Film Femmes is a blog about 2 female graduate film students. We still possess the title of "student" technically because we have yet to complete our Thesis films.
FOR MANY VARIED REASONS
To explain and examine our choice to pursue this particular degree from the course program that we chose. Also to be addressed:
- why it has taken so long to complete a documentary;
- required courses taken to fulfill the major,
- favorite classes and not so favorite. :)
- the fate of classmates that were also in the program.
- discuss our favorite directors, and our desire to join the ranks.
Above all I want future and present film students to learn from us, especially women because of the ... unique challenges we face as caretakers of families, working within extreme financial challenges and trying to enter an industry that is STILL male dominated.
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I hear you, I hear you. I thought that when I started out a documentary would be easier to create and edit than a narrative film. Lol....boy was I wrong. It's actually worse, because you can't always predict what you are gonna catch on film. Sometimes several stories emerge at once! It can be challenging to determine which story is the most important.
ReplyDeleteThe "Run and gun," filming that I did made things worse. I couldn't control the wind, the terrain, or the guests at the site, so those challenges made some of the b-roll run long, taking more time in the post production stage to edit down.
My favorite class was the post production class, where I met the other half of this blog....east coast sista!
What do you think is the greatest challenge that women filmmakers face today?