- Choose a music video of your choice
- Analyse it for the male gaze.
- Post your analysis to your blogs. Detailed notes are required. Use screen grabs and clips to illustrate your findings. (You may wish to use Tubechop).
Use this post by
Millie Leader to help and include/do the following:
- Track the video e.g. "At 13 seconds in the audience sees...";
- Identify camera shots/angle/movement e.g. "At 13 seconds in the audience is presented with a low angle close up shot of....";
- What effect is the shot/angle/movement having on the viewer? OR what effect is the director trying to achieve?
- FINALLY: is the video and use of the male gaze empowering or degrading in your selected video? You must give reasons for your response.
