Laura Mulvey’s quote:
“In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy onto female figure which is styled accordingly.”
In my own words, this is basically saying,
In a world where men have power and women do not, men do the looking and women are looked at.”
Whatever image the man has of the woman, this is then projected onto the woman which is usually sexual and provocative. These usually fall under the genres of Hip Hop / RAP / RNB / Grime
From the music video 'Superbass' by Nicki Minaj, there are several examples which favour Mulvey's theory.
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This is a close up of Nicki's chest area as she pours a drink over her very revealing costume. In the video it is edited in slow motion to pleasure the males view. |
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This shot shows that she is the centre of attention. The camera is positioned so that we see her in the male's point of view. |
In the music video 'Holiday' by Dizzee Rascal, there are also examples of shots where Mulvey's theory can be applied.
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The camera has edited in a slow motion shot as the lady is walking up to the pool party. Her face is cut out of the shot to encourage the audience see her body from a male's point of view. |
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