{"id":346451,"date":"2021-09-28T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/?p=346451"},"modified":"2021-09-30T16:52:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:52:52","slug":"fostering-inclusion-in-the-film-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fostering-inclusion-in-the-film-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fostering Inclusion in the Film Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df8e4aa3dc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df8e4aa3dc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fostering-inclusion-in-the-film-industry\/#Fostering_Inclusion_in_the_Film_Industry\" >Fostering Inclusion in the Film Industry<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fostering-inclusion-in-the-film-industry\/#How_Inequality_in_Movies_Involves_Us_All_No_Matter_the_Part_We_Play\" >How Inequality in Movies Involves Us All, No Matter the Part We Play<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fostering-inclusion-in-the-film-industry\/#Now_Cue_the_Rise_of_Blockchain_in_the_Entertainment_Industry\" >Now Cue the Rise of Blockchain in the Entertainment Industry<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fostering-inclusion-in-the-film-industry\/#Filmio_Taking_Center_Stage_in_Recasting_the_Whole_Film_Industry\" >Film.io Taking Center Stage in Recasting the Whole Film Industry<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fostering-inclusion-in-the-film-industry\/#Empowering_Fans\" >Empowering Fans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fostering-inclusion-in-the-film-industry\/#Liberating_Creators\" >Liberating Creators<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fostering_Inclusion_in_the_Film_Industry\"><\/span>Fostering Inclusion in the Film Industry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>To say that Hollywood is behind with inclusiveness isn\u2019t just becoming more commonly evident\u2014it\u2019s a mathematical certainty.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/live-updates-oscars-2021\/2021\/04\/25\/990727388\/2021-is-oscars-most-diverse-year-and-now-we-know-why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> reports that half of the US population identify as female and nearly 40% of Americans identify as being part of an underrepresented racial or ethnic group, the representation of them on-screen doesn\u2019t match. According to the renowned <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.uscannenberg.org\/docs\/aii-inequality_1300_popular_films_09-08-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annenberg Foundation<\/a>, only 14% of the top 100 grossing films in 2019 had a gender-balanced cast, and only 17% of all the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> released in that year (about 1,300) depicted a lead or co-lead from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group.<\/p>\n<p>Advances in gender equality in film industry culture have been made too, especially recently.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/692465\/distribution-lead-actors-gender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statista<\/a> reports the number of female leads in movies nearly doubled from 2011 to 2020 to near equivalence. Similarly, NPR states that women and people of color made progress in many job categories in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The established movie industry is also <em>trying<\/em>, at least outwardly, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscars.org\/news\/academy-establishes-representation-and-inclusion-standards-oscarsr-eligibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">address inclusivity issues in a serious, formal way<\/a> with new representation standards. However, the chasm between the Hollywood ideal and reality is at least as vast as the one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=66CP-pq7Cx0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thelma and Louise drove their car into<\/a> instead of giving up to the authorities treating them unjustly.<\/p>\n<p>But the improving numbers of women portrayed on screen, even as leads, mask even deeper equality in movies issues rooted in Hollywood\u2019s patriarchal culture concerning how women are represented in the roles they play on-screen. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyfa.edu\/film-school-blog\/gender-inequality-in-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Film Academy (NYFA)<\/a>, barely 30% of women\u2019s roles are speaking ones. Also, women are three times more likely than men to be shown in sexually revealing clothes or be shown partially nude.<\/p>\n<p>Lack of racial diversity among women\u2019s roles shows an even deeper rot, with only 10% of women in leading roles representing racial minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, movies aren\u2019t just about money or even enjoyment. They can influence our lives greatly by defining normative culture\u2014so the level of representation of women and minorities in movies must come closer to who actually makes up our societies.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Inequality_in_Movies_Involves_Us_All_No_Matter_the_Part_We_Play\"><\/span>How Inequality in Movies Involves Us All, No Matter the Part We Play<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Lack of inclusion extends to <em>everyone<\/em> in the film industry, even fans.