Laura Mulvey came up with the idea that film and television are constructed in a way that film audiences have to view characters from the perspective of a heterosexual male. This means that the camera may linger on the curves of the female body, and events which occur to women are presented largely in the context of a man's reaction to these events. Some examples of Laura Mulvey's theory are the herbal essenses adverts. The camera very much concentrates on the womans body and the way she brushes her hands through her hair in the shower. This is very much what a man wants to see but it is also what a woman wants to see. When they see this advert, women think to themselves that if they used that herbal essenses then they will look that good for the men. So, the 'Male Gaze' theory definatly applies and it works for both men and women.
Edgar Wright's film style
Edgar Wright directed the films Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. These are both parody's of films or film genres, for example Hott Fuzz is a mick take for any typical action/crime film and Shaun of the dead is a mick take for the film Dawn of the Dead. He has made the films very comedic and has done this in a very clever way. His films seem to mostly be about drama and gore but in a non gruesome way and he achieves this with the comedy that is incorporated into it. I really like the style of his films because they are less serious and enjoyable to watch.
Tim Burton's film style
Tim Burton directed many films such as Frankenweenie, Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd. He creates a sense of spookiness in most of his films and you can pretty much always tell when the film has been directed by him. We were given a task to go out and film the first 2 shots of any film that we made up. Our first 2 shots was of a person riding a horse across a field. We shot this film and we thought about ways in which we could change it into a Tim Burton style film. We thought of many different things such as setting it in a dark forrest or graveyard, changing it so that the horse was a toy that came to life, exaggerated features such as large eyes and eerie sounds that make it spooky. If we incorporated all of these things into our film then it would be in the style of Tim Burton.
