The Gaze – Forms of the gaze

The spectators gaze – The viewer (us) looking at the object (actor/actress in a film)

The intra-diegetic gaze – People looking at each other in a text

The look of the camera – works best in a scene where a character is on their own. The camera will, look up and down a character or focus on a body part

The direct address (or extra diegetic) to the viewer – the actor looks at us. It’s called breaking the fourth wall

What it does: It creates a relationship and tells us it (the film) isn’t real)