A Blog Supporting Female Filmmakers
Life loves to throw challenges our way and these often make the best stories. All you need for proof of this is the sheer amount of films with the line 'based on a true story' after the opening credits. It can be easy to forget that art, particularly film, acts as a reflection of the …
Mylissa Fitzsimmons' desire to be a film director manifested in a similar way to a lot of the women I have featured on this blog. It even slightly mirrors my own journey of discovering a love of film and a need to tell stories from behind the camera. A daydreamer with a love for storytelling …
With the extensive media attention it can be easy to forget that film exists in other forms outside of the big blockbuster Hollywood world of cinema. I wrote an article recently about the Top 10 Indie films directed by women, all of which came from a world outside of a big budget. For many women …
When you exclude women from creating media you are cutting out a significant voice from the very medium that is supposed to reflect who we are as a society. As it stands today, the world population of females is 49%[1]. If we are equal in numbers it would make sense that we should be equal …
The internet. It has provided many avenues for content creation by everyone. No more is video a format saved only for professionals. Your next door neighbour could be a budding camera person and you would never know unless you found their channel of travel vlogs. Influencers and internet personalities are the new celebrity, but what …
The novel has offered much to the film world in terms of content. Many of my favourite books have been turned into films; Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Hunger Games. Not all books have resulted in quality films, but the best film adaptations are often those that can capture the essence of …
This week's featured director is working in a new space by combining a series of creative outlets including theatre, film making and video games to create a unique interactive Virtual Reality experience called Afterlife.
How to make a film has its structure...But what happens when someone come alongs and turns that whole process on its head?
We are bombarded everywhere everyday by moving images. Films, TV, YouTube, Ads, Music Videos. Most media these days involves some sort of video and so those videos require directors. On this blog I have mainly focused on film, but I think its important to recognize that the mediascape of today is changing and content creation …
One of the things I love most about having this blog is having a voice. A voice that can not only express frustration and herald a call-to-action, but a voice that can share the work of others and lift those people up into the spotlight. Today I'm using this voice to spread the word about …