Male Viewer Gaze Example

Selena Gomez- Hands To Myself
Music Video

This music video is a very good example of voyeurism as it is based on a girl obsessing over someone and in order to portray this the director, Alek Keshishian has got the music artist to break into the house and go through his stuff but in a very sexual way

The music video  starts with the artist laying down on a pillow in handcuffs, while  looking at the camera. This allows the audience to connect with the artist as it makes them feel that they are there. The artist is also looking at the camera in a very sexual way and this makes the scene almost erotic. This adds to the male viewer gaze as it brings them a sense of pleasure from the scene.

This shot is another example of the male viewers gaze as it shows Selena taking off the robe she was wearing to reveal that she is wearing nothing but her underwear, this shot is significant as it has a very seexual and erotic feel to it due to the fact that the artist is taking her cloths off. This shot shows that when women are involved in media productions they are seen as objects that are there to please men, which is what this scene is doing.

This shot is very significant as the main focus of it is the female's bum. This shot is a great example of the male viewer gaze and men gain pleasure from such a shot. This is done in almost every music video where a female is involved as it highlights the idea of man gaining pleasure from watching such music videos. This is supported by Larura Mulvey's male gaze theorey as she states that when women are involved in productions it is only for the purpose of being objects as they are striped from their identity and viewed at as objects that bring pleasure to men. 

There are also significant shots during the music video where the artist is dancing in a very sexual way, this can be seen through out the music video, these shots are significant as they highlight the idea of women being sexual objects and losing their identity as they are there just to please men.

Overall the Hands to myself music video suppports Mulvey's idea of women being objects and losing their identity as it shows women's bodies in an over sexualised way. This is done to attract more male viewers and gain more views in general