Naomi McDougall Jones: What it's like to be a woman in Hollywood
Наоми Мекдугал Џонс (Naomi McDougall Jones): Како је бити жена у Холивуду
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
магију у вези са приповедањем
као 21-годишњакиња,
Academy of Dramatic Arts
драмских уметности у Њујорку,
and ready to take my rightful place
као следећој Мерил Стрип.
that you understand
била сам опседнута филмом „Звуци музике“,
and obsessed with "The Sound of Music,"
„Имам 16 и ускоро ћу имати 17 година“
"I am 16 going on 17,"
for a very serious conversation
због веома озбиљног разговора
that you can't sing that song,
да певаш ту песму,
I do need you to understand
слику о половима коју подржава.“
gender construct that it reinforces."
никада није пало на памет
even occurred to me
да радим било шта у животу
from doing anything in my life
and I get work, slowly.
и добијам посао, полако.
that the parts available for women
доступне женама грозне.
компликоване, интересантне,
complicated, interesting
женске ликове, зар не?
female characters, right?
прелепих, талентованих жена
gorgeous, talented women
to stand on a balcony,
inside the house.
за везу са њом.
she is the ideal girl and Brian's prize
идеална је девојка
током читавог филма.“
која се мири са чињеницом
who is making peace with the fact
да брине о свом мужу.“
is to tend to her husband."
са елегантним снимањем групног силовања,
with a tastefully shot gang rape,
to my agent one day,
мом агенту једног дана
не идем на аудиције за улоге
going in for parts
what to do with you.
шта да радим са тобом.
које су написане за жене у двадесетима,
for women in their 20s,
to be the hot one,
you were kind of, like,
мајку двадесетогодишњакиња.“
20-year-olds' mothers."
with an actress friend of mine,
која ми је пријатељица
how insane this is.
о два сложена женска лика.
about two complex female characters.
само жене у продукцијском тиму:
an all-female production team:
we're sitting in the office
успешног мушког продуцента
you are going to have to hire
морати да запослите
када вам дају свој новац.“
will trust you with their money."
want to see films about women,
да гледају филмове о женама,
да направите нешто друго.
making something else.
and we win a lot of awards
и добијамо сијасет награда;
just keep rubbing at me.
искустава која сам имала.
да причам о њима,
након приказивања филма,
screenings of the film,
и говорим на конференцијама.
and talk at conferences.
is that, to begin with,
који долазе из филмске индустрије,
coming up in the film industry,
What do we do about this?"
Шта да урадимо поводом тога?“
with everything you're saying.
са свиме што говориш.
када се ради о томе где то причаш.“
about where you say it."
to play the woman card.
да се игра на женску карту.
sexism continues on in 2016, right?
у 2016. години, зар не?
are just trying to get along
покушавају да се уклопе
да је свет „такав какав је“.
the way that the world "just is."
something about it,
ако не урадимо нешто у вези са тим,
да вас ово интересује?
са неким важним светским проблемима.
significant problems in the world
то што ја не могу да добијем посао
if I can't get a job,
и гледате „Трансформера 17“, зар не?
"Transformer 17," right?
"sharks" among their top 10 major fears.
ајкуле као један од 10 највећих страхова.
three million dollars
франшизи о Џејмсу Бонду 3 милиона долара
да вози „Астон Мартин“
from driving an Aston Martin
to go out and buy that car,
отишло и купило тај аутомобил
in pre-sales alone.
само пре званичног почетка продаје.
and "Hunger Games" came out,
„Храбра Мерида“ и „Игре глади“,
went up 105 percent.
је порасло за 105 процената.
don't just affect your hobbies,
не утичу само на ваше хобије,
ваше емоције, ваш осећај идентитета,
your emotions, your sense of identity,
even your marital status.
па чак и брачни статус.
mostly American movies in your lifetime,
америчке филмове у току свог живота,
you have ever seen
које сте одгледали
of all of the leading characters
свих главних ликова
само о протеклих пет година,
the last five years,
that you have seen a woman in a movie,
када сте видели жену у филму,
how much it affects us,
колико то утиче на нас
are just modern stories --
through which we process
кроз које обрађујемо
that we understand the world
која су различита од наших.
different than our own.
is being funneled at us
if all of the stories were told?
