1) Watch documentary movies. Go see them on the big screen if you can. If not, then hit your local video store or join Netflix or Greencine to get movies mailed to your door. You can even watch them online at sites like FourDocs and the Documentary Film Network. Learn what makes or breaks a documentary film. Think about what kinds of documentary films you like. Learn the various genres and filmmaking styles. For example, Michael Moore's filmmaking style is very different than Ken Burns' filmmaking style.
2) Before you begin your project, think of the END first: Where is this documentary going to be shown (or where do you envision it being shown)? Who is your targeted/primary audience? Answering these questions helps you determine the content, tone, style and length of your film.
3) Choose a subject that you find fascinating and is accessible to you. Choosing a subject that is compelling & timely will result in a strong and relevant film. It is often better to focus on a local personality or local event so that you will have access to loads of resources for your film. Besides, it's much simpler & cheaper to shoot at home than abroad.
4) Become an expert on your chosen subject through research. Research your subject as thoroughly as possible. Gain knowledge through the internet, books, and word of mouth. Attend events pertaining to your chosen subject.
5) Use your own music – Unless there is a very specific reason to use a specific piece of music, it can be a huge hassle and expense to obtain music rights. I had to negotiate a deal with each publisher and record company of each piece of music used in my documentary. I was grateful that at least that two thirds of the music of my documentary was originally composed.
6) Create a structure/outline for your film through visualization. Close your eyes and imagine how you would like the final product to look. Think about how you want to structure your film. What do you want to start with? How are you going to build your film? Write down your ideas. This will give you a blueprint for shooting. But remember that in documentary filmmaking, unlike fictional filmmaking, the footage informs the final structure of the film. Your initial written outline exists to serve as a guideline for shooting.
7) Analyze your wants/needs for making the film. Make a wishlist of any people, locations, items, equipment you WISH you could have for your film. Cross-reference this list with any people, locations, items and equipment that you do have access to. Ask people. Check with local art centers, film departments at universities and colleges. Talk to the local film office. If you still can't find it then go to Myspace or Craigslist and see if you know someone who knows someone who can help fulfill some of the items on your wishlist. If you are looking for footage, check with stock libraries for material that is in the public domain and free to use.
8) Shoot! Don't talk about doing it - get out there and shoot your film. This is the step that differentiates the aspiring filmmakers from the actual filmmakers.
9)Post-production. Fast forward through all of your footage, and take printable screenshots of key scenes. This way you simplify the editing process by creating a visual map of your footage. Once this is done you should watch ALL of your footage and create an action log listing timestamps. This will help you to save time in the editing room.
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Outlining plan for documentry
Need to Inlcude:
1. Janet Kane - interview on sexism in the work place in the 60's and 70's.
2. Shot of teenage girls in the bathroom fixing hair and makeup.
3. Narration - Me talking about the issues feminists faced and still face.
4. Teenage girl - Interview about what they know on feminism and whether they it's still relevant today.
5. Paul and Zoe (Parents of three girls) - Interview on how sexism has played on their minds whilst raising only girls.
6. Shots of me talking about facts and dates and raising questions.
7. Interview with teacher about experiencing sexism in the workplace.
8. Caroline - interview about ageing and how that impacts place in workplace.
Certain questions to be raised throughout and leave audience thinking about:
1. Does the word feminism have any meaning in 2012?
2. What do feminists want, don't women have it all?
3. What's the true meaning of feminism? What do most people associate it with?
What I want my documentry to include or be about:
I want this documentry, firstly to make younger girls of today more aware of what feminism is, what it's all about and how it still exists today. I want to this to really impact girls of today and give them the message of they how they may be exploited in todays society in places they don't even know and how simple things that they do as part of their everyday routine is actually helping sexism exist even today.
