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OverviewHow female directors, producers, and writers navigate the challenges and barriers facing female-driven projects at each stage of filmmaking in contemporary Hollywood. Conversations about gender equity in the workplace accelerated in the 2010s, with debates inside Hollywood specifically pointing to broader systemic problems of employment disparities and exploitative labor practices. Compounded by the devastating #MeToo revelations, these problems led to a wide-scale call for change. The Value Gap traces female-driven filmmaking across development, financing, production, film festivals, marketing, and distribution, examining the realities facing women working in the industry during this transformative moment. Drawing from five years of extensive interviews with female producers, writers, and directors at different stages of their careers, Courtney Brannon Donoghue examines how Hollywood business cultures ""value"" female-driven projects as risky or not bankable. Industry claims that ""movies targeting female audiences don't make money"" or ""women can't direct big-budget blockbusters"" have long circulated to rationalize systemic gender inequities and have served to normalize studios prioritizing the white male-driven status quo. Through a critical media industry studies lens, The Value Gap challenges this pervasive logic with firsthand accounts of women actively navigating the male-dominated and conglomerate-owned industrial landscape. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Courtney Brannon DonoghuePublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.666kg ISBN: 9781477327296ISBN 10: 1477327290 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 08 August 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Mind the Gaps Chapter 1. The Gendered Workplace (Employment Gap) Chapter 2. Script Market to Pitch Meetings (Development Gap) Chapter 3. Production Work and Gendered Cultures (Leadership Gap) Chapter 4. Film Festivals and Markets (Programming Gap) Chapter 5. Distribution and Marketing (Bankability Gap) Conclusion. Gendered Value in a Changing Media Marketplace Acknowledgments Notes IndexReviewsAuthor InformationCourtney Brannon Donoghue is an assistant professor of media industry studies in the Department of Media Arts at the University of North Texas. She is the author of Localising Hollywood and the coeditor of Digital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |