“You have to put it in the script. If you put in the script – it will happen.”
This is Geena Davis’ sage advice to filmmakers when crafting stories aiming to incorporate inclusive storylines and characters.
“Nobody is going to second guess if it says the scene takes place at, say, ‘a police station which is 40 women,’ or if there’s a scene where ‘a crowd gathers, which is half female,’” continues the Oscar-winning actor and founder of the eponymous Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
“Specify what it is. You have to write in the script.”
That advice came to fruition in “The Seven Faces of Jane,” a surrealistic anthology film that held its world premiere at Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival’s eighth edition last night in the quaint Arkansas city, home to Walmart’s global headquarters. The fest, founded and chaired by Davis, runs in-person through June...
This is Geena Davis’ sage advice to filmmakers when crafting stories aiming to incorporate inclusive storylines and characters.
“Nobody is going to second guess if it says the scene takes place at, say, ‘a police station which is 40 women,’ or if there’s a scene where ‘a crowd gathers, which is half female,’” continues the Oscar-winning actor and founder of the eponymous Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
“Specify what it is. You have to write in the script.”
That advice came to fruition in “The Seven Faces of Jane,” a surrealistic anthology film that held its world premiere at Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival’s eighth edition last night in the quaint Arkansas city, home to Walmart’s global headquarters. The fest, founded and chaired by Davis, runs in-person through June...
- 6/23/2022
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
The coronavirus-inspired filmmaking competition from Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios, The Six Feet Apart Experiment, has announced the cast for three of its features with talent that includes Elsie Fisher, Danny Trejo and Nat Faxon.
Trejo will be seen in Smile or Hug from first-time feature director Paul Sprangers. The story follows Trish (Chelsea Javier, who also wrote the feature with Paul Sprangers) who after being dumped on her 30th birthday works through her loneliness with help from her online art students, two best friends, and a box of homemade self-help tapes given to her by the mysterious “mind painter” Doc Garcia (Trejo).
Andrea Navedo (Jane the Virgin) and ...
Trejo will be seen in Smile or Hug from first-time feature director Paul Sprangers. The story follows Trish (Chelsea Javier, who also wrote the feature with Paul Sprangers) who after being dumped on her 30th birthday works through her loneliness with help from her online art students, two best friends, and a box of homemade self-help tapes given to her by the mysterious “mind painter” Doc Garcia (Trejo).
Andrea Navedo (Jane the Virgin) and ...
- 3/31/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The coronavirus-inspired filmmaking competition from Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios, The Six Feet Apart Experiment, has announced the cast for three of its features with talent that includes Elsie Fisher, Danny Trejo and Nat Faxon.
Trejo will be seen in Smile or Hug from first-time feature director Paul Sprangers. The story follows Trish (Chelsea Javier, who also wrote the feature with Paul Sprangers) who after being dumped on her 30th birthday works through her loneliness with help from her online art students, two best friends, and a box of homemade self-help tapes given to her by the mysterious “mind painter” Doc Garcia (Trejo).
Andrea Navedo (Jane the Virgin) and ...
Trejo will be seen in Smile or Hug from first-time feature director Paul Sprangers. The story follows Trish (Chelsea Javier, who also wrote the feature with Paul Sprangers) who after being dumped on her 30th birthday works through her loneliness with help from her online art students, two best friends, and a box of homemade self-help tapes given to her by the mysterious “mind painter” Doc Garcia (Trejo).
Andrea Navedo (Jane the Virgin) and ...
- 3/31/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios and Wayfarer Entertainment have unveiled the five winners for the “The Six Feet Apart Experiment” filmmaking competition.
Deadline exclusively announced the competition in May as the world was on lockdown due to the pandemic. Jane the Virgin alum Baldoni took these circumstances and aligned them with his film socially distant teen drama Five Feet Apart to launch the experiment. The competition challenged storytellers to look past social isolation and use the current circumstances to fuel their creativity, keeping social impact the focal point for their submissions.
The five winning filmmakers will be paired with seasoned directors, producers and writers who will mentor them throughout the production process. Company 3 is official post-production partner handling editorial and finishing services, with its Founder and President, Stefan Sonnenfeld, serving as an Executive Producer to all films.
Deadline exclusively announced the competition in May as the world was on lockdown due to the pandemic. Jane the Virgin alum Baldoni took these circumstances and aligned them with his film socially distant teen drama Five Feet Apart to launch the experiment. The competition challenged storytellers to look past social isolation and use the current circumstances to fuel their creativity, keeping social impact the focal point for their submissions.
The five winning filmmakers will be paired with seasoned directors, producers and writers who will mentor them throughout the production process. Company 3 is official post-production partner handling editorial and finishing services, with its Founder and President, Stefan Sonnenfeld, serving as an Executive Producer to all films.
- 8/17/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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