Naomi McDougall Jones: What it's like to be a woman in Hollywood
Naomi McDougall Jones: Jaké to je být ženou v Hollywoodu
Naomi McDougall Jones is a vocal advocate and activist for bringing gender parity to film, both on and off screen. Full bio
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I could feel the magic of storytelling
kouzlo ve vyprávění příběhů
Academy of Dramatic Arts
and ready to take my rightful place
své právoplatné místo
that you understand
abyste pochopili,
ráznou feministkou.
and obsessed with "The Sound of Music,"
jsem poblázněná muzikálem Za zvuku hudby,
"I am 16 going on 17,"
,,Je mi 16, skoro 17"
for a very serious conversation
kvůli velmi vážné konverzaci
that you can't sing that song,
I do need you to understand
potřebuji, abys chápala
gender construct that it reinforces."
konstrukt, který podporuje. "
even occurred to me
from doing anything in my life
životě odepřeno,
and I get work, slowly.
that the parts available for women
že role dostupné pro ženy
complicated, interesting
složité, zajímavé
female characters, right?
ženské postavy.
gorgeous, talented women
talentovanými ženami,
to stand on a balcony,
inside the house.
a poté vejít zpět do domu.
she is the ideal girl and Brian's prize
,,ideální dívka" kterou se snaží Brien
who is making peace with the fact
která se smiřuje s tím,
is to tend to her husband."
starat se o svého muže."
with a tastefully shot gang rape,
se vkusně natočeným hromadným znásilněním
to my agent one day,
svému agentovi:
going in for parts
what to do with you.
co si s tebou počít.
for women in their 20s,
to be the hot one,
na ty sexy postavy,
že začneš
you were kind of, like,
už si jako herečka kariérně
20-year-olds' mothers."
matky těch dvacetiletých hereček."
with an actress friend of mine,
také herečkou
how insane this is.
jak je to šílený.
Žádný problém.
about two complex female characters.
komplexních ženských postavách.
an all-female production team:
najmuly čistě ženský produkční tým:
we're sitting in the office
v kanceláři
you are going to have to hire
budete muset najmout
will trust you with their money."
want to see films about women,
filmy o ženách,
making something else.
o něčem jiném.
a vede si velmi dobře.
and we win a lot of awards
vyhrály jsme hodně cen
just keep rubbing at me.
mi prostě nedaly spát.
screenings of the film,
and talk at conferences.
panelové diskuze a konference.
is that, to begin with,
coming up in the film industry,
What do we do about this?"
Co s tím uděláme?"
do většího panelu,
with everything you're saying.
co říkáš.
about where you say it."
kde to říkáš."
mi sdělila,
to play the woman card.
hrát to na ženská práva.
sexism continues on in 2016, right?
sexismus pokračuje v roce 2016, nebo ne?
are just trying to get along
snaží nějak vyjít
the way that the world "just is."
že takhle svět ,,prostě funguje."
something about it,
měli vůbec zajímat?
significant problems in the world
if I can't get a job,
"Transformer 17," right?
na Transformer 17, že jo?
"sharks" among their top 10 major fears.
věcmi, ze kterých mají Američané strach.
three million dollars
tři miliony dolarů za to,
from driving an Aston Martin
Astona Martina
to go out and buy that car,
koupit si Bondovo BMW tolik lidí,
in pre-sales alone.
jen v předprodejích.
and "Hunger Games" came out,
a ,,Hunger Games,"
went up 105 percent.
studie ukazují,
don't just affect your hobbies,
your emotions, your sense of identity,
emoce, vnímání identity,
even your marital status.
dokonce i rodinný stav.
mostly American movies in your lifetime,
dívali především na americké filmy,
you have ever seen
kdy viděli,
of all of the leading characters
hlavních postav,
the last five years,
pěti letech,
that you have seen a woman in a movie,
viděli ve filmu ženu,
how much it affects us,
are just modern stories --
moderní příběhy --
through which we process
skrze který zpracováváme
that we understand the world
kterým chápeme okolní svět
pomocí kterého
different than our own.
is being funneled at us
na nás přenášeno
slyšet i ty ostatní?
if all of the stories were told?
kdyby byly řečené všechny příběhy?
a lot of you are hearing about this,
co o tom hodně z vás slyší,
have spent years --
strávilo roky --
a lot longer than I have --
mnohem déle než já sama --
and writing articles
a psaním článků
to do a better job about this.
ať s tím něco začne dělat.
recently released their slates,
zveřejnili své plány
between now and 2017,
ode dneška do roku 2018,
will be directed by a woman.
ženou.
to grow a conscience
aby zvýšil povědomí,
ruling class of people
skupina lidí,
and power and resources,
a zdroje,
about giving it up.
se toho vzdát.
že je budete žádat,
I promise you, here, now, today,
teď a tady vám slibuji,
bude velmi nízký.
plan for the revolution --
čtyřbodovému plánu pro revoluci --
and important news for you.
a zajímavé zprávy.
filmové školy
do -- 50 percent.
to the micro-budget film,
k nízkonákladovému filmu,
to the studio system,
studiovému systému,
five percent of movies.
will look at this
podíváte
just aren't as good at directing movies."
filmů."
the film industry is a meritocracy, right?
je založen na meritokracii, že ano?
five percent as talented as men,
that there are serious systemic issues
problémy v systému,
from here to there.
odsud sem.
