6a. Video Comprehension

5. Hip Hop Honeys

8. MoodBoard

9. Album Cover Draft ( Front & Back

11. Photoshop Draft (Front and Back)

1. Music Video Worksheet

7. Laura Mulvey's - Male Gaze Essay

Laura Mulvey Essay

Laura Mulvey’s theory applies to the music videos “Dirty” and “Do it Like a Dude” because both videos invite the audience to view the artists as objects of desire.  This is done through the camera shots and angles used, the fact the video is presented in a voyeuristic way to the audience, and the way the artist interacts with others in the video.

In Christina Aguilera’s video of “Dirty” the use of the camera invites sexual gaze by following Christina as she dances suggestively in very reveling clothing making the audience see the video in voyeuristic way as all the males in the video can only watch as Christina and the other female actors are seen as a object of desire. This theme occurs throughout the video but in some ways becomes more explicit as dances start to grind on other male actors and even more provocative dancing.

In Jessie J’s video of “Do it Like a Dude” the use of the camera invites sexual gaze , as the video intends the viewer to . The video shows women doing quite manly things in a gender reversal where jessie j and the other female dancers are dancing in a very aggressive male way however Jessie J is still wearing feminine clothing

The audience views this video in a voyeuristic way in the beginning sequence when Jessie and her friends are doing the stereotypical male things in the behind the scenes however once the video

The actors interact in a way that results in the female being looked at as an object of desire. This occurs when the male actors are fighting over her in a ring , an example of this is when Christina is sitting above them . In my opinion

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The target audience for these two artists is young females.  However, the way they represent themselves as sexual objects does not appeal to young girls, it appeals more to men.  I believe Christina Aguilera and Jesse J choose to represent themselves like this because 

In summary, Laura Mulvey’s theory applies to these music videos because ….