THEORY: BINARY OPPOSITION & THE MALE GAZE

Earlier this week you studied many aspects of audience theory, ending with reception theory (Stuart Hall).

Today we look at why we might need to refer to Claude Levi-Strauss - both to understand how filmmakers structure narrative such as through binary opposition and, equally importantly, how we can use the concept to make our own film making rich and sophisticated. See the details here.

We also look at what Laura Mulvey termed the concept of 'the male gaze'.

When you create and evaluate your own productions, it may lend weight to your work to frame what you have done with some relevant theoretical frameworks, such as the use of binary oppositions:

JOHN BERGER: WAYS OF SEEING (1972)