viewer. This creates a composition that mimics that of a play. This further adds to the sense of a single‚ dynamic moment in time. As I dive into analyzing the facial expressions within this piece Cato once again appears most prominent. His strong gaze solidifies the intentionality of his action and increases the sense that he is retaining his composure. The man behind him and to our right’s face exhibits a look of shock and fear. He looks as though he just witnessed the events leading up to this
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Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema (1975) - Laura Mulvey Originally Published - Screen 16.3 Autumn 1975 pp. 6-18 http://www.jahsonic.com/VPNC.html I. Introduction A. A Political Use of Psychoanalysis This paper intends to use psychoanalysis to discover where and how the fascination of film is reinforced by pre-existing patterns of fascination already at work within the individual subject and the social formations that have moulded him. It takes as starting point the way film reflects‚ reveals and
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Assia Djebar: Women of Algiers in Their Apartment 08. February 2010 10:00 On 25 June 1832‚ Delacroix disembarks in Algiers for a short stopover. He has just spent a month in Morocco‚ immersed in a universe of extreme‚ visual richness (the splendor of the costumes‚ reckless frenzy of fantasias‚ the pomp of a royal court‚ the rapture of Jewish weddings or of street musicians‚ the nobility of royal felines: lions‚ tigers‚ and so forth). This Orient‚ so near and of his own time‚ offers itself to him
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for the “male gaze”. 3) The pleasure of viewing comes from; voyeurism‚ narcissism‚ and scopohilia. Criticism of Feminist Theory * Many films do not pursue Mulvey’s idea of “passive heroine”. * The female lead is still a glamorous actress‚ who is sexually appealing men. The camera encourages the audience to view the women in a voyeuristic way. * Soap operas women’s issues are central to the plot. In 1988 Gammon and Marshment suggested an idea of "female gaze”. Examples
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Fear of Marriage and Voyeurism in Rear Window In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic thriller Rear Window‚ Jimmy Stewart stars as L.B. Jeffries‚ a world traveling magazine photographer accustomed to living a fast pace active lifestyle. When Jefferies injures himself taking a risky picture he is immobilized‚ confined to a wheelchair inside his apartment for two months. Bored with his uneventful life he becomes completely obsessed with the lives of his neighbors spending the majority of his
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(mylvielle and MYLVIE) Figure [ 1 ] In considering the way that films are put together‚ many feminist film critics have pointed to the "male gaze" that predominates in classical Hollywood filmmaking; Patricia Earens says that” Hitchcock depicts women in classic Hollywood cinema as they are inevitably made into passive objects of male voyeuristic and sadistic impulses; how they exist simply to fulfill the male desires and express their anxieties in the audience” TANIA MODLESKI Hitchcock ‚ feminism
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Themes The Power of Desire From the moment the girls walk into the A&P‚ they attract the gaze of every man in the store‚ which demonstrates the power their sexuality gives them over the opposite sex. Although they make a point of acting nonchalant (Queenie more successfully than the other two)‚ the girls are well aware of the eyes tracking their every move. As long as the girls do not acknowledge the men’s interest‚ they are in a position of power—inspiring desire but not subject to it. Their
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way in which a psychoanalytical approach to look at film shows the constant patriarchy found within the history of film and how this notion is constantly reproduced within the structure of cinema and fascination today. The gaze used in cinema according to Mulvey is a male gaze and the women are “to-be-looked-at.” “In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed‚ with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote
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we presented the show. Many of the sets that have been done before paid much attention to color‚ detail‚ proportions and the principles of flawlessness. I thought to myself‚ “I have quite a big challenge ahead of me.” After the run of the show‚ the gaze and awe of the audience members exclaiming that they had gone to a Broadway quality show‚ gives me the great sense of pride and joy that I had done my part of the work to give these people a good time. Technical Theatre has shown me to become more
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The present results discredit the initial intention to show a relationship between emotional expression and gaze cueing effects. This was especially relevant to the research hypothesis‚ as these results force the null hypothesis to be accepted in the cases of a happy emotional expression having a positive impact upon reaction times and accuracy‚ and likewise for fearful producing a reduction in both. These results conflict with the previous research looked upon in order to formulate a testable hypothesis
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