2. within our trailer we did not really use the male gaze theory, this is because the main genre of our film is a horror film. therefore we didn't really include scenes which male particularly adult male audiences would appeal to and enjoy. the main reason we did this was because it was a horror movie, therefore there were certain aspects which we felt wouldn't appeal to or relate to the horror genre in anyway, including such scenes which would relate to the male gaze theory, we felt wouldn't work, also none of our cast are female to begin with, therefore it wouldn't be within our resources and achievable to do.
the role of women historically within films from a heterosexual male's point of view has been described as being the "male" gaze theory, this adds to the fact that women are portrayed as there to be sexualised and desired by men, therefore the camera sometimes zooms in on female body parts of desire such as breasts. also our trailer was fairly short and meant for educational purposes of course so putting in such stuff would be irrelevant to the task at hand. also the male gaze theory is used for adult male target audiences, whereas we aimed our trailer although we did say a variety of target audiences our main aim was to please and adhere to teenage audiences, so it wouldn't fit in with the codes and conventions.
however if we had used elements of the male gaze theory then perhaps it would have added to the appeal of our horror trailer. it would add elements of sexual enticement for the audience, and add different variety to the age rating of our trailer, for example instead of being a 16+ it might be a over 18 type movie.
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