
In doing so, the framing cloaks every image in its inherent masculine point of view, as Mulvey suggests. This is especially significant in how female bodies are conveyed through the camera apparatus.

According to film scholar Laura Mulvey, the "male gaze" is defined by the viewing experience of films centered around male pleasure and point of view as per her article "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema." Cinema's history and visual composition, according to Mulvey, is shaped by a voyeuristic way of scrutinizing, meant to cater to the male perspective.
