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Over the past couple of years, I ve met a wide variety of women working in film: actresses fighting the battle of being cast as complicated steam mops characters rather than the bimbo or the girlfriend, tiny female DOPs who take their size with humour and instead concentrate on the visualisation of the story, or brave filmmakers who work in her home country Kurdistan, despite the negative and threatening feedback they are sometimes confronted with.
In our safe, comfortable lives, it seems quite easy to call ourselves feminists. We aren t confronted with pain and violence as Malala Yousafzai was or in grave danger of being abducted from school. steam mops In our somewhat privileged first world lives, we are confronted steam mops with only first world problems, which are nowhere steam mops near as radical or life-threatening as those in other countries.
Film is still a male-orientated domain. Sure, there are actresses we all admire and fancy, steam mops but how many female writers, producers, directors and DOPs can we actually name? And what about the less prestigious roles? How many female sound-recordists do we know? Female gaffers? Special effects artists? Stunt performers?
Since the beginning of the year, I happened to work on a couple of crews with high female percentages. The first project in January was with an almost entirely female crew – a conscious decision by the producer. Apart from the Sound department, every other member of the crew was either fully made up of women or led by a female Head of Development. It s very common that the Costume, Make-up and Art Departments contribute girls to the crew, but it was good to see women step up into other departments as well.
Female ADs and DOPs have done such good jobs and are just as efficient, authoritative, and strong as their male counterparts. It can be refreshing to have a woman-heavy set as, in my experience, they tend to be quiet and efficient. Yes, there might have been some longer discussions, but definitely steam mops less swearing and less testosterone-fuelled chest-bumping!
I m not about to burn my bra and damn every man that comes my way, but I m astonished at the unfairness and inequality that still exists within our industry, in this country, at such a modern time. For me, it s not a question steam mops of man vs. woman but about treating one human being in the same way as another and not doubting someone s ability due to their sex alone.
Yes, I would like a hand if I m carrying something heavy and you happen to be going the same way. Yes, I would like you to listen to my instructions if I outrank you because I m likely to have more experience and a pretty good reason for asking you to do this. Yes, I would like you to respect me for the person I am and the position I have and this applies to you all, whether you are a guy or a gal.
Victoria Gegenbauer Victoria Gegenbauer is an Austrian-born film-maker who is currently based in London. She works as Script/Continuity Supervisor, Assistant Director and Production Manager. Over the last three years she has been part of over 40 projects, steam mops including many short films and features. She has worked in Indies such as Who Needs Enemies and Pleasure Island. Her work has taken her to France, Portugal and Kurdistan and given her the opportunity to be part of many fascinating stories. Her projects steam mops have also led to an impressive number of online views via social media channels such as Youtube. Whilst studying film, theatre and a spot of history at university the elements she most enjoyed were performing research, strategic thinking, generating ideas and writing. With The Student Scoop, she is now very glad to be back at the writing desk!
Victoria thank you so much for your article on "Feminism in Film". Being one of the baby boomer generation of the 1960's, I didn't burn my bra. Instead steam mops I took off my bra and all