Reasons why women directors are such a rare sight.

FIVE reasons why women directors are such a rare sight; research FIVE women directors and put brief summaries of them and their films on your blogs; suggest THREE ways the number of female directors could be improved.

Men directors are more likely to make more successful films than women directors.

women may be discouraged by the lack of women being film directors.

Men are more likely to be preferred over women in a directors job.

Women are not as interested as men are in the film industry

Women may be seen as unreliable relating to men.

BEBAN KIDRON

Beedan Kidron was born in 1961 and is a successful British television and film director. Her work includes (USED PEOPLE, ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT, SWEPT FROM THE SEA, TO WONF FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING AND BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON.She will next be directing an adaptation of the 60's memoir Hippie Hippie shake (2008) adapted by her husband Lee Hall.

SARAH RADCLIFFE

Sarah Radcliffe was born on the 14th of November 1950 sometimes credited as Sarah Radcliffe is a British Film Producer. She began working as Associative producer in the late 1970's on movies like The tempest by Derek Jermain. In 1984 she worked on the series The Comic Strip Presented and in the same year she founded the proucstion company working title films together with her partner Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. The first major production for that company was the Stephna Frears film My Beautiful Laundrette in 1985

DOROTHY ANZLER

Was the only women film maker to survive in this unfriendly environment. She did so by producing well made but formally rather conventional films. Nevertheless, she succeeded in smuggling in feminist elements into her films.

GILLIAN lYNNE

Gillian Lynne was born on the 20th of February 1926 and is a British ballerina, dancer, actor, Theatre director. television director and choreographer. In 2005 she choreographed the Sherman Brothers' film musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for the stage. It played in London, and later on Broadway, both times successfully. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang brought Lynne back to the London Palladium after 50 years and she has also rehearsed Cast Changes for the shows National UK Tour

SARAH JACOBSON

Born in August 25th 1971, Norwalk, February 13th 2004 New York City. Sarah Jacobson was an independent filmmaker, writing, producing, and filming her own movies. After studying with George Kuchar, Jacobson began making her first film while in her early twenties. Jacobson's two major releases were I Was a Teenage Serial Killer and Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore. Both were well-received at film festivals across North America, such as the New York Underground Film Festival

Women directors can be improved in three different ways.

1. Get to know more about the film industry



2. Be interested in the films they do.



3. Be more reliable
   

Stereotypical women in advertisements.

The above image is representing the women as a sex symbol with all the men around her and holding her down suggesting that they are in controll of her. This women will be known as a whore instead of a Madonna as she is dressed as in sexy tight revealing clothing, not only that but she has men all around her holding her down suggesting that she needs the male for support. The red lipstick suggests that the women is a 'femme fatal sexy lady and gets things her way through her looks.

Historical housewife

However comparing this image to the Dolce and Gabana advert their has been a huge turn over. This women is wearing a pretty dress and her hair done up suggesting that she has to look pretty at all times for her husband. Her cleaning gloves connotes that she is wearing them proudly and is happy that her role in the house is just to do the housework and be their for her husband.

Another modern advertisement.

This advertisement is of a very well known celebrity Britney Spears. Due to her being alone in the advert it suggests that she is independent and free. Unlike the Dolce and Gabana advert Britney Spears is not positioned in the middle of many guys. She is wearing quite reveling cloths however it is all neutral and white colours suggesting that she is neutral and innocent.