RESEARCH: LAURA MULVEY - VISUAL PLEASURE AND NARRATIVE CINEMA

Through my research I have read an article which was written by Daniel Chandler on the gaze theory by Laura Mulvey. 'Film has been called an instrument of the male gaze, producing representations of women, the good life, and sexual fantasy from a male point of view.' This theory is essentially saying that women are there to be looked at and the men to look at them. However Mulvey argues that movies put women as 'subject positions' which 'objectifies' them. Throughout many years of movie productions women have been used for a sexual representation. For example Halle Berry is often in very revealing clothes attracting a large male audience. This is classified as the "male gaze". This theory also suggests that men are not sexually objectified in mainstream cinema. However two people argue against this theory. These two people are Steve Neale and Richard Dyer.