1. Janet Kane - interview on sexism in the work place in the 60's and 70's.
2. Shot of teenage girls in the bathroom fixing hair and makeup.
3. Narration - Me talking about the issues feminists faced and still face.
4. Teenage girl - Interview about what they know on feminism and whether they it's still relevant today.
5. Paul and Zoe (Parents of three girls) - Interview on how sexism has played on their minds whilst raising only girls.
6. Shots of me talking about facts and dates and raising questions.
7. Interview with teacher about experiencing sexism in the workplace.
8. Caroline - interview about ageing and how that impacts place in workplace.
Certain questions to be raised throughout and leave audience thinking about:
1. Does the word feminism have any meaning in 2012?
2. What do feminists want, don't women have it all?
3. What's the true meaning of feminism? What do most people associate it with?
What I want my documentry to include or be about:
I want this documentry, firstly to make younger girls of today more aware of what feminism is, what it's all about and how it still exists today. I want to this to really impact girls of today and give them the message of they how they may be exploited in todays society in places they don't even know and how simple things that they do as part of their everyday routine is actually helping sexism exist even today.
Facts and dates from history
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which protected men and women from discrimination on the grounds of sex or marriage. The Act concerned employment, training, education, harassment, the provision of goods and services, and the disposal of premises.
The Equal Pay Act 1970 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which prohibits any less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment. It was passed by Parliament in the aftermath of the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike and came into force on 29 December 1975.
1903 - The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) is established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women.
Germaine Greer (born 29 January 1939) is an Australian academic and journalist, and was a major feminist voice of the mid-20th century. The Female Eunuch became an international best-seller in 1970.
Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s. A prominent writer and political figure, Steinem has founded many organizations and projects and has been the recipient of many awards and honors.
1960(May 9) The Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral contraceptive, commonly known as "the Pill," for sale as birth control in the United States.
1964U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including the Title VII prohibition of discrimination based on sex.
1963The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was published.
1968 (September 7) The "Miss America Protest" by New York Radical Women at the Miss America pageant brought widespread media attention to women's liberation.
1969 (March 21) Redstockings staged an abortion speakout, insisting that women's voices be heard on the issue instead of only male legislators and nuns.
1913 On 4 June 1913, she ran out in front of the king's horse as it was taking part in the Epsom Derby, she died on 8 June from her injuries.
The Equal Pay Act 1970 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which prohibits any less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment. It was passed by Parliament in the aftermath of the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike and came into force on 29 December 1975.
1903 - The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) is established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women.Germaine Greer (born 29 January 1939) is an Australian academic and journalist, and was a major feminist voice of the mid-20th century. The Female Eunuch became an international best-seller in 1970.
Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s. A prominent writer and political figure, Steinem has founded many organizations and projects and has been the recipient of many awards and honors.
1960(May 9) The Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral contraceptive, commonly known as "the Pill," for sale as birth control in the United States.
1964U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including the Title VII prohibition of discrimination based on sex.
1963The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was published.
1968 (September 7) The "Miss America Protest" by New York Radical Women at the Miss America pageant brought widespread media attention to women's liberation.
1969 (March 21) Redstockings staged an abortion speakout, insisting that women's voices be heard on the issue instead of only male legislators and nuns.
1913 On 4 June 1913, she ran out in front of the king's horse as it was taking part in the Epsom Derby, she died on 8 June from her injuries.
Monday, 3 December 2012
Research
Documentries on feminism:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006ycpt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006ycpt
The F Word: Who Wants to be a Feminist?
Feminism. Does the word have any meaning in 2011? Or, at least a meaning all women can agree on? Has it become the “F Word”? Tainted and stained with connotations that alienate some women and men. Or is it simply irrelevant in the 21st Century?
To mark the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (March 8, 2011), Doc Zone dares to utter the “F Word”.
Today, more than half of all North American University students are women, make up half the work force and have more choices than ever. So, why are women still marching? What more do feminists want? Don’t women have it all?
Stay at home mom Nicole Abraham with her two daughters in Hamilton.
Credit: Markham Street FilmsNot if you look at the stats. According to the UN, women make up 53% of the world’s population, but they own only 1% of the world’s wealth. Women hold up half the sky, but in Canada they are only holding 11% of the seats on corporate boards and 21% of the seats in Parliament. In the workplace, women hold half the jobs, but are taking home 20% less pay then men. So what happened? Wasn’t Feminism supposed to fix this?
The F Word attempts to answer these questions by examining the trajectory of the First, Second and Third Waves of Feminism and their effects in the 20th century, and then investigating what Feminism – the word and the movement - means today and might mean tomorrow.
In The F Word, the story of Feminism is told through Feminist icons and experts including:
Feminist Icon Germaine Greer.
