Naomi McDougall Jones: What it's like to be a woman in Hollywood
נעמי מק'דוגל ג'ונס: איך זה להיות אשה בהוליווד
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
בקסם של מספרי סיפורים
Academy of Dramatic Arts
לאומנויות הבמה
and ready to take my rightful place
ומוכנה לתפוס את מקומי
that you understand
and obsessed with "The Sound of Music,"
ומאוהבת ב"צלילי המוזיקה",
"I am 16 going on 17,"
for a very serious conversation
that you can't sing that song,
יכולה לשיר את השיר הזה,
I do need you to understand
השיר הזה אני צריכה שתביני
gender construct that it reinforces."
בעייתית שהוא מחזק".
even occurred to me
from doing anything in my life
and I get work, slowly.
וקיבלתי עבודות, לאט.
that the parts available for women
שהתפקידים שהיו מוצעים לנשים
complicated, interesting
מתוסבכות, מעניינות
female characters, right?
gorgeous, talented women
יפהיפיות, מוכשרות אחרות
to stand on a balcony,
inside the house.
לאחורנית לתוך הבית.
she is the ideal girl and Brian's prize
הבחורה האידיאלית והפרס של בריאן
who is making peace with the fact
המשלימה עם העובדה
is to tend to her husband."
with a tastefully shot gang rape,
סצנת אונס קבוצתי בטוב טעם,
to my agent one day,
going in for parts
ממש ניגשת לתפקידים
what to do with you.
יודע מה לעשות אתך.
for women in their 20s,
to be the hot one,
you were kind of, like,
את בדרך כלל, כאילו,
20-year-olds' mothers."
את האמהות של אותן בנות 20".
with an actress friend of mine,
how insane this is.
about two complex female characters.
שתי דמויות נשיות מורכבות.
an all-female production team:
על טהרת הנשיות:
we're sitting in the office
you are going to have to hire
אתן תצטרכו לשכור
will trust you with their money."
want to see films about women,
לראות סרטים על נשים,
making something else.
and we win a lot of awards
ואנחנו זוכות במלא פרסים
just keep rubbing at me.
ממשיכות לעצבן אותי.
screenings of the film,
אחרי הקרנת הסרט,
and talk at conferences.
is that, to begin with,
coming up in the film industry,
את דרכם בתעשיית הסרטים,
What do we do about this?"
מה אפשר לעשות בנדון?"
with everything you're saying.
כל מה שאת אומרת.
about where you say it."
לגבי איפה את אומרת את זה"
to play the woman card.
להשתמש בקלף האשה.
sexism continues on in 2016, right?
ממשיך גם ב2016, נכון?
are just trying to get along
the way that the world "just is."
שבו העולם "פשוט מתנהל".
something about it,
significant problems in the world
בעיות די משמעותיות בעולם
if I can't get a job,
"Transformer 17," right?
כמו "רובוטריקים 17", נכון?
"sharks" among their top 10 major fears.
עשרת הפחדים הגדולים ביותר שלהם.
three million dollars
ג'ימס בונד 3 מיליון דולר
from driving an Aston Martin
האסטון מרטין שלו
to go out and buy that car,
אנשים לצאת ולקנות את המכונית ההיא,
in pre-sales alone.
במכירות מוקדמות בלבד.
and "Hunger Games" came out,
went up 105 percent.
עלתה ב105 אחוזים.
don't just affect your hobbies,
משפיעים על התחביבים שלכם,
your emotions, your sense of identity,
הרגשות שלכם, תחושת הזהות שלכם,
even your marital status.
אפילו מעמדכם האישי.
mostly American movies in your lifetime,
you have ever seen
of all of the leading characters
התפקידים הראשיים
the last five years,
that you have seen a woman in a movie,
how much it affects us,
עד כמה זה משפיע עלינו,
are just modern stories --
סיפורים מודרניים --
through which we process
that we understand the world
different than our own.
is being funneled at us
if all of the stories were told?
