Laura Mulvey is a British feminist film theorist, best known for her essay, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema in which she coined the term 'Male Gaze'. This term applies to her theory that in film the audience have to 'view' characters from the perspective of a heterosexual male.
In relation to our teaser trailer, this theory can be applied to our portrayal of prostitution. Below are some screenshots that, through miss-en-scene, verge to this theory.
In this shot we have conformed to Mulveys 'Male Gaze' theory, the lips suggest an heightened exposure of femininity, along with the Red colour being symbolic of lust, passion and danger.
The revealing costume worn by the female protagonist in this shot, can be perceived through Mulveys theory as addressing the character as a 'slut, slapper, whore, tart'.
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