The male gaze is the theory that men sexualise and objectify woman and portray them as sexual objects

Laura Mulvey, a British film theorist, challenged the centrality of the male viewer and his pleasure. This is called ‘The Male Gaze’. She wrote ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ which exposed her views an opinions. she was well known as a strong feminist and believed in equal rights between women and men.

The concept of ‘The Gaze’ was first used by John Berger, an art critic, in ‘ways of seeing’. This was a documentary that analysed the representation of women.

A FBI agent has to capture a fugitive there will be loads of clues on the way and the player will have choices along the way to decide the ending of the game all choices will lead to a different ending. Throughout the levels the FBI agent will have many encounters and obstacles to face, the ending will be decided by the choices of the player. Different levels will unlock different locations unlocking different clues to uncovering the location of the fugitive.

I am going to make a game cover based off of the film ‘mean girls’ as I will portray the characters differently, one will be stereotyped as a ‘dumb ditsy blonde’ who’s outfit will emphasise her upper and bottom half of her body and the other as ‘strong hard working woman’ who is wearing baggier clothes which don’t hug to her physique claiming she does not feel the need to fit in to todays media based stereotype.

The game I have created is a first-person role-playing game, where the video game player has complete control over the storyline of the game.

The basic premise of the game is:

After a disastrous misunderstanding with the police, Andre Baker has to flee his hometown as a fugitive. The decisions and paths he takes whilst on the run are completely up to the game player, and there are hundreds of potential endings / paths which Andre could go down, contingent on the decisions the player makes. One storyline could feature Andre becoming a hardened criminal, whereas another could feature Andre turning himself in and facing the potentially serious charges posed against him in a court case.

My target audience will be men and women aged 15-30 , who are looking for a realistic, thought-provoking playing experience which focus’ on real-world issues such as racism and police brutality. By making the main character a minority, you give non – straight, white, male gamers a more relatable player to play with. Also, it allows the makers of the game to explore more unique storylines. This would be considered a radical approach because the main characters of video games are usually straight, white, men. 

The dominant signifier is a car. I made this my dominant signifier, because a car symbolises ‘freedom’ which is the title of my video game. The colour palette of my video game cover will mostly consist of blue’s and blacks