Any other girls on this forum?
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I write and produce independent films and videos and have recently branched out to direct projects for other filmmakers, which has been fun.
There may not be a lot of women role models who are in the spotlight but there are dozens of women based film organizations that prove there are women working in various aspects of film and TV. They just may not be on many filmmaking forums and I don't really know of any good reasons for that. I know of some women filmmakers who have children or other responsibilities that may keep them busy outside of film and so they would probably spend more time on Parenting or Shopping forums than filmmaking forums. As for others, well, maybe they are discouraged or intimidated by the male forum dominance.
As far as role models, Sophia Coppola may be a good example, especially for women who believe that they MUST have some other woman to look up to and prove that women can work in the business. She's like the only female that was ever nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Women who need female role models can look to her for inspiration.
Before I graduated, many of my classes had mostly male students with maybe five females at most, including me, and guess where many of the other female students were on campus? In the Fashion Design and Graphic design departments! Sure, some were also sprinkled throughout other majors but I also think that this may exhibit the way that people grow up. Call it gender socialization if you will or whatever, but there may not be many parents who are raising their daughters to be filmmakers or camera operators or grips or boom operators, etc. because they may not see those fields as appropriate types of work.
Males dominate much of the internet communities as a whole, so it may not be exclusive to filmmaking. Gaming sites and those HTML/CSS websites are also one of the most male dominated areas.
I'M A GIRL, TOO!
I am a screenwriter in Vancouver, BC, and also am a partner in an independent production company.
While I do some producing, my main focus is my writing career -- I really only became a producer because I got tired of sitting around waiting for someone produce my stuff.
Ultimately, I plan to hand over the "reigns" of the production company to my partners, once I have my writing career where I want it to be.
There are a lot of females in the industry in Vancouver -- many award-winning writers as well as directors.
*Shameless plug follows*
My dear friend, Lidia Stante, a female director based out of Vancouver, just got accepted into the "Crazy 8's" Film Competition.
The only female to make it. Yeah, Lidia!
Check out Women In Film & Television Vancouver -- you'll find many female filmmakers, as well as links to local Women In Film Chapters in your area.
It can be a great resource.
www.highdeafproductions.com
I am a screenwriter in Vancouver, BC, and also am a partner in an independent production company.
While I do some producing, my main focus is my writing career -- I really only became a producer because I got tired of sitting around waiting for someone produce my stuff.
Ultimately, I plan to hand over the "reigns" of the production company to my partners, once I have my writing career where I want it to be.
There are a lot of females in the industry in Vancouver -- many award-winning writers as well as directors.
*Shameless plug follows*
My dear friend, Lidia Stante, a female director based out of Vancouver, just got accepted into the "Crazy 8's" Film Competition.
The only female to make it. Yeah, Lidia!
Check out Women In Film & Television Vancouver -- you'll find many female filmmakers, as well as links to local Women In Film Chapters in your area.
It can be a great resource.
www.highdeafproductions.com
I think it's the minds of the women. People all grow up a certain way and I'm sure all of us have something common in our lives that links to film. Maybe women being grown up a certain way causes their minds to kind of, steer away from film?
And does anyone know any good female directors? I only know the woman who directed Twilight and well...she was terribad with that. I have yet to see her other movies but after Twilight...I don't want to. Oh! The woman who directed D.E.B.S.! That movie was aces.
And does anyone know any good female directors? I only know the woman who directed Twilight and well...she was terribad with that. I have yet to see her other movies but after Twilight...I don't want to. Oh! The woman who directed D.E.B.S.! That movie was aces.
Hi there,
I too, am a woman in film. I'm based in Toronto, have been in various fields of the film production industry for 10 years now, from PA'ing, to sound editing, to production. I've been production coordinating animated series for broadcast and the web for 4 years now, currently working on an animated game show for kids from the UK we're adapting for Canadian audiences. I'm also trying my debut at producing a feature film with a small but determined team. It's in development stages now, and I'm doing mad research on US independent distribution and production companies, budgeting, and grant programs. Hey, who here would like to see a fictional film about William Shatner's life? eh, Eh?
Cheers, Courtney
I too, am a woman in film. I'm based in Toronto, have been in various fields of the film production industry for 10 years now, from PA'ing, to sound editing, to production. I've been production coordinating animated series for broadcast and the web for 4 years now, currently working on an animated game show for kids from the UK we're adapting for Canadian audiences. I'm also trying my debut at producing a feature film with a small but determined team. It's in development stages now, and I'm doing mad research on US independent distribution and production companies, budgeting, and grant programs. Hey, who here would like to see a fictional film about William Shatner's life? eh, Eh?
