Cinematography

Unfair Working Conditions on Film Sets

Unfair Working Conditions on Film Sets

The element that really irked me about this set was that, aside from myself, almost all the background actors were literal highschool students. They were children. They didn’t know they could say no to staying late, or stand up against anything else that wasn’t okay on that set. They were learning that this is the norm on film sets -- that unfair working conditions is the standards and that you shouldn’t say anything against it.

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The Lack of Women Cinematographers and My Solution

The Lack of Women Cinematographers and My Solution

It is film awards season, and with it comes the annual frustration of the continued lack of nominations for women filmmakers. This 2019 Oscar lineup contains a predicable lack of women in certain categories, including zero women up for Directing, Cinematography, Editing and Original Score.

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