Lights, Camera, Representation
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
Ellensburg
Event Website
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source
Start Date
15-5-2019
End Date
15-5-2019
Abstract
Women have been involved in film since its inception. In the past, half of all screenwriters were women. Now, women comprise only 10% of all produced screenwriters. In all sectors of filmmaking, women are vastly underrepresented. Past literature details the causes and implications of this problem yet doesn’t address how to change it. Many authors point to film schools as part of the solution, but don’t actually speak with student and professor filmmakers. This documentary asks students and professors to think about the issue of gender inequality in their profession, their experiences in film school pertaining to the subject, and their future aspirations for gender equality in such an important medium.
Recommended Citation
Chumley, Nikole and Waite, Jocelyn, "Lights, Camera, Representation" (2019). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 88.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2019/Oralpres/88
Department/Program
Film Studies
Lights, Camera, Representation
Ellensburg
Women have been involved in film since its inception. In the past, half of all screenwriters were women. Now, women comprise only 10% of all produced screenwriters. In all sectors of filmmaking, women are vastly underrepresented. Past literature details the causes and implications of this problem yet doesn’t address how to change it. Many authors point to film schools as part of the solution, but don’t actually speak with student and professor filmmakers. This documentary asks students and professors to think about the issue of gender inequality in their profession, their experiences in film school pertaining to the subject, and their future aspirations for gender equality in such an important medium.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2019/Oralpres/88
Faculty Mentor(s)
Melissa Johnson