Mulvey's theory on representation

THE MALE GAZE

Mulvey's theory supports and states "Visual pleasure and narrative cinema".

The concept of the male gaze means; how men look at women and how they are viewed at, how women look at themselves and how women look at other women. 

I have chosen Dizzie Rascal - Holiday, the song  is about a holiday what they do on their holiday, this would instantly present ladies with lots of exposure in their skin. 

This music video exposes a lot of human skin, the camera mostly lingers around the females and their assets as a female such as their bums and breasts, it also focus's on the males perspective on their reaction towards female exposure.

As you can see in this picture, the man is letting the women in and from what you can see, he is only staring at the females assets in which he must confirm if she is good enough for her to get into the club.

 Mulvey's theory states that females are seen as objects in music videos. Dizzie Rascal's Holiday is a perfect example towards Mulvey's theory as throughout the video females are just looked upon and visualised from a males perspective if there good enough to hang around with them. Women facial expressions are only seen in music videos as romantic/sexual, invitational and a cheeky temptation look where as the male facial expressions are seen as carefree, seductive and practical. 

The facial expressions in music videos are key towards Mulvey's theory.

I have also chosen : Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines ft. T.I., Pharrell

The reason why I chose this video is because it has over 341 million views and it was also one of the summers biggest tracks published.

This song has many reasons why it did so well, not because it is catchy but the actual music video itself, no other music video has done as well as Blurred Lines because the female appearance in some cases shocking. 

As you can see in this picture, the female exposure is really high. Throughout the video there is a lot of female skin exposure and females dancing around men. The men are smartly dressed in this video and the reason for this is because there portraying the male perspective as money and power. The video portrays how the men have more power than the women.