Feminist Theory: Van Zoonen

 The Media Theory: Feminist/Van Zoonen

This is not the common term of feminism. This is similar but not. It is how the media represents the genders. The gender could be stereo typed for the male(heterosexual) and female (homosexual) gaze. This can change over time, like standards of appearance.

Attempts of Identifying it in Film:

The Silance of the Lambs (1991)

1. The male gaze in my opinion is slightly prevenient in this scene. The woman is not over exaggerated and makeup. She however is shorter and one of the few females at the facility. Men of older age are the people telling her around.  Not overly objectified but the patriarchy dose exists. They also focuses on her body over her face.
2. The film does slightly reenforce the female body as a spectacle, in a traditional sense. The human body of the protagonist is athletic, as we see with her constantly running. According to the theory present that if one gender is show with one trait can isolate a person. This counteracted by showing both as equals even if it not wide-spread. The only time I could think of was when the woman was shorter than the men in the elevator.
3. The main masculinity come with the experienced supervisors and the men doing more of the physical work outside.
4. The active representation is the female in training of power. This is amplified from this with the majority of background and speaking roles being male minis for the protagonist/ her friend. This is very active representation.
5. The excerpt is neither a subversive nor states the representation. The scene is some form of women empowerment but the majority of men are in these spots with tracking shots on her to show she is the focus. The entire time is spent with her centered or on a focal point in frame which shows this story to an extent is about her, the only time it breaks center is when a superior come to tell her something.