LAURA MULVEY
Laura Mulvey’s theory suggests men have power and women
don’t, the men do the looking and women are looked at. Whatever image the man
has of the women this is projected onto the women, such as sexual, passive,
scantly, being provocative. It is mainly seen in music videos such as
‘R&B’, ‘Rap’, ‘Grind’ and ‘Hip pop’. Most videos are in the perspective of
the male and the women are the objects.
‘Robin Thicke ft. TI and Pharell – Blurred Lines’
00.47 - Pharell
is looking at her in a provocative way, looking at her bottom instead of her
face
00.53 – Robin is
in a bed with a naked girl, lyrics at this moment is “cos you’re a good girl, I
know you want it’ implying a sexual relationship with the various girls
01.01 -The three
women are half dressed in white short clothing with plastic, showing of their
asserts by walking past Robin grabbing his attention on their bodies
01.24 – the
brunette female is bent over in a provocative way, this is how you can tell we
are viewing the video from a males perspective
... and it carries on all throughout the video, making the
girls an object, putting females in a
bad light.
‘Tinashe – This Feeling ’
00.12 – Tinashe
and all the other female dancers are wearing a short buster top with topless
men behind them with hands wrapped around them
00.27 – The men
are touching the females upper bodies, not really paying attention to their
females faces only on their asserts, however the singer encourages it though
her lyrics
00.38 – dancing
against each other, again this is provocative but it is the singer’s intention
to look sexy and trying to take control
01.11 – duo
dancing together and actions are
quite sexy, seeking the males attention on her and only her
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