The male gaze

The Male Gaze- Vertigo

Laura Mulvey’s male gaze is seen as everything is revolved around the males in films this would be such thing like how a woman will look and how the audience and the character view them. A scene in vertigo indicates on how this is seen when Scottie and Madeline see each other in the bar everywhere is red this could indicate love and passion and the view we get is a POV of how Scottie would see Madeline she is the only one in the pub who is not wearing anything on her shoulders she is showing bear skin and this is not seen by anyone else in the restaurant, this would indicate that she is the main importance and this is what the men want to see her standing out of the crowd in her green dress this could indicate jealousy because she is nice looking. “Women essentially hold two roles within the film: as an erotic object for the characters in the film, and as an erotic object for the spectator in the auditorium” This is how the men will see the women in this scene.

When Scottie follows Madeline in the Cemetery You get loads of POV’s from Scotties point of view this would also show Madeline as being the “Active” and Scottie being the “passive” this goes against The male gaze because it is usually The opposite way round.