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The Gaze of the Camera

The Gaze Of The Camera

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The Gaze of the

Camera

Forms of the Gaze• Extra-digetic: a gaze, where the person depicted in the

text looks at the spectator, such as an aside, or an acknowledgement of the “fourth wall”.• The camera’s gaze, which is the gaze of the camera,

and if often equated to the director’s gaze.• Intra-Intra digetic gaze: TV within TV. E.g. Bart and Lisa

watching Itchy and Scratchy on the tv.

This is an advert for the new perfume by Coco Chanel, portrayed by the beautiful Keira Knightley. • The background fading into darkness on the left

hand side completely pulls our attention to the main focus which is Keira, who is outlined in bright colours. It also helps that she is positioned on the right hand side, which is unique so we will be more attracted to it.

• Keira is displaying the product in a very seductive manner, , her eyes narrowed seductively whilst glancing towards the camera. Her body is angled forward towards the wall opposite, but her head is turned towards the camera, making her hair fall, hiding part of her face, which is a common pose that ladies use when trying to play hard to get. She is also biting the product, which makes the whole advert just that bit more playful.

• Lastly, the appearance of Keira in this advert is quite chic and ‘clean.’ By that I mean the crisp, white, expensive looking coat, the perfectly manicured nails, the shiny glossy hair, and the perfect flawless skin set with complimentary heavy ish makeup – makeup that enhances her beauty. The main colours of this advert are earthy, neutral colours, bronze, gold, brown – her makeup matched the background.

This photo was taken by me in the village of Turville, where the

hit series, The Vicar of Dibley was filmed. This beautiful glass painting is one of many inside

the Church of St Mary the Virgin.

The beautiful abstract shape of the painting is not only unique and interesting, but could be said that the point of the three figures is meant to be a metaphor for pointing up to heaven, their ultimate destination. The intricate, ancient language at the bottom of the glass paintings could be interpreted two ways; 1) it means that good will come, positive things but 2) it could translate into sinister meanings.

The colours that have used are incredibly powerful, and the main

colours shown are blue, green, red and gold. These are quite basic colours, so

maybe this glass window was designed to attract younger generations who will

be more drawn to these particular colours. As well as this, each of these

colours can be interpreted to represent the following: blue for purity and

freshness, green for earth and nature, red for royalty, love but also danger,

and gold which can also symbolise wealth, fortune, luck, hierarchy.

This would tie in with the presentation of the three figures in these windows –

they appear to be of noble blood, and emit power, and they seem to be

wearing beautiful and rich flowing robes.

These glass windows are so important and crucial to religion because not only do they make the buildings of worship look extravagant and exquisite, every shard of glass helps tell a story, a moral, or even symbolizing truth. As the light changes during the course of a day, the colours change as well; reds and yellows get more brilliant at noon, blues become brilliant as the light fades in the afternoon. Light radiating through glass adds life, beauty is transcendent, and spiritual connections become apparent. There are two main values that these glass windows display; devotion and education.