http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dviRXgq31Hk
The James bond franchise is a clear example of film objectifying females and forcing the audience to view females via the male gaze. the scene within ‘die another day’ when james bond meets jinx demonstrates my previous statement by using vignette, through a use of slow motion and by (-)
In the scene we see James Bond using a pair of binoculars. We are shown the setting of the scene through the eyes of James Bond by the use of vignette to make it seem that you can see what he sees. We see the character jinx for the first coming out of the sea time through his eyes. The vignette affect forces us to see and objectify ‘Jinx’ through how he sees it. But this gives the readers a constructed representation of reality, The way we see her is not the way anybody comes out of the water in reality. However seeing her in the eyes of a male is an influence to women also watching making them think that thats the way the would have to be to catch the attention of a male this is not the reality but only a hyper reality.
A strong use of post production slow motion is used when ‘looking through the binoculars’. The slow motion is used while she’s coming out of the water, This is used to exaggerate her movements giving the viewer more opportunity for objectification and scopophilia. During this time non-diagetic sound is also used through romanticised music involving strings and a graduate crescendo to create a representation of jinx through bonds fantasy.
Jasmine make sure you introduce your 3 points clearly. You need to introduce them as technical conventions. Also you must say how the camera takes on a vignette tso the audience is forced to see world through the eyes of Bond. You could add further description to the specific way she exits the water.
ReplyDeleteHowever, there is some really good use of media terminology, the slow motion point, complimented by the use of non diegetic sound is explained well. The vignette point needs work