Research- Laura Mulvey's Ideas On Representation

Representation of women : Laura Mulvey

Representations involve many parts i.e; gender,age,ethnicity,sexuality and place. In music video’s the representation of females are often in order to suit men’s desires.

Laura Mulvey argued that ‘ Women act as a passive role while men are active. The male gaze projects fantasy onto a female figure who is styled to suit this desire. Women in the media are styled in order to suit men’s desires. Dismembering is a technique used in many videos which is often when the camera segmates particular aspects of the body, the use of this evidently creates this speculation.

Dizzee Rascal 'Holiday'

In this music video the audience visualize events through the males perspective. Parts of the female body i.e; breasts, bum, belly and legs are focused on and segmated. The male security guard at the gate is symbolic to the male gaze that Mulvey describes. Over the shoulder shots are used of males looking at the women. This video provides as evidence to Mulveys argument.