Essay Plan

Is Mulvey still relevant when analyzing female representation in action films, with particular reference to ‘Kill Bill 2’?

Intro
-intorduction to study

-brief outline of Mulvey’s Theory

Para1
-What was Mulvey’s theory? –how it influencial the theory has been..example-when and why it was influential-feminism

-How it was relevant in past- example-action films- - Stereotype- attractive female

Para2
-Kill Bill – how can you apply Mulvey to the film?
- I will look at two sides to my independent essay and will explain how Laura Mulvey’s theory can and cannot be used in Kill Bill. Uma Thurman wears tight suit fetishizing certain parts of her body thus creating a gaze for the audience.
-Show both sides of the argument- samurai sword phallic object – women with tight clothing-emotional-family

- She kills lots of males showing her authority over the opposite sex and uses Struass-binary opposition as its women vs. men.

Para3
-other related action films

-Bond- Mulvey’s theory quite influential- compare past and contempory bond films, and changes

-Catwomen -women objectified-sex objects-tight clothings

-reason for change (Zeitgeist)

Conclusion
-Is it relevant and how influential is it now

First Paragraph

Cimnema has been dominated by male figures for many years playing the main charector in every film. Whereas females were given roles less possesive and powerless figure in action films and were chosen because of their physical attraction and to be used as sex objects. women got the side roles whilst men were given the active roles. However certain films such as ‘Kill Bill Vol2’ directed by Quentin Tarantino, challenged these sterotypes and portrayed women differently in this male dominated genre. Due to feminism in society, cinema has adapted to the change and has become less patriarchal and started to challenge sterotypes and theories such as the male gaze by laura mulvey.