Credit: Markham Street Films “…if we’re going to liberate women we have to preserve their difference, otherwise we’ll liberate them the way we liberated Vietnamese villages -- by destroying them.”
- Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer – famous feminist provocateur. Author of The Female Eunuch, the groundbreaking 1970 clarion call to women of all ages to examine their lives and demand more. Greer has remained active in feminist issues and the recent 40th anniversary of the publication of her book has occasioned a flurry of both support and contention.
Author Susan Faludi.
Credit: Markham Street Films “It's fun and it's playful, but it doesn't have anything to do with claiming your rights to be a full citizen in the world. If it did, men would be wearing Manolo Blahniks tomorrow.”
– Susan Faludi on High Heels and Empowerment
Susan Faludi – author of Backlash: the Undeclared War Against American Women. Faludi is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist whose recent piece in Harper’s about matricide in the feminist movement has caused a stir. She feels that each wave of feminism has been met with an equal wave of resistance attempting to get women back in the home.
Author Naomi Wolf.
Credit: Markham Street Films “…the world is getting smaller and we know what women in the developing world are facing -- and they’re still organizing…We have NO excuse for not taking care of our own business.”
-Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf – author of The Beauty Myth and media commentator on women’s issues. Naomi Wolf insists that, even though women have been seduced by the media and consumerism, they have enough tools today to complete the task of claiming equality.
Third Wave founder, Amy Richards.
Credit: Markham Street Films “There wasn’t sort of a symbolic meeting that took place in, you know, 1961 where we said, “Okay, here’s our 10 list of demands and we’re going to spend the next 40 years conquering them one through 10.”
- Amy Richards
Amy Richards – author of FeministA: Young Women, Feminism and the Future, founder of Third Wave Foundation and Feminist.com. Amy says she was a feminist ‘in utero’ – the daughter of a single mother and life long feminist. For Amy, there is much work to be done and what will make change is not numbers, but changing the actual space in which we all work and live.
Queen's Law Professor, Kathleen Lahey.
Credit: Markham Street Films“I think that there is a strong emotional attachment on the part of power-holders in the government for a sort of “Dad’s running everything. Mom is in the home and the kids are very happy, thank you,” kind of country.”
-Kathleen Lahey
Professor Kathleen Lahey – Professor of Law and Gender Studies, Queen’s University. Professor Lahey provided research and was a spokesperson for the recent report, Reality Check: Women in Canada and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Fifteen Years On. Lahey believes that Canada’s current government has systematically undermined the foundations that support continued work on women’s issues.
Conservative Feminist, Christina Hoff Sommers.
Credit: Markham Street Films “…they want to spend time with their babies and they want to advance a career. Well, my answer to that is that you can’t have everything. You’re not going to be able to win a Nobel Prize on flex time, it’s just not going to happen.”
- Christina Hoff Sommers
Christina Hoff Sommers – Sommers is a resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy and Research. Sommers is best known for her critique of late-twentieth-century feminism: Who Stole Feminism: How Women Have Betrayed Women and The War Against Boys. Sommers is an ardent opponent of those she calls “professional feminists’. She recently spoke out against the Paycheck Fairness Act in the US, claiming that there is no such thing as a wage gap between men and women.
Native Youth Leader, Jessica Yee.
Credit: Markham Street Films “…if I hear one more person say that they think that young women today don’t care about feminism, I’m gonna scream.”
-Jessica Yee
Jessica Yee – is the founder and Executive Director of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network and works with native youth across North America. She doesn’t believe in the waves but she sure believes that there is unfinished business.
Article from cbc.
Today, more than half of all North American University students are women, make up half the work force and have more choices than ever. So, why are women still marching? What more do feminists want? Don’t women have it all?
Stay at home mom Nicole Abraham with her two daughters in Hamilton.
Credit: Markham Street FilmsNot if you look at the stats. According to the UN, women make up 53% of the world’s population, but they own only 1% of the world’s wealth. Women hold up half the sky, but in Canada they are only holding 11% of the seats on corporate boards and 21% of the seats in Parliament. In the workplace, women hold half the jobs, but are taking home 20% less pay then men. So what happened? Wasn’t Feminism supposed to fix this?
