GAZING OUT: A documentary about sex work
Channel: Kat Padmore
Date: 2022-05-18

Gazing Out is a documentary pilot exploring how sex workers construct a profitable sexual persona while fighting against the stigmatised representation of sex work in cinema.
Are these workers a product of a culture dominated by the male gaze- or are the realities of selling sexuality a world away from the mediated codes we’ve come to expect?

This film is part of a module assessment for Creative Practice, studied on the Film, Photography and Media BA course at the University of Leeds.

All archival footage is covered under fair use laws, specifically transforming the work for purposes of discussion and criticism outside of the original footage's paradigms. All music is sourced through Artlist and is owned by the composers.


ARCHIVAL FILMS USED:

Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Risky Business (1983)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Monster (2003)
Taken (2008)
Tangerine (2015)
Cam (2018)

MUSIC USED:
Ripples by Tamuz Dekel
Plastic Breath by Tamuz Dekel
Little Eyes by Yehezkel Raz

Written, directed, produced and edited by Kat Padmore.
With special thanks and solidarity to Goth Gyrl, Harley Bee, Peaches and all sex workers across the world.