Feminism Film Theory

In this blog post I will be discussing what the Feminism Film Theory is and choose a scene from a horror film which relates to feminism. The horror film I have chosen to annalyse is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. I have chosen a scene from both the orginal and the remake of the film of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre because these two scenes are set up for the male glaze.

The scene I have chosen from the original film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is when the women and her boyfriend finds a house and then the boyfriend disappears after investigating the house. After this happens you see the women getting up from the swing chair. The camera angle they have used is coming from underneath the swing chair which is looking up directly at the women from the ground as she walks towards the house. This can be seen as male glaze because she is hardly wearing any clothes such as; short shorts and a top that only covers the front of her body and as the camera is following her, the audience might think she isn't wearing any clothes on the top half of her body.
This is seen as male glaze because the camera is focused on her walking towards the house in the same camera angle and it doesn't move until she gets to the front door of the house. This shot could be cut to her expression on her face when walking towards the house as she looks for her boyfriend but they didn't do this and they kept the same shot from below focusing on the women.
Another point that can be seen as male glaze in this scene is that the women slightly bends over to look in the door way of the house. This can be seen as male glaze because she is wearing short shorts which automatically focuses on the women and not the house even though the camera angle is still in the same position from below looking up at her. This can suggest fear as she doesn't want to enter the house as she doesn't know what might happen.

Here is the link to the scene I was talking about in original film of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre; 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-2LQnFPOUY

The scene I have chosen from the remake of the film 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' is the scene of the last character alive running through the meat factory as the man chases her with a chain saw. In this scene she is running through the meat factory soaking wet as the sprinklers have been switched on. This can be seen as male glaze because she is fully clothed but soaking wet, and there are many camera angles focusing on her running through the meat factory. A lot of these shots consist of close ups, mid shots and long shots. All these different shots are still focusing on the women running soaking wet.