1. GENDER IN TV DRAMA

2. THE MALE GAZE
Laura Mulvey
“Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”

3. What is the Gaze?
The concept of gaze is one that deals with
how an audience views the people presented.
For feminists it can be thought of in 3 ways:
 How men look at women,
 How women look at themselves
 How women look at other women.

4. Features of the Male Gaze
The camera lingers on the curves of the female
body, and events which occur to women are
presented largely in the context of a man's
reaction to these events.
Relegates women to the status of objects. The
female viewer must experience the narrative
secondarily, by identification with the male.

5. Scouting for Girls
“I love the way she
fills her clothes.
She looks just like
them girls in
Vogue.”
Watch the video
and then be
prepared for
questions

6. Quick questions
What colour top was he and she wearing?
What bowling lane was used?
What colour belt did he and she wear?
What colour shoes did he and she wear?
What colour eyes did he and she have?

7. Group Activity
 In small groups you will be given a focus area.
 First of all you will write notes alone
 After the second viewing you will share your
notes with your group
 You will then write a timed paragraph
responding to the question
 We will repeat this exercise until you have
analysed for all the areas and completed a full
essay.
 Remember the marking criteria…

8. Marking Criteria
Analysis/Explanation Clear analysis of how the technical
aspects are used to
construct the particular representation
20 Understanding of the constructed
nature of representation
Use of Examples Consistent evidence from the extract
offered. Offers frequent relevant
20 examples from the extract
Terminology
Frequent and Accurate use of
media terminology
10

10. Textual Analysis Viewing
 Gender in Primeval:
 Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the
representation of gender using the following:
 Camera shots, angle, movement and composition
 Editing
 Sound
 Mise en scene
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miIVHwcVPVk
 My Blog

11. Homework
 Read through the exemplar essay for this extract and pull
out the examples they have used for each of the 4 focus
areas (use these as sub-headings and put the examples
from the essay underneath):
 Camera shots, angle, movement and composition
 Editing
 Sound
 Mise en scene
 Be prepared to feedback to the class next lesson about the
essay and be able to refer to the mark scheme
 Explanation/Analysis/Argument: /20
 Use of Example: /20
 Terminology: /10