CINEMATOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND OBJECTIFICATION OF WOMEN IN WONDER WOMAN 1984 THROUGH THE PRISM OF LAURA MULVEY

Abstract

This article aims to delve light on male gaze theory postulated by Laura Mulvey (1975) in her famous essay Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema. It is a perspective of only the male audience in which all women are depicted as sexual objects for the pleasure of male viewers only. It has three tools such as man behind the camera, man in the audience and man in the work field. This theory has been applied on Wonder Woman 1984 directed by Patty Jenkins, the researcher has identified each and every scene of the movie through the lens of male gaze. Two major female characters named Diana Prince and Major Barbara are the center of attraction of this male gaze. The representation of women plus being objectified according to the desires and criteria of men in movies as well as their roles have been highlighted in this article. This is a qualitative study and all the three tools have clearly been explained in terms of their purposes and comprehension.