že existujeme
of untapped potential over here.
nevyužitého potenciálu.
and this is really good news:
a tohle je skutečně skvělá zpráva:
o ženách vydělávají více peněz.
recently released a study
zveřejnil studii,
make 23 cents more on every dollar
žena, vydělávají o 23% více na každý dolar
commissioned a study
zadali studii,
made over the last five years
během posledních pěti let
returns on investment --
investice --
filled each of the following roles:
následujících pozicích:
screenwriter and lead actor.
a vedoucí herec/čka.
if it's a woman.
pozici obsadí žena.
of all movie tickets.
lístků do kina.
více peněz.
some portion of the male population
množství mužské populace
jen pro ženy.
18 percent of all of their films
18% všech svých filmů
is a giant underserved audience
publikum
you want to see them.
vy je chcete vidět.
let's call it "Hollywood" --
"Hollywood" --
moc milých lidí --
people in Hollywood --
from getting to you.
for the revolution,
na revoluci
in this room or anywhere in the world --
místnosti či kdekoliv jinde na světě -
práva, kohokoliv,
the revolution together.
tuto revoluci udělat společně.
kdo se dívají na filmy.
who watches movies.
by a female filmmaker per month?
na film vytvořený ženou?
takové filmy najít,
of films by women.
filmů vytvořených ženami.
to the female characters.
ženským postavám.
to emotionally support the men?
podpora pro muže?
you're not going to be able to unsee it.
již nebudete schopni to nevidět.
it's going to shift your viewing habits.
změní to vaše sledovací návyky.
is going to continue to grow.
začne růst.
the female filmmakers out there:
tvůrkyním filmů:
constantly telling you
neustále opakovat,
abyste je přesto natočily.
range -- that is on us to fix.
je na nás to změnit.
they are not going to.
že nevybere.
now, today, features, not shorts.
dnes, celovečerní filmy, ne ty krátké.
and they want and need to see them.
potřebuje vidět.
we need to stop wasting so much energy
mám pocit, že bychom měly přestat plýtvat
and invest in cultivating them.
investovat do jeho kultivace.
how to make our movies
to the audiences that want them,
které o ně má zájem,
quite so important.
that you want to see.
které chcete vidět.
25 dollars in a crowdfunding campaign,
crowdfundingové kampani,
million-dollar hurdle,
mez 1 milionu,
the other half of the story.
druhé poloviny příběhu.
pomocí podnikání.
to all of the businesspeople
very often in the world,
significant social change
je zralý na změnu.
and distribution are crumbling --
distribuce se rozpadají --
udělejte změnu.
s několika úžasnými ženami
and produced by women
režírované a produkované ženami
1-5 milionů dolarů.
of female filmmakers
které o ně má zájem.
to the audiences who want them.
tak pro obchod.
but it is actually so doable.
ale ve skutečnosti je to uskutečnitelné.
because you ask the people in charge,
když o to požádáte lidi ve vedení,
who don't have what they want
kteří nemají to, co potřebují,
51 percent of the population has to say.
těch zbývalých 51 % populace.
that teach me about people
které mě učí o lidech,
that aren't perfect.
která nejsou dokonalá.
to give a little girl
she dreams of achieving.
o čem ona kdy snila.
making one industry better.
průmyslu k lepšímu.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Naomi McDougall Jones - Actress, writer, producer, activistNaomi McDougall Jones is a vocal advocate and activist for bringing gender parity to film, both on and off screen.
Why you should listen
Naomi McDougall Jones is an award-winning actress, writer, producer and women-in film activist based in New York City.
McDougall Jones wrote, produced and starred in the 2014 indie feature film, Imagine I'm Beautiful, which took home 12 awards on the film festival circuit, including four Best Pictures and, for McDougall Jones, three Best Actress Awards and The Don Award for Best Independently Produced Screenplay of 2014. Imagine I’m Beautiful is a "haunting and empathetic" psychological drama that dissects the fine line between self-invention and destruction. The film received a 10-city theatrical and digital release and is now available on iTunes, Amazon, and GooglePlay.
McDougall Jones's second feature film, Bite Me, is currently in post-production, with an expected 2018 premiere. Bite Me is a subversive romantic comedy about the real-life subculture of people who believe that they're vampires and the IRS agent who audits them. In addition to writing the screenplay, McDougall Jones also stars in the film. She is also currently at work on her third feature screenplay, an as-yet-untitled magical realism film that explores themes of identity, legacy and gender through a modern-day seven-month pregnant woman's unexpected interaction with the brilliant, eccentric and deceased inventor John Hays Hammond, Jr.
McDougall Jones is a vocal advocate and activist for bringing gender parity to film, both on and off screen. She has teamed up with the former CFO of the City of Chicago, Lois Scott, to found The 51 Fund, a VC investment fund will finance films written, directed and produced by women. McDougall Jones is also the Founder of The Women in Film Revolution, the first and only centralized mechanism for leaders of US-based organizations working to bring parity to film to communicate, collaborate, and become a unified movement for change.
McDougall Jones is at work on a book, "The Wrong Kind of Woman: Dismantling the Gods of Hollywood," which will be published by Beacon Press in Fall 2019.
She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband, Stephen. She grew up in Aspen, Colorado and attended Cornel University before graduating from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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