Media Flashcards
voyoristic gaze
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we can be at any position, zoom in and out, we can see everything
perfect voyoristic Power
the male gaze (Mulvey)
imbalance between genders
man gaze and woman are being gazed at
woman are passive and man active.
It shows the gender hierarchy.
They are our excuse to look at her.
The man are shown with more power.
identification with characters
is when you take over someones perspective
criticism on the male gaze (muley)
its a male heterosexual gaze, not just a male gaze
class, ethnicity etc. are not considered
the disciplinary gaze, The gaze of surveilance (Foucault)
people discipline themselv because they could be watched (this area is monitored signs, fake cameras, policeman wearing sunglasses)
architecture can also construct gaze (Penopticon)
the medium matters
widescreen in cinemas vs television at home
it has impact on meaning and on people
representation
is connected to power, there is always one dominant representation and it shows who is in power
the Gaze
humans don’t have a “natural”, “innnocent” gaze, it is culturally coded(historically and socially specific, can change)
it shows hierarchical dimensions (who gazes at whom)
Cinema as an apparatus
camera is origin of gaze, camera holds power
audience adapts that predetermined gaze, can’t change it
voyeuristic gaze of the audience is unchallenged
Collin MacCabe: the classic realist text
1) hierarchy of discourses
2) relationships of identification
3) closed text (no open end)
4) passive reader/viewer
sexual pleasure from looking
scopophilia
The tourist Gaze
Gaze central in tourism
greater sensitivity to the visual things because everything is different
Representation: A Constructivist Understanding
Stuart Hall
Things don’t mean we construct meaning using representational systems concepts and science
It’s a symbolic practice by wich meaning is given to the world
