Mulvey in James Bond

Lee Tamahori's  2002 film 'Die Another Day' conforms to Laura Mulvey's 'Male Gaze' theory. 'Die Another Day' is part of the James Bond franchise. James Bond is very famous for it's convention of using stereotypically beautiful women to play the romantic interest to the male protagonist. These females are known as the 'Bond Girls'. These 'Bond Girls' have become iconic for things such as: appearance, clothing or how they die. The very first Bond Girl, Ursula Andress, is known for the white bikini she wears rather than her acting skills or her role in the film. The white bikini has become iconography for the 'Bond Girl' convention.

At the start of the scene where the audience are first introduced to Halle Berry's character 'Jinx' Bond is stood at a bar on a beach. Bond looks through a pair of Binoculars, as soon as he does this a point of view shot is used to position the audience to only see what Bond sees. As the point of view shot begins the non diegetic sound of violins, which give a romantic sound to the scene. Bond then removes the binoculars and a long shot is used to reveal a silhouette of Jinx's head in the sea. A mid reaction shot then reveals that Bond saw Jinx in the sea and he looks through the binoculars again. The point of view shot now positions the audience to look at Jinx as she stands up. A mid shot is used, however her head is almost cut out of the frame as the camera fragments her body to just her chest. This relates to Mulvey's Male Gaze theory specifically her scopophilia theory and that  due to her idea of the camera being male as the females in the audience are forced to view Jinx in the same way that Bond is, voyeuristically.  This is also shown through the use of slow-motion, which elongates the time the audience look at Jinx in the voyeuristic way. The lighting used is high key and shining behind Jinx so that she appears almost angelic, however this also makes it difficult to see her face and draws the audience's attention to her chest.