More about Mulvey's Theory and how I'll use it

Laura Mulvey’s theory of the male gaze will be one of the key theories that I will apply to my independent study as I am focusing on the representation of women in ‘Resident Evil: Extinction’.

In REE, males are the primary audience and they are attracted to the movie through the use of female characters in the film. The females in the film are subjects of the male gaze and have the quality to be looked-at-ness. The main protagonist in REE is a woman, Milla Jovovich; she wears clothes to reveal her body to particularly the main audience. She has fetish zed parts of her body to appeal more the viewers.

She also uses phallic objects in the film; Milla Jovovich uses weapons as the use of the phallic object making her appeal more to the male audience. Voyeurism is also something that is used in Kill Bill, it shows scenes of bloody violence and murders making the viewer feel guilty about watching.

In saying it does follow conventions of the male gaze, it doesn’t however follow the fact that women are normally to play passive roles in action films. In REE the main protagonist is an active female this goes against the stereotype and shows how this has challenged Mulvey’s theories.