Portrait of a Lady on Fire: The Female Gaze and Consensual Looking

Posted on September 19, 2023September 20, 2023 by Esther Jung

According to Laura Mulvey, the male gaze is a way of depicting women in movies through the eyes of a heterosexual man, and women are portrayed as passive objects that serve to please both men on-scree... Read More

(Searcher) A Portrait of a Lady with a Combustible Head

Posted on September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 by Space Lutterodt-Clottey

If you enjoyed (or endured) A Portrait of a Lady on Fire, I would very much recommend They Might Be Giant’s You’re On Fire. I couldn’t get this song out of my head. What relevance do... Read More

The use of the Female Gaze in the Cinematography and Portraiture of Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Posted on September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 by Kayla Lerner

To start off, I would like to say that this film is the ultimate antithesis to any Michael Bay movie. The female characters in those movies are only shown in a sexual manner, even if they aren’t... Read More

Cinematographer’s choices in Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Posted on September 13, 2023September 15, 2023 by Amy Nunez

This is an interview with cinematographer, Clair Mathon. In this video, she talks about the format chosen to shoot, technique choices, and difficulties while shooting the film Portrait of a Lady on Fi... Read More

Cinematography in No Country for Old Men

Posted on September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 by Aagam Prakash

The reading in Chapter 5 discusses the various techniques used in films to create a shot, particularly the lighting of a scene, different focal lengths employed, and camera movement. While reading I f... Read More

Intro to Film 2023

FILM 101-4 • Emory University • Fall 2023 • Professor Gregory Zinman

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire: The Female Gaze and Consensual Looking

(Searcher) A Portrait of a Lady with a Combustible Head

The use of the Female Gaze in the Cinematography and Portraiture of Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Cinematographer’s choices in Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Cinematography in No Country for Old Men