Show:
Behind the Scenes
Award Winning (Fe)Males
Resresentation?
LGBTQ
What Can You Do?
100
What is the percentage of women employed as movie directors?
9%
100
Since 1975, How many female directors have been nominated for an award?
4
100
What movie featuring POC won the Oscar nomination for Best Picture?
Moonlight
100
Of the 126 major movies released in 2015, what percentage included characters who identified as LGBT?
17.5%
100
Based on previous films you have watched, what gender seems to always be the main role/character?
Male
200
What is the percentage of women writers in the movie/ film industry?
15%
200
Since 2000, what was the average age of women who won an award for Best Actress?
Age 36
200
What is the most common race for Hollywood Actors?
White
200
In 2015, what percentage of LGBT characters were people of color?
25.5%
200
In 2014, on average what percentage of women filled main screen roles?
29%
300
What is the percentage of women executive producers in movies/films?
17%
300
In 2013, During the 85th Academy Awards, how many women were nominated?
35 out of 175
300
What roles were POC originally given to?
Usually maids or background characters or portrayed as a villain
300
When films include LGBT characters, gay men make up more than half. What percentage do lesbian characters make up?
23%
300
Like stated in lecture, we are familiar with the term “glass ceiling”, does it exist in the film industry?
yes
400
What is the percentage of women producers in films/movies?
25%
400
What percentage of Oscar votes are female?
23%
400
What is the statistic of oscar nominated winners that were non-white compared to white?
73% White, 27% nonwhite in 2015
400
Of the 73% of few queer characters, how much screen time, in minutes, do these characters get?
Less than 10 minutes
400
Why is the film industry largely male-dominated?
Men are not as easily hypersexualized.
500
What is the percentage of women cinematographers in the movie industry?
2%
500
Should award categories be gendered? Yes/No?
Yes
500
How can the “Whitewashing of Films” be fixed?
We need to start enforcing the inclusion of people of color. We need to make opportunities for people of color, our directors, casting directors, and writers will all play a part in deterring negative stereotypes and lack of representation.
500
Of the 22 major studio films that featured LGBT characters in 2015, how many passed the Vito Russo Test?
8
500
Why are there more males and how can we change that?
To change this, women should be comfortable enough to move forward with their careers, while still reaching out to women like them; which should lead to a good amount of individuals who are willing to write, produce or act.