The F Word attempts to answer these questions by examining the trajectory of the First, Second and Third Waves of Feminism and their effects in the 20th century, and then investigating what Feminism – the word and the movement - means today and might mean tomorrow.
In The F Word, the story of Feminism is told through Feminist icons and experts including:
Feminist Icon Germaine Greer.
Credit: Markham Street Films “…if we’re going to liberate women we have to preserve their difference, otherwise we’ll liberate them the way we liberated Vietnamese villages -- by destroying them.”
- Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer – famous feminist provocateur. Author of The Female Eunuch, the groundbreaking 1970 clarion call to women of all ages to examine their lives and demand more. Greer has remained active in feminist issues and the recent 40th anniversary of the publication of her book has occasioned a flurry of both support and contention.
Author Susan Faludi.
Credit: Markham Street Films “It's fun and it's playful, but it doesn't have anything to do with claiming your rights to be a full citizen in the world. If it did, men would be wearing Manolo Blahniks tomorrow.”
– Susan Faludi on High Heels and Empowerment
Susan Faludi – author of Backlash: the Undeclared War Against American Women. Faludi is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist whose recent piece in Harper’s about matricide in the feminist movement has caused a stir. She feels that each wave of feminism has been met with an equal wave of resistance attempting to get women back in the home.
Author Naomi Wolf.
Credit: Markham Street Films “…the world is getting smaller and we know what women in the developing world are facing -- and they’re still organizing…We have NO excuse for not taking care of our own business.”
-Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf – author of The Beauty Myth and media commentator on women’s issues. Naomi Wolf insists that, even though women have been seduced by the media and consumerism, they have enough tools today to complete the task of claiming equality.
Third Wave founder, Amy Richards.
Credit: Markham Street Films “There wasn’t sort of a symbolic meeting that took place in, you know, 1961 where we said, “Okay, here’s our 10 list of demands and we’re going to spend the next 40 years conquering them one through 10.”
- Amy Richards
Amy Richards – author of FeministA: Young Women, Feminism and the Future, founder of Third Wave Foundation and Feminist.com. Amy says she was a feminist ‘in utero’ – the daughter of a single mother and life long feminist. For Amy, there is much work to be done and what will make change is not numbers, but changing the actual space in which we all work and live.
Queen's Law Professor, Kathleen Lahey.
Credit: Markham Street Films“I think that there is a strong emotional attachment on the part of power-holders in the government for a sort of “Dad’s running everything. Mom is in the home and the kids are very happy, thank you,” kind of country.”
-Kathleen Lahey
Professor Kathleen Lahey – Professor of Law and Gender Studies, Queen’s University. Professor Lahey provided research and was a spokesperson for the recent report, Reality Check: Women in Canada and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Fifteen Years On. Lahey believes that Canada’s current government has systematically undermined the foundations that support continued work on women’s issues.
Conservative Feminist, Christina Hoff Sommers.
Credit: Markham Street Films “…they want to spend time with their babies and they want to advance a career. Well, my answer to that is that you can’t have everything. You’re not going to be able to win a Nobel Prize on flex time, it’s just not going to happen.”
- Christina Hoff Sommers
Christina Hoff Sommers – Sommers is a resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy and Research. Sommers is best known for her critique of late-twentieth-century feminism: Who Stole Feminism: How Women Have Betrayed Women and The War Against Boys. Sommers is an ardent opponent of those she calls “professional feminists’. She recently spoke out against the Paycheck Fairness Act in the US, claiming that there is no such thing as a wage gap between men and women.
Native Youth Leader, Jessica Yee.
Credit: Markham Street Films “…if I hear one more person say that they think that young women today don’t care about feminism, I’m gonna scream.”
-Jessica Yee
Jessica Yee – is the founder and Executive Director of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network and works with native youth across North America. She doesn’t believe in the waves but she sure believes that there is unfinished business.
Article from cbc.
Friday, 26 October 2012
Research on feminism
http://www.universitytimes.ie/2011/12/06/feminism-to-the-modern-teenage-girl/
At the opposite end of this male cultural coding, you have the burqa, and I no longer feel strongly about that. I used to think that it was a tragedy that a woman's dress and, by extension, her public identity, should have to be mediated through male paranoia
There are plenty of conversations in the name of feminism that I would happily stamp out like fags in a dry forest. If I read one more article in which someone confuses sisterliness with feminism and wonders why women aren't nicer to one another in the workplace, or on Twitter, or in parliament, or at Asda, I don't think my spirit can take it.
