Transformers (2007)
This scene within 2007's transformers conforms to all the points put forward in Mulveys male gaze.
The scene opens with a tracking mid shot of the Cars engine, the camera lingers over the engine (reminiscent of kennith angers scorpio rising), this shot also fits into mulveys male gaze theory, creating the possibility that the male gaze is not only about sexualising and objectifying women, but also objectifying other things a male finds pleasure in. The camera then cuts to a panning mid shot, with the focal point of the shot being Megan fox, she is postured suggestively over the car, with her hands raised on the hood of the car. As Shia La Beouf points towards Megan Fox, so does the camera. This conforms to the idea that not only does the camera linger on the curves of the woman, but also that the woman is only present to satisfy the males need.
The camera again cuts to another mid shot of Megan fox, This time leaning directly over the cars engine, her stomach and cleavage exposed.the cameras movments for this scene are very subtle, yet non the less conform the the male gaze, if you look closely that the camera traces the curves of her body, first from top frame, megan fox's cleavage, down to her waist and back, then down her legs. the fact that the camera movement is so subtle only adds to mulveys theory that the male gaze is so deeply routed in modern film that it can almost be considered subliminal.
The scene opens with a tracking mid shot of the Cars engine, the camera lingers over the engine (reminiscent of kennith angers scorpio rising), this shot also fits into mulveys male gaze theory, creating the possibility that the male gaze is not only about sexualising and objectifying women, but also objectifying other things a male finds pleasure in. The camera then cuts to a panning mid shot, with the focal point of the shot being Megan fox, she is postured suggestively over the car, with her hands raised on the hood of the car. As Shia La Beouf points towards Megan Fox, so does the camera. This conforms to the idea that not only does the camera linger on the curves of the woman, but also that the woman is only present to satisfy the males need.
The camera again cuts to another mid shot of Megan fox, This time leaning directly over the cars engine, her stomach and cleavage exposed.the cameras movments for this scene are very subtle, yet non the less conform the the male gaze, if you look closely that the camera traces the curves of her body, first from top frame, megan fox's cleavage, down to her waist and back, then down her legs. the fact that the camera movement is so subtle only adds to mulveys theory that the male gaze is so deeply routed in modern film that it can almost be considered subliminal.
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