The Gaze

This lecture was all about which is based on The Gaze also known as "The Look" which is a term for a theory on film used in the 1970's based on the visulisation of film and how people look at images of people in any visual medium in relation to the depiction of visual characters in relation to descriptive text.

The are many different types of Gazes, few stated below:

• The spectator's gaze, which is the gaze of a viewer at an image of another person, animal or object in text.

• The intra-diegetic gaze, is a gaze of a depicted person based on another persons preception, can also be used on with in the world of the text.

• The direct of extra-diegetic address to the viewer the gaze of a person, depicted in the text looking out of the frame.   

• The look of the camera, the way the camera it self apears to look at people, animals or objects, depicted less metaphorically, the viewing of a film maker of photographer.

 Gazing is more about peoples preceptions of what they are looking at and how its percived through their eyes. There are many different forms and the can all be looked at in defferent ways based on the type of people who are looking at them.

A form of gaze

Magazine from of Gaze

Gaze can be found in animation because it is all about how people look at the animation and what they see based on the moving images presented before them, everyone has a different perception of what animations stand for or what feelings certain pieces give off. There are many different types of gazes, the main gaze for animation would have to be The Spectator's Gaze because every animation needs spectators which is us as the viewers of theses films, animation are made to be viewed and criticised by the general public, but not everyone with in the public will see eye to eye, everyone will have a different perception based on one animation or image.Some people look beyond what is in front of them and concentrate on the message behind the animation based on what happens in each scene.

 When I look at this advert I see something derogatory and negative, it makes me feel very angry with idea of its creation and at who created it. reason for these feelings because it is targeting my race with hatred and mocking who black people with non sensical labels developed by the west. On the other hand the person who created this might think of this piece as something funny, not just because they created it but because they like the issue of racism and proud of the fact that they don't like the black race, their aim is to make the west laugh at their cartoons but for black people disheartened by what has been said with in the animation.