Most people when they hear the word feminist automatically envision a bra burning, hairy legged, man-hating lesbian on a singular mission to bash any idea that she should be remotely "girly" simply because she is a woman.
Modern feminism is more about a set of ideals than someone's appearance.
The outward appearance of a feminist is truly not any different than that of anyone else, and to be a feminist a woman does not have to be a radical making demands to every passerby who will remotely listen.
IMAGE: The first inaccurate view of feminism is based solely on how a true feminist should appear to the outside world. The misconception is that a true feminist will cast away society's views of beauty and set their own standards. While it is true that a most feminists will attest to the fact that they set their own standards of physical beauty and do not rely on media images or men's opinions to do it for them, that does not necessarily mean that the standard's they set will be outside of what society considers the norm. In fact, most women, feminist or not, shave their legs and their underarms, wear bras and makeup, and probably even get manicures and pedicures should the opportunity present itself. The true idea behind feminism is not to set yourself apart from societal norms to let people know on site the beliefs that you espouse, but rather to use your own judgment in determining what is right for you as a woman and an individual. If you awake to find that you want to wear a beautiful dress and stilettos simply because it makes you fell sexy or better, then by all means wear them. But, don't let society dictate that this is how you should dress.
MEN: Another misconception that many people have about feminism or feminists as a group is that they are all man-haters. The truth in the matter is the fact that a woman supports other women in having their own ideas and lives has nothing at all to do with their ability to love a man. Just because a woman does not feel that she should be forced to have her actions dictated by her male counterparts does not in any way suggest that she cannot have a completely satisfying relationship with mutual trust and friendship with some lucky man. It simply means that the men in her life will have to learn to accept the idea that she does not feel as if she is less than they are simply based on the fact that she is a woman, and while she will respect and value their opinion she will also believe that she was given the gift of a sound mind for a reason, and will not simply accept their beliefs as her own.
Another misconception about feminism and women that has always truly bothered me is that if a woman supports a feminist view point she does not appreciate or respect courtesies given to her by men simply because she is a woman. I am sure that there are some women who would be offended by a man opening a door for her or curbing the language they used when she came into the room. However, for the majority of us, the common courtesies of opening a door for us or curbing foul language in our presence are not at all offensive, merely a sign of good breeding. Because face it, no they would not do this for other men, but just because we have feminist view points does not make us less of a woman. When a man shows these respects to a woman, it should be appreciated for the respectful gesture to her womanhood that it is.
TRADITIONAL ROLES: The final misconception that I have faced that really annoyed me is that a woman could not possibly be a feminist and supportive of traditional gender roles. I love to cook supper for my husband and child, and I take pride in the fact that no one can care for my child the way that I can. I also love the fact that I work outside my home, and am damn good at what I do. The ideals of feminism are not based on who cooks the supper or cleans the kitchen, but rather on the fact that it is not automatically assumed to be a woman's role to do these things, but that she may actually
want to.
Caitlin Moran: My position is that every woman in the 21st century is feminist by default. This is a feminist world. We go to school with boys, we expect to be treated equally to boys, it's illegal to rape us, you can't own us, our paychecks go into our bank accounts, we are feminists, and unless you have actually handed in your vote at the White House and said "I have no need for this anymore," then you are a feminist. So then it becomes a semantic argument, why have we lost that word? I think young women, they just haven't heard the word feminism in the last 15 years or so anywhere in popular culture. I think one of the reason people got scared of it is that you don't have people going out there and saying, "I'm a feminist!" That's why I was interested in writing a sort of fun, colorful, common sense book, to get women to the point where they can support feminism publicly.
At the opposite end of this male cultural coding, you have the burqa, and I no longer feel strongly about that. I used to think that it was a tragedy that a woman's dress and, by extension, her public identity, should have to be mediated through male paranoia
There are plenty of conversations in the name of feminism that I would happily stamp out like fags in a dry forest. If I read one more article in which someone confuses sisterliness with feminism and wonders why women aren't nicer to one another in the workplace, or on Twitter, or in parliament, or at Asda, I don't think my spirit can take it.
