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 Conclave is a religious thriller that explores corruption in the catholic church. The narrative follows Cardinal Lomeli who overseas the election and discovers hidden truth. This film represents Todorovs theory of equilibrium as the dis-equilibrium is shown through the Popes death and all the hidden actions and the equilibrium is restored through electing a new pope but it has a secret twist. The twist of the new Pope having female body parts perfectly links with Judith Butlers idea of gender performativity as authority in the conclave is with only men and females are not meant to be seen, this disapproves of Mulvey's male gaze as all attention is around the men and women are meant to be invisible, the absence of the traditional male gaze reinforces the idea of guilt and religion. The mise en scene represents traditional Catholic church and constructs power and secrecy within the film, the cinematography intensifies the atmosphere of the Conclave particularly during the bomb explo...

 Clueless is a traditional 90s film that is targeted towards teenage girls, it follows similar conventions as the film 'mean girls'. Clueless follows typical teenage lifestyle in Beverly hills while with comedy to keep the audiences attention. Blumer and katz uses and gratifications ca be incorporated through diversion as a source of entertainment, personal identity audiences see themselves in the characters and surveillance audiences learn about the upper class lifestyle. This can be shown through the main character 'Cher' who lives in a large mansion and has a highly fashionable wardrobe and thinks she's better than all the  high school boys, this creates an image for the audience of an upper class teenage life. This aligns with David Gauntlets idea of identity as he claims that the media provide tools  that audiences use to shape themselves through Cher's fashion sense and social life. The film also incorporates Mulvey's male gaze through the centred shot...