<\/p>\n<p>Representations of fans often don\u2019t match what\u2019s on the screen, considering that <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ucla.edu\/releases\/2021-hollywood-diversity-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minority audiences accounted for the most ticket purchases<\/a> for films with a theatrical release in 2020. What the wider audience is looking for doesn\u2019t mesh with the reality on screen, either. According to NPR, films with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/live-updates-oscars-2021\/2021\/04\/25\/990727388\/2021-is-oscars-most-diverse-year-and-now-we-know-why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">41-50% minority casts<\/a> performed well financially, while 11% minority cast films did the worst.<\/p>\n<p>For creators, the scene has been especially dismal for gender equality. According to the Annenberg Foundation, only 19% of directors, writers, and producers of 2015\u2019s top\u2010grossing films were women.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Now_Cue_the_Rise_of_Blockchain_in_the_Entertainment_Industry\"><\/span>Now Cue the Rise of Blockchain in the Entertainment Industry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.hizliresim.com\/90gpjeq.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ideals of those who want to democratize the film industry quite closely parallel the ideals of those who value blockchain, specifically decentralized finance (DeFi) blockchain. DeFi is all about democracy and inclusion in the way anyone with an internet connection can participate in it. It\u2019s also about those principles in the way its defining focus is on consensus through transaction validation. More than ever, stakeholders want transparency to see inside what and how movies are made, and DeFi is all about transparency, with all transactions and governance out in the open.<\/p>\n<p>To these ideals, some innovators in the film and blockchain movie industry space, such as Film.io, aren\u2019t just paralleling shifts in culture and society, but they\u2019re also shifting new paradigms into the highest gear possible for all stakeholders. And they\u2019re achieving the ideals of DeFi blockchain in the process.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Filmio_Taking_Center_Stage_in_Recasting_the_Whole_Film_Industry\"><\/span>Film.io Taking Center Stage in Recasting the Whole Film Industry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While those in the established film industry try to fix a broken system, Film.io has developed a system that was never broken in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the same stakeholder roles facing lack of inclusion that aren\u2019t involved with blockchain film financing do find inclusion with Film.io:<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Empowering_Fans\"><\/span><strong>Empowering Fans<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The fans of films made through Film.io aren\u2019t just objects of market research to determine if a movie should be made, which is what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens now. In fact, fans shouldn\u2019t just be presented with what marketing samples and Hollywood execs say are the films they want to see.<\/p>\n<p>With Film.io, the fans themselves greenlight what movies are made.<\/p>\n<p>If fans don\u2019t want to support a particular director or film idea, why should they? Instead, they can finally support only the ones they want to, no matter what gender, race, or ethnicity may be involved.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, the roles a fan can play with Film.io extend beyond the norm and happen all in one community-powered place, whether as an advocate, influencer, viewer, evaluator, curator, donator, reviewer, subscriber, staker\u2014or all of them.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Liberating_Creators\"><\/span>Liberating Creators<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Moviemakers and directors no longer have to represent the highest level of inequality in movies. They can be who they are and not be subject to racist and genderist Hollywood practices. And they can have whoever they want\u2014and whoever their fans wish to\u2014to perform in and direct their films.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, creators can make movies they know their fans will like because the fans directed <em>them<\/em> to do so. If a creator of a film on Film.io succeeds or not, it\u2019s not due to any antiquated Hollywood hoodoo of gender- or race-related bias but rather her own merits as a filmmaker\u2014and nothing more.<\/p>\n<p>As if all that weren\u2019t democratizing enough, Film.io\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/film.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movie crowdfunding platform<\/a> provides a stellar spot for fan-creator interaction, no doubt reinforced by a more extraordinary shared experience and even economic connection as it pioneers blockchain financing of film for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>With Film.io, soon it won\u2019t be strange to see anyone take part in what you watch in ways you\u2019ve never seen before.<\/p>\n<p><strong>by Stephanie Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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