Laura Mulvey- The Male Gaze

-->Laura Mulvey 's theory is about the male gaze, in which she states that audiences are forced to view media texts from the perspective of a heterosexual male, regardless of their own gender and sexual orientation. The male gaze is based on sexual desire and the way that women look. Mulevy states that the male gaze is always active while the female gaze is passive.
--> There are three levels of the male gaze theory: male characters watch the female characters, the camera follows the male character watching the female one and that the audience see the female character from the POV of the mae through the camera.
--> The use of camera is important in this theory as Mulvey suggests that the camera lingers on the curves of the female body in order to sexualise the woman. This also contributes to the objectification of women, viewing them as objects rather than people, something else that Laura Mulvey picks up on in this theory. This is exhibited through the use of camera control. Certain movements of the camera also help to percieve the woman in an idealistic way.
--> Mulvey also mentions that events which occur to women are presented as bigger than how a man sees these events. Another thing that is mentioned is that the narrative and mise-en-scene are equally as male orientated as the actual presentation of the female.
--> Mulvey mentions visual pleasure as part of this theory in which she states that the female in the narrative has two functions, one is to be an erotic object for characters within the narrative and the other is to be an erotic object for the audience to view.

-The camera is used to represent a male audience and therefore encourages objectification of women this includes close-ups of body parts, tracking shots, slow motion, zooming in and tilting up
-The audience is encouraged to identify with the male characters and how they treat women 
-Mulvey argued that the male gaze reinforced gender differences in society 
-Laura Mulvey highlights that The Male Gaze does three things:

1) How men look at women 
2) How women look at themselves
3) How women look at other women 

Trumpets- Jason Derulo

A very good example of the male gaze in the music video for 'Trumpets'.

In this video the director has filmed shots of women to present this male gaze. In most of the scenes the women are wearing very little clothing to enhance this gaze.

It can be seen that the director has objectified the women in the video by using shots such as her standing by a poll or holding a wine glass.