Cheers, Courtney
I would SOO like to see a fictional film about Shatner. Like, way.
Good female directors off the top of my head: Mira Nair, Sophia Coppola (debatably ;p), Leni Riefenstahl (reeeeeeeally debatably), Julie Dash, Amy Heckerling, Kasi Lemmons, Nora Ephron, Hito Steyerl, Claire Denis, Margarethe von Trotta... aaaaaaand me!
Good female directors off the top of my head: Mira Nair, Sophia Coppola (debatably ;p), Leni Riefenstahl (reeeeeeeally debatably), Julie Dash, Amy Heckerling, Kasi Lemmons, Nora Ephron, Hito Steyerl, Claire Denis, Margarethe von Trotta... aaaaaaand me!
Involvement in film simply IS, to a large degree, a case of becoming involved with technology. While not everyone's course/direction, my own involvement in film presently involves a ton (tonne?) of research around a number of technological areas:
-cameras;
-the parts that make up the box & how they work;
-the throughput/product from camera through the box to final product/output;
-this does not touch on the areas I mentioned earlier in another thread eg. sound, lighting.
I think that an independent director, if he/she takes the craft seriously, has no choice BUT to get involved with these, to obtain a good, solid foundation or working knowledge.
We are not friends, technology and I, but certainly over the past two years I have learned to have a begrudging respect for it.
I think that generally,many women in the West at least, do not like to get deeply involved in & with technology--it is an almost geeky involvement. And, let's face it, it is.As a filmmaker, you have to try & reconcile the art & the science/technology.
On the other hand, I know that there are lots of female engineers in my part of the world, and that one of my female friends is an Associate Professor in Operations Research, which is _heavily numerate_.In the earlier communist countries, there were quite a number of women produced who were working in the hard sciences, & technology fields.
Just an observation.
-cameras;
-the parts that make up the box & how they work;
-the throughput/product from camera through the box to final product/output;
-this does not touch on the areas I mentioned earlier in another thread eg. sound, lighting.
I think that an independent director, if he/she takes the craft seriously, has no choice BUT to get involved with these, to obtain a good, solid foundation or working knowledge.
We are not friends, technology and I, but certainly over the past two years I have learned to have a begrudging respect for it.
I think that generally,many women in the West at least, do not like to get deeply involved in & with technology--it is an almost geeky involvement. And, let's face it, it is.As a filmmaker, you have to try & reconcile the art & the science/technology.
On the other hand, I know that there are lots of female engineers in my part of the world, and that one of my female friends is an Associate Professor in Operations Research, which is _heavily numerate_.In the earlier communist countries, there were quite a number of women produced who were working in the hard sciences, & technology fields.
Just an observation.
It'd be awesome if I could have a female in my small crew but unfortunately I can't find a female interested in film in my age group where I am.
Haha! What does that even mean? I mean, that can be taken in so many ways and I'm just thinking something dirty, and even through a dirty way it can be taken in multiple ways.
I'm a girl! I just haven't had much time to be on here.
The OP has been catalyst for commentary relating to the absence/perceived small numbers of women working in the technical components (production-side) of the film industry.
The women themselves note some of the issues which perhaps influence this shortage--they're working mothers, wth families, who in their online lives are more inclined to spend time with sites dealing with family-related issues than technology and/or film. Or, it is part of gender socialisation.
Of the men who have worked with women in the production-side, they have had good results, and offer praise. My experiences, though limited, have been quite mixed in this regard.
The women themselves note some of the issues which perhaps influence this shortage--they're working mothers, wth families, who in their online lives are more inclined to spend time with sites dealing with family-related issues than technology and/or film. Or, it is part of gender socialisation.
Of the men who have worked with women in the production-side, they have had good results, and offer praise. My experiences, though limited, have been quite mixed in this regard.
I would say that it's simply a personal choice. But that's just me.
Personally, I have seen plenty of women doing certain types of jobs on set. Most of them have been really good to work with, and there are times when I wish I was dealing with a woman instead of some arrogant prick with certain things.
Personally, I have seen plenty of women doing certain types of jobs on set. Most of them have been really good to work with, and there are times when I wish I was dealing with a woman instead of some arrogant prick with certain things.