bond male gaze

the james bond franchise is a clear example of films objectifying females and forcing the audience to

view women through the male gaze. the scene within die another day when james bond meets the character jinx demonstrates my previous statement by.

the first shot that we see in this clip uses a vignette to make it appear that we are looking though james bonds eyes. the audience is forced to look through the males point of view. this shot through the binoculars focuses on the jinx coming out of the water so here we are seeing the female though his eyes. the first time we see her is from a masculine voyeuristic position. this shot is not showing a true reality as she is in slow motion coming out of the water allowing the camera to linger on her for longer so the males can look at her, she looks very graceful and still has makeup on coming out of the water .this representation is a constructed representation of reality as no one looks like that coming out of the sea and we would not normally get that view of her in reality.

during the convocation between bond and jinx there are lots of double entendre's mostly from bond. when she first gets out of the water he says "magnificent view " actually talking about her. this theme continues throughout the convocation. the camera shot in this scene when he is talking is an over the shoulder shot looking up at him. this puts him in a position of power over her and shows her as a more passive character. he also refers to her in a double entendre as his prey by saying "predators come out at this time...because this is when there prey come to drink" he says this whilst handing her a drink showing what he is really talking about