Throughout this music video Mulvey’s
male/female gaze theory can be applied because the music video contains a range
of camera shots and actors which will entice male and female viewers. Snoop
Dogg released another version of this song before this one called “wet” which
was dedicated to Prince William, but after receiving criticism he was forced to
change the name of the song and to make it more family friendly. The original
song name shows how little respect he has for women as the lyrics read “I wanna
make you wet” which suggests how women are seen as sex objects have to dress
and act a certain way to receive male attention.
Transitions and close ups have
been used in this video to exaggerate parts of the female body which men find attractive.
For example at 0.19, there is a close up shot used on the women’s body which clearly
is showing her stomach and boobs, also this shot has been mirrored so there is
double. This type of shot would engage a male audience as they would find this desirable
to look at; especially seeing as the women is wearing little clothing being a
bikini top which is exposing most of her boobs. A lot of the close ups are used
to show the curves of the women’s body and to show them dancing around Snoop Dogg,
this suggests that women have to act like this in order to look sexy which creates
a bad representation for women as this implies nothing else matters as long as
you wear revealing clothing and act in a certain way you will get males
attention.
Long shots have been used to show the
whole of the women’s body and her curves which is appealing to men, at 1.49 a
low angle is used to show the legs and bum of one of the women and then it pans
up to show the rest of her body. This is shown through the eyes of a male and
suggests women must have a good body to receive attention. Also the women actor
does poses which are shown through long shots which would catch male attention
as these can be seen as sexual poses.
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