Tuesday 24 September 2013

Male Gaze and Stereotypes - James Bond, Die Another Day

The opening to the scene shows a panning shot of the place, this sets the scene and gives the idea we are in a majestic and secluded place, it is slow moving so it allows us to get a better view of where this Bond film is set.  The camera shots in this scene are mostly zoom shots, the zoom shot that we see is when the Bond girl is in the water about to get out, we see this through the male eyes and creates the male gaze in which Mulvey talks about, as the bond girl is a bikini and is sexualised, we see her theory coming into play at women are there to please the male audiences. However, Richard Dyer's theory overrides Mulveys theory, we see that when the bond girl has a very active role in the sequence, and creates the illusion that the man is being objectified by her confidence and dominance in the narrative, we see that he tries to resist the male gaze by looking away at other people are diverting away from the idea of the male gaze.
The camera shots also show that when either one of the two, depending on whoever is speaking, either character will be blurred out/unfocused so we as an audience can concentrate on whoever is speaking and who has the mist power within the conversation.

The sound within the scene is non-digetic, and a largo tempo, this is show and emphasise the sexual tension between the two, the use of this music also plays a part in setting the scene...

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