Under The Skin

Question 1

Summarise Barbara Creed’s Theory of the Male Gaze.

Answer 1

Creed posits that the camera positions us with a male attitude to characters and events, regardless of the nature of the audience; for example by sexualising or focussing on the bodies of female characters.

Question 2

Cinematographer?

Answer 2

Daniel Landin

Question 3

Composer?

Answer 3

Mica Levi

Question 4

Tension in Cinematography?

Answer 4

-Hidden Camera, CCTV and cinema verité techniques ground our perspective.

-High (almost birds eye view) angle shots and ultra wide establishing shots work to isolate our perspective, suggest omniscience.

The contrast here might represent the conflict between the Alien/Human dynamic or more generally; the conflict between cold objectivity and emotional subjectivity.

Question 5

Examples of Binary oppositions?

Answer 5

Masculinity vs Femininity

Literal vs Abstract

Isolation vs Inclusion

Alien vs Human identity