Laura Mulvey's theories included triple gaze and male gaze. The male gaze is a theory that the male is active and the female is passive. In the narrative the male character will often turn his gaze towards female character.
The triple gaze is a theory that the spectator is made to identify with the male gaze as the camera films from the male perspective. The reason it is called a triple gaze as there are 3 levels of the cinematic gaze Camera, Character, and spectator.
Laura Mulvey theories can be used in music videos. I will use Laura Mulvey's theories in the song shut up and drive by Rihanna.
In the music video for this song the camera is fixed on Rihanna body. At various points in the music video it is made to focus on for the male gaze. Here are some examples.
Here you can see the men in the cars watching Rihanna walking away.
Laura Mulvey's theories can also apply to movies as women are also seen in movies as sexual objects. A good example of a film like this is James Bond Die another day.
This whole scene is seen from the point of view of mans view as when the women get out of the sea she is running and it is all in slow motion. This shows that Mulvey's theories can also be applied to movies as women are seen as sexual objects.
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