Tuesday 24 September 2013

Die another day



In this particular scene there are many examples of the male gaze theory being applied and passive and active roles. The first thing we see is James Bond looking through some binoculars at the beach and his attention gets caught when he spots a female coming out of the sea. When the camera focuses on this woman it shows her walking out of the sea in slow motion, but at the same time the sea is glistening bright in the sun and the non-digetic music gets louder as the camera focuses on her. This gives some form of Goddess like representation and applies the gaze theory as Bond is actively watching her through in binoculars which also allows us to see her through a male characters eyes, creating scopophillic pleasure for the male viewers. To build on this idea, before they even speak she stands relatively close to bond  with her back turned to him as she admires the view of the ocean. This again allows us to see her body through Bonds eyes and again relating to the idea of scopophillic pleasure and we can also say that she is being passively objectified for her body and Bond is the active subject by looking at her up and down and allowing us to see this male gaze.


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