The L-word was created in 2004 and directed by Ilene Chaiken. A show based on the lives of Lesbians in urban LA. The main characters are mostly lesbians with one bisexual. The show has only one straight female character named Jenny. She comes to LA so that she can be with her boyfriend. She lacks the sexuality that the other characters have, which makes her seem very curious of her new lesbian neighbors. While, Jenny has a curious feminine gaze is changed to masculine by the invasive camera angles used in the pool sex scene.
The first evidence of the changes in the gendered gaze was during the scene at the pool (The L-word, 9:54-11:00 minutes, 2004). Jenny hears a gate open and two female voices coming from the other side of the fence. She …show more content…
The camera pans in front of her, giving the audience a straight on look at Jenny’s face, who gets embarrassed and dunks down when she sees Shane starting to undress. Jenny’s gaze becomes masculine when the editing of camera motions are quick cuts between the scene of sex and Jenny peering at the women between the bamboo fences. When the two women jump into the pool this symbolizes “getting wet” or getting turned on meaning that the sexual feelings are represented by the pool’s water. Also, in the scene sound is produced of dramatic sexual moaning which pleasures the viewer, Jenny. Mulvey discusses the visual pleasure of cinema (1989), this sex scene is for the visual pleasure because it, again, is meant to turn on and give pleasure not only the ones being viewed but also the viewer. The idea of watching and hearing someone else have sex is exciting and makes one feel turned on. This as well would be a porn …show more content…
They’re shown in an intimate position when Jenny admits that she had seen their neighbors having sex in the pool. The scene with Jenny and Tim the lights are dim and it’s evening. The scene seems more private and intimate than the pool scene, which was in broad daylight and had a public feeling. Tim and Jenny, who start off sexually pleasing each other until Jenny tells Tim what she saw earlier that day. She says to Tim “I saw them getting…way down” to imply the intimacy. This idea of two women getting “way down” excites Jenny and Tim. The image of two lesbians is then used as way for their pleasure. The two women are the objects for the viewing and sexual pleasure. Jenny enacts this pleasure by being the camera watching, filming and remembering each moment of the scene to replay it for the male. The idea of lesbians having sex is seen and used as erotic with Jenny and Tim. It’s used a way to please their own sexual desires and gives the scene more sexualized feel rather than being about two people being intimate with one
The first evidence of the changes in the gendered gaze was during the scene at the pool (The L-word, 9:54-11:00 minutes, 2004). Jenny hears a gate open and two female voices coming from the other side of the fence. She …show more content…
The camera pans in front of her, giving the audience a straight on look at Jenny’s face, who gets embarrassed and dunks down when she sees Shane starting to undress. Jenny’s gaze becomes masculine when the editing of camera motions are quick cuts between the scene of sex and Jenny peering at the women between the bamboo fences. When the two women jump into the pool this symbolizes “getting wet” or getting turned on meaning that the sexual feelings are represented by the pool’s water. Also, in the scene sound is produced of dramatic sexual moaning which pleasures the viewer, Jenny. Mulvey discusses the visual pleasure of cinema (1989), this sex scene is for the visual pleasure because it, again, is meant to turn on and give pleasure not only the ones being viewed but also the viewer. The idea of watching and hearing someone else have sex is exciting and makes one feel turned on. This as well would be a porn …show more content…
They’re shown in an intimate position when Jenny admits that she had seen their neighbors having sex in the pool. The scene with Jenny and Tim the lights are dim and it’s evening. The scene seems more private and intimate than the pool scene, which was in broad daylight and had a public feeling. Tim and Jenny, who start off sexually pleasing each other until Jenny tells Tim what she saw earlier that day. She says to Tim “I saw them getting…way down” to imply the intimacy. This idea of two women getting “way down” excites Jenny and Tim. The image of two lesbians is then used as way for their pleasure. The two women are the objects for the viewing and sexual pleasure. Jenny enacts this pleasure by being the camera watching, filming and remembering each moment of the scene to replay it for the male. The idea of lesbians having sex is seen and used as erotic with Jenny and Tim. It’s used a way to please their own sexual desires and gives the scene more sexualized feel rather than being about two people being intimate with one