Feminism Film Theory in Alien.

Feminism Film theory in the ending scene of Alien.
When the ending scene begins the main character of Ellen Ripley, believing that she is safe from the alien, is readying herself to go home. The first shot is of her undressing and getting into different clothes for hyper sleep, As she takes her jacket off she is in the centre of the frame and is the main focus of the scene, this could be seen as the male gaze as she is the image that is being presented and we as the audience are positioned as if we are watching her undress. This continues as when she begins to take more clothes off the camera follows her, she takes her trousers off and the camera goes down as she bends down. There is a long time spent on Ripley when she undresses , the camera stays on her as she is the only character left and that she is undressing. The camera also never moves away from her she is the primary focus, but as this is the ending scene the fact that it is lingering on her for so long rather than cutting to the credits are hinting at the idea that something else is going to happen, as her escape from the Nostromo, spaceship, was to easy. When the alien appears the male gaze disappears as the tranquillity of the scene changes as she is in danger once again. When the alien appears it is meant to make people jump as the scene was set up perfectly so that the attention of the audience is focssed on Ripley that when the alien appears it is a shock as its unexpected as it is meant to be dead. 

Throughout the film and this scene Ripley is not seen in a typical stereoype way as she is not the damzel in distress as is usual for a woman to be, as she is the one character who has survived, in this scene she manages to kill the creature by getting it out of the ship, this is primarily a male stereotype's job, but this film is averting the usual stereotypes for women ny making her the hero of the film rather than something pretty to look at and eventaully watch die.