Most people when they hear the word feminist automatically envision a bra burning, hairy legged, man-hating lesbian on a singular mission to bash any idea that she should be remotely "girly" simply because she is a woman.
Modern feminism is more about a set of ideals than someone's appearance.
The outward appearance of a feminist is truly not any different than that of anyone else, and to be a feminist a woman does not have to be a radical making demands to every passerby who will remotely listen.
IMAGE: The first inaccurate view of feminism is based solely on how a true feminist should appear to the outside world. The misconception is that a true feminist will cast away society's views of beauty and set their own standards. While it is true that a most feminists will attest to the fact that they set their own standards of physical beauty and do not rely on media images or men's opinions to do it for them, that does not necessarily mean that the standard's they set will be outside of what society considers the norm. In fact, most women, feminist or not, shave their legs and their underarms, wear bras and makeup, and probably even get manicures and pedicures should the opportunity present itself. The true idea behind feminism is not to set yourself apart from societal norms to let people know on site the beliefs that you espouse, but rather to use your own judgment in determining what is right for you as a woman and an individual. If you awake to find that you want to wear a beautiful dress and stilettos simply because it makes you fell sexy or better, then by all means wear them. But, don't let society dictate that this is how you should dress.
MEN: Another misconception that many people have about feminism or feminists as a group is that they are all man-haters. The truth in the matter is the fact that a woman supports other women in having their own ideas and lives has nothing at all to do with their ability to love a man. Just because a woman does not feel that she should be forced to have her actions dictated by her male counterparts does not in any way suggest that she cannot have a completely satisfying relationship with mutual trust and friendship with some lucky man. It simply means that the men in her life will have to learn to accept the idea that she does not feel as if she is less than they are simply based on the fact that she is a woman, and while she will respect and value their opinion she will also believe that she was given the gift of a sound mind for a reason, and will not simply accept their beliefs as her own.
Another misconception about feminism and women that has always truly bothered me is that if a woman supports a feminist view point she does not appreciate or respect courtesies given to her by men simply because she is a woman. I am sure that there are some women who would be offended by a man opening a door for her or curbing the language they used when she came into the room. However, for the majority of us, the common courtesies of opening a door for us or curbing foul language in our presence are not at all offensive, merely a sign of good breeding. Because face it, no they would not do this for other men, but just because we have feminist view points does not make us less of a woman. When a man shows these respects to a woman, it should be appreciated for the respectful gesture to her womanhood that it is.
TRADITIONAL ROLES: The final misconception that I have faced that really annoyed me is that a woman could not possibly be a feminist and supportive of traditional gender roles. I love to cook supper for my husband and child, and I take pride in the fact that no one can care for my child the way that I can. I also love the fact that I work outside my home, and am damn good at what I do. The ideals of feminism are not based on who cooks the supper or cleans the kitchen, but rather on the fact that it is not automatically assumed to be a woman's role to do these things, but that she may actually
want to.
Caitlin Moran: My position is that every woman in the 21st century is feminist by default. This is a feminist world. We go to school with boys, we expect to be treated equally to boys, it's illegal to rape us, you can't own us, our paychecks go into our bank accounts, we are feminists, and unless you have actually handed in your vote at the White House and said "I have no need for this anymore," then you are a feminist. So then it becomes a semantic argument, why have we lost that word? I think young women, they just haven't heard the word feminism in the last 15 years or so anywhere in popular culture. I think one of the reason people got scared of it is that you don't have people going out there and saying, "I'm a feminist!" That's why I was interested in writing a sort of fun, colorful, common sense book, to get women to the point where they can support feminism publicly.
Monday, 22 October 2012
Final decision for short film!
My final idea for my short film will be a documentry on modern-day feminisim, what people think it is, boys and girls, and how it fits in within modern-day society. A lot of ideas have come from reading the book 'How to be a woman' by Caitlin Moran:
She makes some really good points about how feminisim still exists and how girls and woman today can carry on fighting against it. I've also done a bit of research and found many other points I want to bring up. I want to make a documentry that's aimed at younger girls, to try and open young girls minds to the ways they are still being exploited by men. I'm also doing feminism in sociology so there's a lot of stuff I've learnt there that I want to bring in to this aswell. I know pretty much what content my video will be made up of, but i'm still looking for ideas of how to present it, with images, interviews, narration etc.