ако би се све приче испричале?
a lot of you are hearing about this,
have spent years --
је провело године,
a lot longer than I have --
учествовали у панелима, писали чланке
and writing articles
to do a better job about this.
да уради ово боље.
recently released their slates,
су објавили наслове својих нових филмова,
between now and 2017,
између ове и 2018. године,
will be directed by a woman.
to grow a conscience
ruling class of people
владајућа класа људи
and power and resources,
about giving it up.
помисао на то да одустану од овога.
ако затражите то од њих
I promise you, here, now, today,
обећавам вам овде сада, данас,
plan for the revolution --
у четири тачке ради покретања револуције,
и важне новости за вас.
and important news for you.
факултете драмских уметности
do -- 50 percent.
50 процената.
to the micro-budget film,
до нискобуџетског филма,
са буџетом 1-5 милиона долара,
to the studio system,
five percent of movies.
will look at this
just aren't as good at directing movies."
толико добро режирање.“
the film industry is a meritocracy, right?
меритократија, зар не?
five percent as talented as men,
пет посто талента мушкараца,
that there are serious systemic issues
да постоје озбиљни системски проблеми
да одавде стигнемо тамо.
from here to there.
of untapped potential over here.
неискоришћеног потенцијала овде.
а ово је стварно добра вест -
and this is really good news:
и који су о женама зарађују више новца.
recently released a study
је недавно објавио студију
који укључују жене
make 23 cents more on every dollar
commissioned a study
урадили смо студију
made over the last five years
из протеклих пет година,
returns on investment --
у односу на улагање,
да ли су мушкарац или жена били:
filled each of the following roles:
screenwriter and lead actor.
сценариста и главни лик.
if it's a woman.
када су жене у питању.
of all movie tickets.
карата за филмске пројекције.
и који су о женама доносе више новца.
some portion of the male population
мушке популације такође воли жене -
18 percent of all of their films
само 18 посто свих својих филмова
is a giant underserved audience
занемарена публика
you want to see them.
желите да их видите.
let's call it "Hollywood" --
назовимо је „Холивуд“ -
веома фине људе у Холивуду -
people in Hollywood --
from getting to you.
for the revolution,
у четири тачке,
у овој просторији или било где на свету,
in this room or anywhere in the world --
the revolution together.
спровести револуцију.
који гледају филмове.
who watches movies.
један филм који је направила жена месечно?
by a female filmmaker per month?
of films by women.
филмова које су направиле жене.
на женске ликове.
to the female characters.
to emotionally support the men?
емоционалну подршку мушкарцима?
you're not going to be able to unsee it.
нећете моћи то да потиснете.
it's going to shift your viewing habits.
промениће вам гледалачке навике,
is going to continue to grow.
наставиће да се шири.
the female filmmakers out there:
филмским ствараоцима -
constantly telling you
која ће вам константно говорити
range -- that is on us to fix.
то ми морамо да поправимо.
they are not going to.
now, today, features, not shorts.
а не краткометражне.
and they want and need to see them.
и она жели и треба да их види.
we need to stop wasting so much energy
да траћимо толико енергије
and invest in cultivating them.
и да уложимо у њен развој.
how to make our movies
како да снимамо своје филмове
to the audiences that want them,
која жели да их види,
престаће да буде толико важно.
quite so important.
that you want to see.
које желите да видите.
можете да дате 25 долара
25 dollars in a crowdfunding campaign,
за прикупљање средстава,
million-dollar hurdle,
препреку од милион долара, учините то.
друга половина приче.
the other half of the story.
кроз пословање.
to all of the businesspeople
бизнисменима и предузетницима.
very often in the world,
significant social change
значајну друштвену промену
and distribution are crumbling --
и дистрибуције се руше;
неких невероватних жена,
and produced by women
и продуцирале жене
од једног до пет милиона долара.
женских филмских стваралаца
of female filmmakers
to the audiences who want them.
која жели да их види.
добро је за бизнис.
треба нам више.
but it is actually so doable.
али је заправо оствариво.
because you ask the people in charge,
који су одговорни за њих;
who don't have what they want
који немају оно што желе
51 percent of the population has to say.
од 51 процента има да каже.
који ме подучавају о људима
that teach me about people
that aren't perfect.
која нису савршена.
to give a little girl
she dreams of achieving.
о чијем остварењу она сања.
о побољшању једне индустрије.
making one industry better.
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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