Album covers

Lady Gaga The Fame

The album cover shows Lady Gaga with glasses and diamonds on it, this shows that she is rich. The big diamond next to her face shows that she wants to show of her wealth. On the glasses it says The Fame meaning that she is famous and this album says that she wants to tell her fans that she is. This also says that because she is famous Lady Gaga can have diamonds and big expensive glasses.

Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty To me ft 2 Chainz

This album cover shows that girls want to touch his muscle and he lets them as he is holding a girls hand to touch it. He is showing of his muscle this says that he is confident about his body and that he thinks girls like it. It says Ft 2 Chainz very small underneath Derulo meaning that he wants all the fame and doesn't want anyone to think 2 Chainz has a big part in the song.

Jesse J - Smile

In this album it says smile on her jumper but she is hiding her smile with her hand. This shows that fashion dictates how she feels but she doesn't have to show that she is smiling just because it says on her top. Also on the bottom left corner it says that she one the brit awards in 2011, this shows off her success and wants people to know that she is a good singer. Her colourful nails show that she wants people to see it because of how she is straightening her fingers.

Eazy E - The Hip-Hop Thugsta

The gloomy background and the two guns  shows that he is a dangerous man, and a gangster because of the title of the album. This is a very old album cover and maybe he is showing to the new people that back then were bad days and people had to bring guns in the rap industry. He has a smile on his face showing that he likes guns and is posing for the camera as he doesn't want to look to dangerous

Eminem - The Marshal Matherslp

This picture is shown in black and white to show that he is creating old albums and wants to look like he is a well known rapper. The house has spikes on the side of the porch meaning he doesn't want anyone to approach the house. I think the house is where he grew up as a child and wanted to show his fans where he started.

Nas - Life Is Good

This album cover shows that he is lonely and that the title of the song isnt all what it seems. He is holding a dress maybe to show that his wife or girlfriend has left him. Him being alone shows that he doesn't want to be with anyone and that he is heartbroken. Everything is very dark except for the dress and Nas's suit this shows he wants to stand out.








Rhiana - UNAPOLOGETIC

The writing over her body stands out allot, and the words cover up her body showing that just because she is naked doesn't mean the audience should look at her. Maybe she is saying look at the text and the meaning of it. She also looks very sad and the title of the song is unapologetic maybe she doesn't want to apologies to someone.









Bob Marley - Legend

The title of the album cover shows that he is a legend and he isn't posing for the camera showing that he isn't boasting that he is a legend. He seems very calm in the picture maybe he has seen something that caught his attention away from the camera and that is why the photographers thought this pictures is good. His hair is very long this could show that he has worked hard on this album and that he didn't stop making it better.









50 Cent - 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

The cross in the picture stands out allot because of the broken glass this shows that he is religious and that he cares and that he isn't just a thug. Or the broken glass is where he is telling his enemy's to shoot him because 50 cent has been shot before. This could be a threat to some people because of the glass and the cross shows that he is a proud christian.









Tupac - Shakur


Tupac is showing his fingers saying that he is from the west side and that he isn't on any other side. He is showing of his jewelry showing that he is rich and that he likes people to know he is rich. This album is very old and he had to show is enemy's that he was from the west because where tupac lived there was crime everywhere and he had to keep him self protected.

Laura Mulvey Essay

In Christina Aguilera's video of "Dirty" the use of the camera invites sexual gaze by the way the camera does all the close ups on her bum is very sexual and provocative. These angles of the camera invite the audience to view the artists as objects of desire as Laura Mulvey's theory states. Also at the beginning there is a close up of her lips in a very sexual way, because she is talking slowly for the audiences desire. She comes across more as a sexual gaze by the men shouting and surrounding her when she dances and cheering. She dances on a podium like she is in a strip club which is meant for mens desire and the girls to look good.

The audience views this video in a voyeuristic way because of the way she is presented with very short and tight clothes, also she is treated by the men in the video very voyeuristic. Her sexual movement and the way she dances makes the audience look at her in this way because she is in a bikini for the whole video with chaps and no trousers. When she is dance men are grinding on her and they are the audience in this video to her meaning not only the viewers see this in a voyeuristic way.

The actors interact in a way that results in the female being looked at as and object of desire. This occurs when she is being placed in a boxing ring from a cage like an animal. waiting to be let out to dance for men, and Laura Mulvey says the artist interact with the others in the video. Christina Aguilera  is interacting with the men in the video when they are grinding on her like she is there for their desire and pleasure. When she is on the podium it is like she in a strip club and she is being looked at by he men in that way.

In Jesse J's video of "Do it like a Dude" the use of the camera invites sexual gaze by her licking her lips on the close ups at the beginning. Her clothes are old and tattered and ripped which makes it very short and sexual because you can see more flesh on her, as she is pumping her chest out. Also two girls start kissing in the middle of the video, this comes across as very sexual to the audience and how they look at the back up dancers. She is spreading her legs and squatting while holding her crotch meaning she is still in control, being an object of desire.

The audience views this video in a voyeuristic way because she is holding her crotch and squatting very sexually to the viewers. This gives the audience sexual pleasure. Also Jesse is looking at the camera and pumping her chest out, with only a bra on and a ripped shirt. The moves she does when dancing are mainly with ripped clothes so the audience can see more of her body in a voyeuristic way. Jessie is also moving very sharply when the camera is viewing her body. I think this will give the audience some sexual entertainment to the audience making her popular.

The actors interact in a way that results in the female being being looked at as an object of desire. This occurs when the actors are looking at jesse and dancing and when she drops to the floor and starts opening and closing her legs while dancing. Also when she is holding the camera close to her face so you are forced to look and her and nothing else. I think she wants to be looked at even though in the lyrics it seems like she doesn't want to be seen as an object of desire.

The target audience for these two artists is young females. However, the way they represent themselves as sexual objects does not appeal to young girls, it appeals more to men. I believe Christina Aguilera and jesse J choose to represent themselves like this because they want to be popular and get more people to like them. This will allow them to make more money and have a wider range of an audience. Jesse J does not always appeal her audience to men as she is sending a message to men because she knows the men are watching. Christina Aguilera knows her audience is men but she isn't challenging it like jesse is, except she is showing her bum and boobs. I think jesse J is challenging this because she doesn't want to be represented as an object of desire all the time.

In summary, Laura Mulvey's theory applies to these music videos because they are both presented in a voyeuristic way but they are just showing it differently to the audience. The actors in the video may not be challenging this but maybe they are showing that not all girls are different. Also the camera shots in Christina Aguilera and more concentrated on her bum and boobs, and jesse j is more concentrated on he face. Overall Laura Mulveys theory is correct to these videos as they are both showing them selfs in a voyeuristic way.

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