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   Sylar
   Sylar · Aug 27, 2014

   I'm writing a research paper on women in film for school and I was wondering if you could please answer these questions:
   
   

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   Here are 19 popular films directed by women:
   Vagabond
   Big
   An Angel at my Table
   The Piano
   Clueless
   Whale Rider
   Frida
   Lost in Translation
   You've Got Mail
   Little Miss Sunshine
   Marie Antoinette
   Persepolis
   The Hurt Locker
   Frozen River
   Winter's Bone
   The Kids Are All Right
   Zero Dark Thirty
   Brave
   Frozen
   
   1. Are you a girl or a boy? How old are you?
   2. Have you seen any of these films? If so, which ones?
   3. Based on the films you have seen, do you think women are more sexualized in these films, or films directed by men?
   4. Based on the films you have seen, do you think women act more like real people in these films, or films directed by men?
   5. If I asked you to name a few famous directors, would any women come to mind? If so, who?
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   Willard
   Willard · Aug 27, 2014

   Very interesting questionnaire
   
   [spoiler]1. 14 year old male
   2. I have seen ten of those films. Big, Clueless, Lost In Translation, Little Miss Sunshine, Persepolis, The Hurt Locker, Winter's Bone,The Kids Are Alright, Zero Dark Thirty, and Frozen.
   3&4. I have no real answers to these. Some do, some don't. A lot act like real people, but I'm loosely saying that. I feel there are no real answers.
   
   5. Sofia Coppola, and that girl who did The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty. Both great directors, with Coppola being one of the best out there.
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   Astronaut
   Astronaut · Aug 28, 2014

   Hi. Here at the request of you.
   
   

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   1.You know my age and gender. 2.Brave and Frozen. I'm such a child. 3. I saw Disney movies, so the question is sort of irrelevant for my situation, sorry (in other words, no). 4. On average, I'd say so, yeah. 5. Sofia Coppola because you talk about her non-stop, and Jennifer Lee because we met her.
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   birk
   birk · Aug 28, 2014

   Rather than female director's, wouldn't it make more sense to check out films written by women? Though the director is in control of what we see in the end, the writer is the one who brings the characters to life.
   
   Just thinking back to films which has had a big impact on the way women were viewed within cinema:
   
   Thelma and Louise - Happened to be written by a female.
   Erin Brockovic - Written by a female.
   Juno Written by a female.
   
   These are just the first examples that spring to my mind.
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   Willard
   Willard · Aug 28, 2014

   Actually, I was thinking of what Birk said. It would make more sense on the screenwriters, rather than who directed it. When I first read it, I first thought of Diablo Cody, being a pretty good screenwriter that she is.
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   Sylar
   Sylar · Aug 29, 2014

   That's not what I'm going for. It's hard to explain, but women directors work better for my thesis than women writers. Barely anyone can make 5 successful screenwriters. But 5 successful directors, yes. There's more prejudice on women filmmakers than writers. Altogether, it's better to use filmmakers. Sorry!
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   Willard
   Willard · Aug 30, 2014

   So, it's the people who execute the story, not the people who made the story?
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   Holysocks
   Holysocks · Aug 31, 2014

   This is interesting! Let's see...
   
   

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   1. I'm a girl... age seventeen.
   2. I've seen the very large number of two; Little Miss Sunshine, and Brave.
   3. Based on the two movies I've seen in this group, I can't say I think women our being sexualized in either, actually. Little Miss Sunshine was essentially about how ridiculous beauty pageants for little girls are... in my opinion. Brave was also very un-sexualized... the main character is one of the first Disney princesses to not want to be saved by prince charming, so to speak.
   
   4. Honestly, what do real women act like? Really, there are slight differences between genders, but judging from the two movies I know here... I really can't say that the people in those movies act like women... but I can't say that they don't, either. I do notice in some other movies that girls ( teens especially ) come across as majorly shallow... I'm not sure if this is true 'cause I haven't been around too many teenage girls.
   5. Nope. I don't know many directors though... come to think of it, I probably wasn't that helpful in this survey.
   
   All the best in your research!
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   CowLogic
   CowLogic · Aug 31, 2014

   1.) Man - use the age 17, although I will not confirm whether it is accurate or not
   2.) I've only seen Big and The Hurt Locker.
   3.) I don't believe that The Hurt Locker applies, since it doesn't seem to have any sexual aspects. Big does sexualize women to a certain degree, despite it being a kid's film, mainly in the way of portraying one as a mild temptress. However, from the sparing amount of these films that I've seen, women are less sexualized than male directors typically gun for.
   4.) No one acted like a real person in Big, and the only woman I remember from The Hurt Locker through a pan at the "good" guy, who isn't good, which is realistic context-wise. However, from what I've seen, no, women were not portrayed realistically.
   5.) No

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