Oppositional Gazes

1. Recap on Black Swan and how Freud and Lacan apply to these films - key example of scenes & Micro. (influence/relationship of parental/authority figures, repression subconscious, identity, sexual fantasy, psycho-sexual themes phallic/yonic, violence)

What message or meaning can we interpret about the story and the events in the film?

Does the Male Gaze apply - examples and why?

Is the director deliberately using this for an intellectual pleasure or spectacle and emotional?

What links are there to Clockwork Orange - our historical text. How does it compare in it's use of Psychoanalysis (parental/authority figures, repression subconscious, identity, sexual fantasy)
How does it show the development of the significance of Gender in Spectatorship since 1970's?



2. Present your oppositional gazes - Queer Gaze, Female Gaze, Black Gaze

1. What make it different to the Male Gaze?

2. Apply it - how does it offer a different reading to the film from this perspective?

3. Analysis: what is the meaning behind the film from this perspective - is it intellectual, spectacle or emotional pleasure

On a contemporary film of your choice using reviews, ratings and google scholar to apply an

Reviews: Kermode, Egbert, Bradshaw
Google Scholar references


Present with key scenes that show your analysis of the oppositional gaze and how it is constructed (micro) to create response in the spectator

How does this relate to Theories of Spectatorship & Alignment?

Alignment - who are we positioned with, is this complicated by the Gaze - is this deliberate to get a message across (intellectual)?



Emotional Responses - how does adopting this 'Gaze' make you feel?
Factors that affect adopting this Gaze -  experiences, not being representative of the dominant group/approach

Conclusion: what does it offer to our response to the question - is Gender the most significant factor?

"How far does a spectator’s gender affect their viewing experience in contemporary cinema?"