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Short story ideas..
Story 1:
A man is sitting at a desk, rubbing a silver spoon with his thumb as he stares blankly at the wall before him. He let's out a lengthy sigh and ceases all movement. A while passes before he abruptly stands, enthusiasm enveloping every contour of his face as if an incredible idea had struck his mind. The strange man dashes from the front door of his house clad in only nightwear, he rushes into the car and -after a skipped scene of driving- hastily arrives at a large park. He blasts open the door with his foot and runs in a wild frenzy to the centre of the field, leaving the vehicle exposed to robbery.
The man stops... he is where he should be, he has made it! He whips out the spoon and gazes at it with awe struck eyes before plummeting it into the earth and digging. A loud clunk is heard and he discovers a peculiar container. Upon opening the artifact, he finds a silver knife and fork sitting within. Tears fall from the now shaking man's face as he puts the spoon inside the box and shuts it once more. He puts the set into its former abode beneath the ground and places the dirt back ontop. As he pats the final pieces of mud down, he places his two hands onto the ground and stares in silence...
Story 2:
A man kept finding food and things missing from his flat whenever he came back from work. He kept checking the locks and they all seemed fine. He thought it could be mice or rats but couldn't see any other signs of animals and the food items missing seemed to be too big. He eventually installed webcam/CCTV in the flat and saw an old woman on the film moving around his house and going through the kitchen. It transpired that she had been living in one of his cupboards for 5 years and coming out everyday to eat his food and use the toilet!
Story 3:
Shots of a quiet town. Everyone is going about their boring, mudane daily schedules.
Shot of a man dressed in all black sneaking around an alley. He approaches a lever and pulls it down.
The entire town goes black and white. People are shocked, confused, and panicked. The town floods out of their homes, offices, etc. and fonto the streets in search of the cause of the B&W color change.
One man finally wanders down the alley and finds the lever. He turns it back on and everything goes back to normal. Everyone celebrates. The man raises his arms in triumph and walks away.
The "man in black" sneaks out into the alley again, turns the lever off, rips it off the wall, and takes it with him. The scene changes to black and white. Celebrating people look confused, look to the sky, fade out.
Story 4:
so you start out with a guy waking up, and its obvious this guy has sever OCD. everything in his house is squeaky clean, and he has a routine that he follows every morning. The key is, you never see this guy talk, he just goes about his normal routine that he does every morning.
The narration sets in and start talking about " I am samuel johnson, and I am the best assassin in the world. I study my targets meticulously (show him reading the paper), and take the best care of myself ( show him brushing his teeth or somethin) and I am always thinkin one step ahead.
Then this OCD guy walks out the front door of his house, on his way to his car for work, and gets his head blown off. Then the camera shifts to somewhere else in the bushes, and shows a guy all in black with a sniper riffle, and he says "and that is why I am the best"
I think it would be cool cause if you did it right, the whole time you would be thinking that the guy getting ready is the sniper, getting ready to go and and get his target, but then in the last scene, you realize he is the target. ex. http://www.youtube.com/watchv=VRtI_99oXhY
I also am thinking about doing something with bullying and i've found this video which has given me really good ideas of my own for a change! I like how the mother is used in this one and the effects suicide has on family members and I came up with a really nice speech a mother could say to a bullied child. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XLcfdkkHQE. This one is similar, but I like how they use facts and figures at the end to bring it back to real life and how they flick from colour to black and white and I like the idea of the narration, I wanted to write a poem and use that as my narration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=Ntq4IV38FRs&NR=1
I'm putting a link to this next video on here, because it's a true story off youtube and it highlights the feelings kids feel when they're bullied, which I want to explore and pull together, for both boys and girls. I thought maybe I could do it in two parts and flick from boy bullying and girl bullying. I want to explore what people mean by bullying. A lot of names come up with bullying like 'fat', 'ugly', 'geek' etc and I want to explore what people mean by those names and how people that are bullied can change the meaning of those names. I really want to make a video about bullying AWARENESS the best that I can, a video to help the bullied. Rather than the typical bullied story of child bullied that then kills themselves. I want to do something different, something more complex.
