gender effects on film making

Gender Influence on the Making of Movies:
A Directorial and Production Perspective


The direction and production of a movie is a purely personal endeavor; a person making a movie will use his own interpretation of a script or screen play and make a movie the way he see things. The producer will pick a script that he sees as being good, attempt to procure a budget that will allow him to express his view, pick a director that can successfully translate that view to film, and finally pick a cast he believes can bring that view to life believably.
The director of a movie assists in the choosing of a cast, maps out the shooting schedule, decides the importance of each scene, and guides the cast to produce the desired effect on film. These are the most basic steps in the creation of a movie; but where the big...