THE WIDE WORLD OF FILMMAKING
Women can make movies too
The Missourian article "Performing arts school opens" talks a little about the film program available at Stephens College, which is a predominantly female school. The dean of the new School of the Performing Arts, Ken LaZebnik, said he was excited about the chance to show the female students that they can be successful in the mostly-male dominated business of filmmaking. Sure, there are the Sofia Coppolas, Jane Campions and Penny Marshalls of the world, but for each one of them, you can usually find about ten Quentin Tarantinos, Curtis Hansons and Steven Spielbergs.
I ran into the perfect example of this the other night when I attended a meeting for a group of students interested in getting a film major at Mizzou. I was the only female in attendance, out of about 30 or 35 people total. According to this, the ratio is more like 30:1 instead of 10:1, which may be the case.
Ultimately, the role of gender shouldn't really make a difference. Women want to make an impact on the movie world just as badly as men do, but, unfortunately, it seems like they are either too scared to or just have to work harder to accomplish their goals. In the end, hopefully the hard work will pay off.
Story Link: http://www.digmo.org/news/story.php?ID=16199
Women can make movies too
The Missourian article "Performing arts school opens" talks a little about the film program available at Stephens College, which is a predominantly female school. The dean of the new School of the Performing Arts, Ken LaZebnik, said he was excited about the chance to show the female students that they can be successful in the mostly-male dominated business of filmmaking. Sure, there are the Sofia Coppolas, Jane Campions and Penny Marshalls of the world, but for each one of them, you can usually find about ten Quentin Tarantinos, Curtis Hansons and Steven Spielbergs.
I ran into the perfect example of this the other night when I attended a meeting for a group of students interested in getting a film major at Mizzou. I was the only female in attendance, out of about 30 or 35 people total. According to this, the ratio is more like 30:1 instead of 10:1, which may be the case.
Ultimately, the role of gender shouldn't really make a difference. Women want to make an impact on the movie world just as badly as men do, but, unfortunately, it seems like they are either too scared to or just have to work harder to accomplish their goals. In the end, hopefully the hard work will pay off.
Story Link: http://www.digmo.org/news/story.php?ID=16199
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