6. February 2019
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TV-Crimes from the Male Perspective Last summer I had done an evaluation of German top cop drama TATORT, all first screenings from 2011 to the summer of 2018, I looked at six departments off-screen – directing, script. DoP, sound, music … Continue reading →
11. December 2018
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Diversifying Casts To See More Today‘s aricle is about promoting diversity on-screen, NEROPA, the ethnically diverse cast of the British divorce law miniseries THE SPLIT (BBC, 2018) and my colleagues Fiona Rodrigo, James Krishna Floyd and Samir Fuchs. Diversity, Reality, … Continue reading →
15. November 2018
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This text is about two German TV series, set between the two world wars in Germany and other parts of Europe. Unfortunately I haven’t done the English version yet but hope to do so soon, at the latest when the … Continue reading →
28. June 2018
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Germany’s Top Cop Drama TATORT on and off-screen 2011 to 2018 The women directors lobby group Pro Quote Regie – who have since then expanded and are now Pro Quote Film, covering some 10 departments – had been campaigning for … Continue reading →
4. June 2018
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“I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: Inclusion Rider.” Frances McDormand, US-American Actress, Academy Awards March 2018 A Best Actress‘s Acceptance Speech Who Invented it? Dr. Stacy L. Smith A Good Idea Using the G20 … Continue reading →
20. December 2017
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When people speak of the Female Gaze they very often refer to women directors. I find this a bit strange as my first association with gaze would be the camera. This often neglected team position – director of photography – … Continue reading →
6. November 2017
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The Initial Question The NEROPA-Lights Write first, decide later Is that really necessary? German Film Funding November 17 Epilogue: Ships that Pass in the Night The Initial Question Every now then I get asked if script writers can also work … Continue reading →
18. September 2017
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Film Departments 2017: Share of Women In 2014 I wrote about 32 teampositions behind the cam era for German film productions and 2 positions in front of the camera, analyzing information from the database of Crew United (Filmcrafts: Some with … Continue reading →
27. June 2017
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English Version follows German. Heute geht es um die Besetzung des Social Spots A MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE, den Molle&Korn Moving Images for Social Change für die im Jahr 2000 gegründete Stiftung EVZ Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft produziert haben. Und … Continue reading →
3. May 2017
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Being a long-distance runner is only one of the reasons I think highly of showers, and like many others I know numerous shower stories from everyday life, work or holidays (e.g. when there was a water cut at midnight in … Continue reading →