"Top Gun" and "Thelma and Louise"

In order for us to understand the theory's in which we learn for our exam we looked at two films and wrote a essay on them talking about how they go against the Laura Mulvey theory.

Crash

As part of this project we looked at a number of different film clips in order for us to understand the theory. Crash was on of them.

This is a link to the trailer for crash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEQ_ftkpb18

Problems

Unfortunately due to problems on the imacs we haven't been able to make our animatic or editing any of our shots we have filmed, but hopefully they will be up and running soon and then we will put them on.

Theory, Theory, Theory...

Feminist Film Theory and Audience

Laura Mulvey wrote a essay on the Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema (1975).

Laura Mulvey said:-

-cinema reflects society

-therefore cinema reflects patriarchal society

-How does a patriarchal society manifest itself in cinema?

An example:-

• patriarchy and phallocentrism are linked
• the phallus is the symbol of power
• note how guns are used in film
• gun=phallus=power

The Gaze

• the 'gaze' of the camera is the male 'gaze'.
• the male gaze is active the female is passive.
• within the narrative male characters direct their gaze towards female characters.
• the spectator is made to identify with the male look, because the camera films from the optical, as well as libidinal, point of view of the male character.
• thus three levels of the cinematic gaze- camera, character and spectator- that objectify the female character (the tripe gaze).
• therefore the audience is constructed as though everyone was male.
• women are forced to look as though they were a male audience.

Agency

• in the classical Hollywood cinema the male protagonist has agency- he is active and powerful.
• he is the agent around whom the dramatic action unfolds
• the female character is passive and powerless- she is the object of desire for the protagonist and audience

Erotic desire

Mulvey argues that women have two roles in film

1. as an object of erotic desire for the characters.
2. as an object of erotic desire for the audience.

Templates for the digipak

As part of my research I decided to research into the way in which digipaks are layed out. Looking on google i found lots of templates which me and chris could use in order to complete our digipak. Here are a few examples.

Digipak examples

Here are three example of digipaks. As part of our coursework we have to design a digipak for our music video. I decided to research into the different styles that people do and these are some that I have found.

Treatment for your music video worksheet

Name of Artist:- The 99's

Title of track:- "Oh Me Oh My"