theorist
- Males are Active, females are Passive
- A women preforms within a narrative, the gaze of a spectator.
- focuses on heterosexual desire
- Women don't have a penis, This makes them seem like less of a person
- 'The Male Gaze'
J Storey Cine Psychoanalysis
Storey is a author and academic. He has a neutral opinion on Mulveys opinion.
- He simplifies what Mulvey says and helps highlight information
- He talks about how Mulvey invites Scopophilia and promotes Narcissism.
- Popular cinema is structured around moments: Moments of narrative and moments of spectator
- Both sexes play to the male desire
R Dyer Stars and Spectators
Dyer is an author and academic who disagrees with Mulvey
- Mulvey does not take into account that people who watch are not just heterosexual men
- Men can also be objectified
Laura Mulvey writes about the Male Gaze talking about the focus on Heterosexual desire in cinema. She states that 'A women preforms within a narrative, the gaze of the spectator and that of the male characters in the film are neatly combined without breaking narrative verisimilitude.'(Mulvey) John Storey helps highlight Mulvey's idea that cinema invites Scopophilia and promotes Narcissism. 'Popular cinema is structured around two moments: Moments of narrative and moments of spectator'(Storey) In cinema Mulvey talks about the audience being heterosexual males however Richard Dyer argues her claims stating that Mulvey does not take into account all the audience and men to can also be objectified. 'Richard Dyer explores a similar disavowed of the look by highlighting how male pinups appear in the image to be looking in ways which suggest they are not erotic object.'(Dyer)
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