כל הסיפורים היו מסופרים?
a lot of you are hearing about this,
שרבים מכם שומעים על זה,
have spent years --
בילינו שנים --
a lot longer than I have --
הרבה יותר ארוכה ממני --
and writing articles
to do a better job about this.
recently released their slates,
את הרשימות שלהם,
between now and 2017,
מעכשיו ועד 2018,
will be directed by a woman.
to grow a conscience
ruling class of people
and power and resources,
about giving it up.
על ידי זה שתבקשו מהם
I promise you, here, now, today,
לכם כאן ועכשיו, היום,
plan for the revolution --
ארבעת השלבים שלי למהפכה --
and important news for you.
do -- 50 percent.
to the micro-budget film,
לרמת הסרט בעל התקציב המצומצם,
של 1-5 מיליון דולר,
to the studio system,
five percent of movies.
will look at this
just aren't as good at directing movies."
מוכשרות בבימוי סרטים".
the film industry is a meritocracy, right?
הסרטים מבוססת על כשרון, נכון?
five percent as talented as men,
that there are serious systemic issues
שישנם כשלים שיטתיים מהותיים
from here to there.
of untapped potential over here.
לא ממומש כאן.
and this is really good news:
מרוויחים יותר כסף.
recently released a study
make 23 cents more on every dollar
23 סנטים יותר לכל דולר
commissioned a study
made over the last five years
בחמש השנים האחרונות
returns on investment --
filled each of the following roles:
גילמו את התפקידים הבאים:
screenwriter and lead actor.
if it's a woman.
גבוהה יותר אם אשה נמצאת שם.
of all movie tickets.
מכל כרטיסי הסרטים.
נשים מרוויחים יותר כסף.
some portion of the male population
18 percent of all of their films
18% מכל הסרטים שלה
is a giant underserved audience
you want to see them.
let's call it "Hollywood" --
בא נקרא לו "הוליווד" --
people in Hollywood --
from getting to you.
for the revolution,
in this room or anywhere in the world --
ובכל מקום בעולם --
the revolution together.
להחיל את המהפכה הזו יחד.
who watches movies.
לכל מי שצופה בסרטים.
by a female filmmaker per month?
אחד שהופק על ידי נשים בכל חודש?
moviesbyher.com
of films by women.
של סרטים שנעשו בידי נשים
to the female characters.
to emotionally support the men?
לתת תמיכה רגשית לגברים?
you're not going to be able to unsee it.
אתם לא תוכלו להפסיק לראות את זה.
it's going to shift your viewing habits.
את הרגלי הצפיה שלכם.
is going to continue to grow.
the female filmmakers out there:
יוצרות הסרטים שם בחוץ:
constantly telling you
range -- that is on us to fix.
זה באחריותנו לתקן.
they are not going to.
שהם לא הולכים לעשות את זה.
now, today, features, not shorts.
עכשיו, היום, סרטים באורך מלא, לא קצרים.
and they want and need to see them.
וצריכים לצפות בהם.
we need to stop wasting so much energy
להפסיק לבזבז כל כך הרבה אנרגיה
and invest in cultivating them.
ולהשקיע בפיתוח שלו.
how to make our movies
to the audiences that want them,
quite so important.
that you want to see.
25 dollars in a crowdfunding campaign,
25 דולרים בקמפיין מימון המונים,
million-dollar hurdle,
the other half of the story.
to all of the businesspeople
very often in the world,
significant social change
and distribution are crumbling --
and produced by women
ויופקו על ידי נשים
of female filmmakers
to the audiences who want them.
but it is actually so doable.
אבל זה בר ביצוע.
because you ask the people in charge,
כי ביקשתם רשות מהאחראים,
who don't have what they want
את מה שהם רוצים
51 percent of the population has to say.
באוכלוסיה רוצים לומר.
that teach me about people
שמלמדים אותי על אנשים
that aren't perfect.
to give a little girl
she dreams of achieving.
שהיא חולמת לעשות.
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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