Important definitions

Voyeurism

Is the sexual interest in or practise of spying engaged in intimate behaviours, such as undressing l, sexual activity or other other actions usually considered to be of a private nature.

Voyeurism is where the voyeur does not normally relate directly with the subject of his/her interest, who is often unaware of being observed.

The Male Gaze

Is a feminist theory that was developed by Laura Mulvey in 1975. The gaze occurs when the audience or viewer is put into the perspective of a heterosexual male.  Mulvey stressed that the dominant male gaze in mainstream Hollywood films reflects and satisfies the male unconscious: most filmmakers are male, this the voyeuristic gaze of the camera is male

CINEMATOGRAPHY

•the use of camera shots: angle, movement, depth of movement & composition.