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The Status of Women in Film and Advanced Production

The Status of Women in Film and Advanced Production. The Senior Project for the CIS Individual Major: Cinematic Studies and Film Production. Lumiere Bros. Leon Gaumont. George Melies. DW Griffith. Lois Weber Director, Writer, Producer. Dorothy Arzner Director, Writer.

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The Status of Women in Film and Advanced Production

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  1. The Status of Women in FilmandAdvanced Production The Senior Project for the CIS Individual Major: Cinematic Studies and Film Production

  2. Lumiere Bros Leon Gaumont George Melies DW Griffith

  3. Lois WeberDirector, Writer, Producer DorothyArznerDirector, Writer Mary PickfordActress and Producer

  4. Silent Film Industry • 1890’s-1920’s • 20-25% of directors were women Still from Alice Guy Blaché’sLa Fée aux Choux(2013)

  5. http://vimeo.com/70380930

  6. Alice Guy • Born in 1873 in Paris • First Female Filmmaker • Arguably first fiction filmmaker ever • Head of Production of Gaumont Film Company from 1896-1906

  7. Alice Guy Blaché • 1907: Married Herbert Blaché and moved to America • 1910: Created The Solax Company, largest pre-Hollywood studio ever • She wasenormouslysuccessful with over 1000 films • Active until 1922

  8. So What Happened? Cover image from Prof. Alison McMahan’s “Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of Cinema (2003)

  9. So What About Now? Promotional Image fromThe Avengers (2012)

  10. Statistics from The Women’s Center of Film and Television at San Diego State University Graphics from New York Film Academy

  11. Statistics from The Women’s Center of Film and Television at San Diego State Graphics from New York Film Academy

  12. The Problem is Money Still from Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

  13. It’s All About Representation Promotional Image fromAmerican Hustle (2013)

  14. Statistics from The Women’s Center of Film and Television at San Diego State Graphics from New York Film Academy

  15. Statistics from The Women’s Center of Film and Television at San Diego State Graphics from New York Film Academy

  16. Laura Mulvey and the Male Gaze Promotional Image fromThe Great Gatsby (2013)

  17. The Bechdel Test Selection from Alison Bechdel’s Comic Dykes to Watch Out For (1985)

  18. Still from Midnight in Paris (2012)

  19. Promotional Image fromGravity (2013)

  20. The Future?

  21. Bibliography

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