Male Gaze Theory

Are Women Still Objectified?

• 1970's Hollywood, male driven society industry.
• Audience and makers mainly male of specific genres.
• Laura Mulvey - Laura Mulvey's Male Gaze theory. Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema was an essay written by Laura Mulvey. An essay which coined the term “Male Gaze” which soon went on to become a very well know and discussed theory. In film, the male gaze occurs when the audience is put into the perspective of a heterosexual man.
• Medium always shows women in the view of a male perspective, this shows male dominance.
• Male Gaze = perspective of audience.
• Producer, audience and male character's point of view women in the film. this is shown by props, eye contact, facial expressions that may or may not be choreographed or rehearsed and is just the male characters response.
• Producer = mostly a man, camera lensing affect taking a masculine point of view    

                                 -meaning that we will view women from  a male perspective.
                                 -shots linger on a females body, curves and assets, reducing them to know more
                                   than eye candy for a heterosexual audience. 

• Male audience = prime desire to look at the human body. Humans get sexual pleasure from naked bodies.
• Male characters = women are there to be looked at - to draw audiences attention. Guys in audience and in film sharing a joke on womens body, gestures and actions. Men have power over women.
• Female form serves men for visual pleasure. 

Foley Artist

  What is a Foley artist?
Foley artists use creativity to make viewers believe that the sound effects are actually real. The viewers should not be able to realize that the sound was not actually part of the filming process itself. Foley sounds are added to the film in post production after the film has been shot.
  Who was Foley?
Jack Foley established the basic modern techniques for becoming a great sound artist as his techniques are still used today.
  Why are Foley artists needed?
without Foley, a film sounds empty and hollow - the actors seem to be talking in a vacuum. The sound recordist, if they did a good job, has given us the dialogue and excluded everything else, but our films needs more than this for the picture to come alive. we need to hear little sounds of clothes, furniture etc.
  Give examples of how Foley artists traditionally achieve their outcomes and how is it completed nowadays?
Increasingly, many simply Foley sound fx are done without Foley artists, the sound effects are stored electronically and performed by the post production sound engineer on a keyboard while watching the visual. Doing it this way is much cheaper than renting a Foley stage and paying Foley artists to create the Foley sound effects.

Video edits

Video edits:

"Video editing is the process of manipulating and rearranging video shots to create a new work. Editing is usually considered to be one part of the post production process — other post-production tasks include titling, colour correction, sound mixing, etc." quote from Google.

Location, Costumes, props

Location
The current location seen above is located in Kirkby in Ashfield, Southwell Lane. The location is very run down and unattended. it has over grown bushes, graffiti and an abandoned train track. This type of location adds to the realism of out film being post apocalyptic. this all adds to our genre choice.

The location is easily accessible for all mambers of the filming which also makes the location better for us all, and due to this area being our number 1 place to film its very beneficial for us all.
We are hoping to film when its just begging to turn dark, but so we still have light, this is because we are planning to use flares so they will look best when there glare is reflecting onto us, this will add to the affect that light is our main life source, and shows life.
Costumes

Costumes
The costumes we are using have been chosen to match the location and mimic the weather, this will enhance the feeling shown by the characters and prove a more realistic lost feel and sense of the end of life as we currently know it, our characters are very specific and there costumes have had a lot of thought go into then, such as the gas mask helmet this will add to the feel of the world ending as the gasmask shows the main object to life at its current state, the gasmask will be a large figure in our film and will be focused on a lot through out.

All characters will dress in distressed clothing to show the fight they've had to go through before our film, this will add to the unknown stories each character went through before there seen on film , which gives the affect of survival is hard at the current time,which makes the audience begin to think of what they have been going through

Props
We are using many props, the first is  a flare, the flair will symbolise life and show a sence of security when in shot, this will add to the feeling of apocalyptic and give a feeling of hope to the characters and audience
There will, also be the use of degreaded wepons this will add to the feel of the end of th world as they are using last resort equipment, this shows there on there last legs, this will add fear to the film as the audice are unsure how there current wepons can deal with there life style.

preliminary task

their are a couple of parts within my preliminary task that I am proud of and will include in the next video we make. I was very happy with camera angles I used as I believe certain low angle shots and tracking shots create strong appearances to the characters and clearly highlights there emotions for the viewer, also the music through out my video I believed was very powerful and help put across the characters feeling and current state, this is all done without the music overpowering the film but instead adds emotions to the clips.

whereas in my preliminary task their are a few features of I am displeased with and would change if I was to do the task again. One thing which I believe ruins my movie is that the amount of frames used within a single scene of dialog, this makes the film unrealistic and hard to watch. To overcome this error in my final film I will only use 12 frames in each section of dialog and extend it so that it gives more time for the audience to become immersed in my final product. Another negative about my film is the costume change between scenes, this was done because filming was done over 2 weeks and a few days the characters forgot to wear there clothing used in the previous scene, this can easily be overcome but can confuse the audience to why his costume keeps changing. 



Audience Research

Audience Research:
I conducted my research about the stereo type of many films, subjects, books etc, using the website YouGov Profiles, this provides me with detailed info about my selected option. For Example the average person who likes the book of Eli is male and on average is aged between 40-54 years. How ever some information is irrelevant such as it says there regions, favourite meals and favourite place to shop. 

Classification Ratings And Reasons

Classification Ratings And Reasons:

U Universal – Suitable for all

A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over, although it is impossible to predict what might upset any particular child.
U films should be set within a positive framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror.

PG Parental Guidance

General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children A PG film should not unsettle a child aged around eight or older. Unaccompanied children of any age may watch, but parents are advised to consider whether the content may upset younger, or more sensitive, children.

12A/12 – Suitable for 12 years and over

Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. Adults planning to take a child under 12 to view a 12A film should consider whether the film is suitable for that child.

15 – Suitable only for 15 years and over

No one younger than 15 may see a 15 film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a 15 rated video work.

18 – Suitable only for adults

No one younger than 18 may see an 18 film in a cinema. No one younger than 18 may rent or buy an 18 rated video work. Adults should be free to choose their own entertainment.

R18 - To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas, or supplied only in licensed sex shops, and to adults only

The R18 category is a special and legally-restricted classification primarily for explicit works of consenting sex or strong fetish material involving adults. Films may only be shown to adults in specially licensed cinemas, and video works may be supplied to adults only in licensed sex shops. R18 video works may not be supplied by mail order.