Friday, February 24, 2023

Portfolio Project: Pre-Production - Representation

    Women have long been an underrepresented group when it comes to media industries, especially the film industry. Being women ourselves we felt that it was important to have our main characters be women, without male counterparts. We also thought it was important that the conflict was not reliant on a male to push it into action. While many drama films are dependent on a relationship of some kind, we wanted to lean into the thriller aspect of our picked genre and created a conflict that did not take the focus off the female leads that are very important to see in film as it is not yet popular enough in Hollywood to see solo female led movies. 

    Furthermore, having our characters be a minority was also a very important aspect of bringing this story to life. Our main focus is the model. She is a young Latina women who is an up and coming celebrity that has just gotten a very big job in her modeling career. It is important to see women of color not just in film but also represented in the fashion industry. She is represented as a very ambitious girl, this debunks many stereotypes that minorities are faced with on a daily basis. The photographer herself is also a minority, being African American.  African American women are not often depicted as photographers, especially high level photographers, which is why creating this character is so important. Being of minorities ourselves, we think is extremely important to see more people like ourselves in film and depicted as characters that may be out of the ordinary. 



    


Linan, Steve. “How Inclusive Is the Entertainment Industry?” USC News, 22 Feb. 2016, news.usc.edu/92220/how-inclusive-is-the-entertainment-industry.

Kent, Sarah. “Fashion’s Long Road to Inclusivity.” The Business of Fashion, 19 Nov. 2021, www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/fashions-long-road-to-inclusivity.

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