A man is sitting at a desk, rubbing a silver spoon with his thumb as he stares blankly at the wall before him. He let's out a lengthy sigh and ceases all movement. A while passes before he abruptly stands, enthusiasm enveloping every contour of his face as if an incredible idea had struck his mind. The strange man dashes from the front door of his house clad in only nightwear, he rushes into the car and -after a skipped scene of driving- hastily arrives at a large park. He blasts open the door with his foot and runs in a wild frenzy to the centre of the field, leaving the vehicle exposed to robbery.
The man stops... he is where he should be, he has made it! He whips out the spoon and gazes at it with awe struck eyes before plummeting it into the earth and digging. A loud clunk is heard and he discovers a peculiar container. Upon opening the artifact, he finds a silver knife and fork sitting within. Tears fall from the now shaking man's face as he puts the spoon inside the box and shuts it once more. He puts the set into its former abode beneath the ground and places the dirt back ontop. As he pats the final pieces of mud down, he places his two hands onto the ground and stares in silence...
Story 2:
A man kept finding food and things missing from his flat whenever he came back from work. He kept checking the locks and they all seemed fine. He thought it could be mice or rats but couldn't see any other signs of animals and the food items missing seemed to be too big. He eventually installed webcam/CCTV in the flat and saw an old woman on the film moving around his house and going through the kitchen. It transpired that she had been living in one of his cupboards for 5 years and coming out everyday to eat his food and use the toilet!
Story 3:
Shots of a quiet town. Everyone is going about their boring, mudane daily schedules.
Shot of a man dressed in all black sneaking around an alley. He approaches a lever and pulls it down.
The entire town goes black and white. People are shocked, confused, and panicked. The town floods out of their homes, offices, etc. and fonto the streets in search of the cause of the B&W color change.
One man finally wanders down the alley and finds the lever. He turns it back on and everything goes back to normal. Everyone celebrates. The man raises his arms in triumph and walks away.
The "man in black" sneaks out into the alley again, turns the lever off, rips it off the wall, and takes it with him. The scene changes to black and white. Celebrating people look confused, look to the sky, fade out.
Story 4:
so you start out with a guy waking up, and its obvious this guy has sever OCD. everything in his house is squeaky clean, and he has a routine that he follows every morning. The key is, you never see this guy talk, he just goes about his normal routine that he does every morning.
The narration sets in and start talking about " I am samuel johnson, and I am the best assassin in the world. I study my targets meticulously (show him reading the paper), and take the best care of myself ( show him brushing his teeth or somethin) and I am always thinkin one step ahead.
Then this OCD guy walks out the front door of his house, on his way to his car for work, and gets his head blown off. Then the camera shifts to somewhere else in the bushes, and shows a guy all in black with a sniper riffle, and he says "and that is why I am the best"
I think it would be cool cause if you did it right, the whole time you would be thinking that the guy getting ready is the sniper, getting ready to go and and get his target, but then in the last scene, you realize he is the target. ex. http://www.youtube.com/watchv=VRtI_99oXhY
I also am thinking about doing something with bullying and i've found this video which has given me really good ideas of my own for a change! I like how the mother is used in this one and the effects suicide has on family members and I came up with a really nice speech a mother could say to a bullied child. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XLcfdkkHQE. This one is similar, but I like how they use facts and figures at the end to bring it back to real life and how they flick from colour to black and white and I like the idea of the narration, I wanted to write a poem and use that as my narration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=Ntq4IV38FRs&NR=1
I'm putting a link to this next video on here, because it's a true story off youtube and it highlights the feelings kids feel when they're bullied, which I want to explore and pull together, for both boys and girls. I thought maybe I could do it in two parts and flick from boy bullying and girl bullying. I want to explore what people mean by bullying. A lot of names come up with bullying like 'fat', 'ugly', 'geek' etc and I want to explore what people mean by those names and how people that are bullied can change the meaning of those names. I really want to make a video about bullying AWARENESS the best that I can, a video to help the bullied. Rather than the typical bullied story of child bullied that then kills themselves. I want to do something different, something more complex.
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