Feminist Film Theory

Visual Pleasures

What is the male gaze?

Can you
name any
films
where you
think the

In film, the male gaze occurs when the audience is put into the perspective of
a heterosexual man. A scene may focus on the curves of a womans body,
putting you the viewer of the eyes of a male.

Transformers, Project X, Sucker Punch, fast and furious, Mission impossible.

male gaze can be apllied?

What are the three elements that make up the Bechdel test?
What does ideology mean?
What is a hegemonic ideology?
What is a patriarchal society?
The movie has at least two women characters;
A man led society. Men dictate the mules. Mulvey argued we live in a
Who talk
to each
other;
patriarchal society
in which
men
set the majority of the rules and construct
System of beliefs
and represent the ideal visions, roles and male dominance over. The worry is
Ruling or dominant
About ideology.
something other than a man
a passive audience may think that this is the way society should be.

What is Scopophlia?

The love of watching.

Is Ripley a strong feminist character?

For
Last surviver
She kills the alien
Leads the group to hunt down
the alien
Rational
Smart
Makes her own decisions
Listens to others
Bechdel test

Against
Underwear scene; male gaze