Both films It’s a Wonderful Life and American Beauty focus on a protagonists identity crisis. George has a momentary break down in which he lashes out at his wife and children‚ plagued with fear of not being ale to provide for his family‚ nearly drives George over the edge. When he enters an alternative universe‚ nobody recognizes him and he is cast as an outsider. Though George contemplate suicide‚ he is able to reclaim his life after recognizing his home‚ family‚ and friends make him whole. On
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of the ‘male gaze’ has been applied to feminist studies of the media. “One thing I really envy about men‚ ’ a friend once said to me‚ ’is the right to look ’ (Dyer 1982) Johnathan Schroeder posited ‘...to gaze implies more than to look at- it signifies psychological relationship of power‚ in which the gazer is superior to the object of the gaze.(Schroeder‚ 1998)’ Keeping this in mind‚ in Laura Mulvey’s article ‘Visual pleasure and narrative cinema’‚ she proposes that the male gaze is paramount
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Analysis We see the theory of the male gaze prominently in this scene taken from transformers in which the appealing force is Megan Fox and the character she plays. This is done through the micro-elements in the film and especially the cinematography in this scene. One major area is her style of clothing. We see her in a typical light‚ short skirt and a crop top alongside the tan and curves. This draws the eye of audiences in order to portray her in the light that male audience’s desire. Throughout the
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ordered by sexual imbalance‚ pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its phantasy on to the female figure which is styled accordingly.” (Mulvey 750) Mulvey refers here to classic Hollywood cinema. Is her analysis still relevant? Discuss in relation to films from the classic era and contemporary cinema. Refer to films screened in this unit and films of your choice with attention to mise en scene and narrative structure. Laura
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the gaze‚ as established by psychologists Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan‚ discusses the idea of being the object of a person’s look. When one realizes that he or she is the object of a person’s gaze‚ he or she may experience feelings of anxiety because of the loss of control over one’s own body. In 1999‚ Laura Mulvey builds upon the theory of the gaze in her article “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” by constructing the concept of a male gaze. Mulvey summarizes the notion of the male gaze as
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Is the gaze male? Book Title: Women and Film: Both Sides of the Camera. Contributors: E. Ann Kaplan author. Publisher: Methuen. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1983. Page Number: 35. Since the beginning of the recent women’s movement‚ American feminists have been exploring the representation of female sexuality in the arts—in literature‚ painting‚ film‚ and television. As we struggle towards meaningful theory‚ it is important to note that feminist criticism‚ as a new way of reading
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How have women been portrayed through photography? 16/01/2009 How have women been portrayed through photography? The gaze deals with how the audience views the people presented in visual culture‚ in this case‚ adverts‚ magazines and Cinema. The ‘male gaze’ is the male ability to exercise control over women by representing them in visual means as passive‚ sexual objects of male desire. The power of men over women has always existed. They are seen as the more powerful and clever species. This control
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French Film Noir: Touchez pas au Grisbi and Ascenseur pour l’échafaud Azaria Wassyihun Film Noir is often regarded as a uniquely American phenomenon. The particular context these films were produced in‚ marked by the post-war period‚ infused these films with a unique style Hollywood had never encountered before. America might have been the adequate setting for this unique phenomenon to occur‚ but film noir would not be the same without it’s international aspects. Famous Austrian born directors
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Section I Images of Women in Film Dr. Judith Lancioni 07‚ February 2012 Male Gaze in Vertigo Several film theorists have used a variety of tactics and view points to analyze feature films since their inception. One of the most prominent theorists of those that analyze films from a feminist perspective is Laura Mulvey. Mulvey is famous for her essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema‚” which presents an array of theories involving the treatment of women in films. Arguably the most notable
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Film Noir Presentation 1 Film Noir meaning black film or film of the night‚ was prevalent in post world war 2 in America and found a popular audience in France and got his name from the French critics. The term is most often applied to crime dramas. A genre that won’t mess you about and misleads you into thinking there will be a happy ending. The locations reek of the night‚ shadows‚ taxi drivers and bartenders who have seen it all‚ and also everybody in film noir seems to be smoking all
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