Rear Window

Male gaze was definitely used in this film. In the beginning scene, there was a neighbor of Jeff’s dancing around, bending over, and dressed provocatively with her windows open. Clearly this is objectifying women and implying the message that men only view women as sexual objects. As for camera’s gaze, in the scene where Jeff starts to realize something has gone wrong with one of his neighbors, the camera is fixated on Lisa, but another neighbor is not in focus but still in sight for the viewer to see directly behind Lisa and above her head. This may be symbolic of Jeff and Lisa always having the neighbors in their subconscious, or the back of their heads, regardless of what they are directly thinking about. When it comes to the Spectator’s gaze, in this film it is linked to that of the director as well as what the Jeff sees. Wherever the camera is pointed to, is where the most interesting thing is happening at that moment. Extra-diegetic gaze does not occur in this film. As for the Intra-diegetic Gaze, there are many times when Jeff gazes upon another character such as his neighbors as well as Lisa.  During this film, the editorial gaze is mostly directly upon whatever neighbor is doing the most interesting thing at that point in time, or when you are forced to see the intrigue and curiosity on Jeff’s face, which in turn causes the audience to be intrigued and curious as well.