Vimeo Argumentative Essay
Lights, camera, action!
These famous words spoken by directors might have a different pitch in the near future.
Vimeo, a video sharing website, pledged at Sundance Film Festival to support at least five film projects created by women in an initiative called Share the Screen, according to the Huffington Post.
Hannah Forrest, a UCF film sophomore, says she believes the initiative will give women more opportunities and help her fulfill a childhood dream.
“[Growing up,] I would watch a movie and I would run home and continue the story in my bedroom,” Forrest said. “[The initiative] would give women the chance to prove themselves and show they could be just as good as men, or even better if they wanted to.”
In the 87 years of the Oscars, only four women have been nominated for best director and one woman walked away with the award. Forrest is confident she will come …show more content…
“Women don’t have the same track record that men do, so women don’t get the same opportunities that men do,” Mills said. “It’s the old catch-22, we’ll support you once you have a track record, but you cant get a track record until you receive that support.”
Mills has definitely proven herself in the industry, however. Two investors approached her last year inquiring about her directing a project.
“It takes a lot of perseverance, a lot of persistence, a lot of hard work and you really have to get your work out there,” she said.
Alaric Frinzi, a musical theater freshman, said that he has seen no difference in the level of directing from a female than a male.
“I’ve worked with women directors and their direction is easily on the same level [as men],” he said, “it takes a certain type of personality to direct, and there’s not that much of a difference between males and females.”
Frinzi recently performed in the musical Guys and Dolls, which was directed by Di Alioto, a
These famous words spoken by directors might have a different pitch in the near future.
Vimeo, a video sharing website, pledged at Sundance Film Festival to support at least five film projects created by women in an initiative called Share the Screen, according to the Huffington Post.
Hannah Forrest, a UCF film sophomore, says she believes the initiative will give women more opportunities and help her fulfill a childhood dream.
“[Growing up,] I would watch a movie and I would run home and continue the story in my bedroom,” Forrest said. “[The initiative] would give women the chance to prove themselves and show they could be just as good as men, or even better if they wanted to.”
In the 87 years of the Oscars, only four women have been nominated for best director and one woman walked away with the award. Forrest is confident she will come …show more content…
“Women don’t have the same track record that men do, so women don’t get the same opportunities that men do,” Mills said. “It’s the old catch-22, we’ll support you once you have a track record, but you cant get a track record until you receive that support.”
Mills has definitely proven herself in the industry, however. Two investors approached her last year inquiring about her directing a project.
“It takes a lot of perseverance, a lot of persistence, a lot of hard work and you really have to get your work out there,” she said.
Alaric Frinzi, a musical theater freshman, said that he has seen no difference in the level of directing from a female than a male.
“I’ve worked with women directors and their direction is easily on the same level [as men],” he said, “it takes a certain type of personality to direct, and there’s not that much of a difference between males and females.”
Frinzi recently performed in the musical Guys and Dolls, which was directed by Di Alioto, a