Laura Albanese

From an issue that was discussed in class, we discussed about the gaze. In Laura Mulvey’s “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” she discusses about scopophilia, which is the pleasure in looking which also incorporates exhibitionism (pleasure in being looked at). This term also applies to cinema. She focuses on the idea of the “male gaze” in cinema, where films are created in favor of the male audience. Thus the action of cinema compromises of “women as image, man are bearer of the look”. Mulveys

Vertigo as the Archetypal Mystery Christopher O’Neil Introduction to Film Prof. Michael O’Donnell March 16th, 2015 Alfred Hitchcock 's Vertigo is a classic movie of the mystery genre. The film takes what appears to be a relatively conventional mystery plot and enacts a process whereby it proceeds to continually fold it within itself in order to develop a film that appears to change its nature several times, but that nonetheless continues to perpetuate a sense of mystery.

equally even on account of their race, gender, or sexuality, the one thing that has not changed is very much evident in today’s music scene. Today, women are still being objectified as part of good publicity as well as to get more views on videos. In Laura Mulvey’s essay, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, that was originally published in 1975, Mulvey makes many claims that are still relevant to today’s media, and especially relevant to the music industry. Many of the claims that Mulvey makes are

control and all from the comfort of his apartment. His girlfriend, Lisa, whom he deems “too perfect” and is unable to commit to her fully, is not as interesting as the lives of his neighbors; that is until she herself becomes interested in them as well. Laura Mulvey and Tania Modleski have both written about Rear Window and the way it either follows the normal gender roles or contradicts them. Despite being interested in similar subject matter, the two women have differing opinions on the approach of the

Renowned feminist film theorist, Laura Mulvey, explores how classic Hollywood cinema is shown through a masculine perspective that fetishisizes women as objects of desire. This perspective is also known as the “male gaze”, which creates a voyeuristic and scopophilic layer to the viewing of film. According to Mulvey, “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

To love is to Endure and Within Weakness Gains Strength From the day Tita entered the world, her fate was sealed with the De la Garza’s family tradition, which lead to the cause of her pain and suffering from the hands of her mother, Mama Elena. Tita and Mama Elena’s estranged relationship was oppressed with complications from Tita’s premature birth and the sudden death of her father, which caused Mama Elena to reject her nurturing nature and discard bonding with Tita. Although Tita’s emotions would

Within my Film Theory essay, the two theories which I will be exploring in depth is Rudolf Arnheim’s essay ‘Film as art’ and Laura Mulvey’s ‘Visual pleasure and Narrative Cinema’. These two different theories will be applied in relation to Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013). Introduction: In the essay’s inception, an overview of both theories will be established in a summary. Within this introduction, I intend to make my thesis and intentions of the essay’s outcome clear. The

Since Helen Keller’s early years in life she has always been blind, deaf and mute. Members in her family knew there was sure to be many difficulties in teaching her basic life routines, and from where the family stood there was no way to teach her. Helen sometimes got so frustrated she would lash out. Until one day her family, with hopes to teach her, hired someone with experience to help. The teacher's name is Annie Sullivan. Sullivan had some difficulties getting through to Helen, but once she

Advertising is an elemental part of today’s society. It is a profitable industry which influences our lives and lifestyle choices sometimes without us even knowing. Brands tend to use immoral tactics to get the viewers’ attention and a commonly used tactic is the objectification and sexualisation of women. Using three contemporary advertisements as examples, this essay will focus on the objectification and sexualisation of women within the chosen advertisements and the semiotics behind the images

The ‘Male Gaze’ is a phrase coined by Laura Mulvey, in which she examines how through media, the portrayal of women has evolved and is seen through the eyes of the male perspective. After the 1960’s sexual revolution, films started to incorporate women as a more objectified aspect, demonstrated by the visual representation of how they provocatively use their bodies. In this essay we will be specifically examining the ‘male gaze’ in the 1999’s cult classic, “Fight Club” from both the protagonist