Barriers to Diversity in Film – A Research Review – Aug 07

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4.4 Audiences for film on television and DVD 68 4.5 Genre of film and audiences 68 4.6 Barriers to cinema attendance 73 4.7 Developing audiences: good practice examples 74 4.8 Summary 76 5 Portrayal and diversity 79 5.1 Scope of chapter 79 5.2 Why portrayal matters 79 5.3 Employment and portrayal 81 5.4 Genre of films 81 5.5 Stereotypes 82 5.5.1 Sexual orientation 83 5.5.2 Gender 86 5.5.3 Disability 88 5.5 4 Minority ethnic groups 92 5.5.5 Class 96 5.5.6 Age 97 5.6 Ghettoisation 98 5.7 National identity and film 99 5.8 Why stereotypes persist 100 5.9 Summary 101 6: The social and business case for diversity in British film 105 6.1 Introduction 105 C:\Documents and Settings\mcorless\Desktop\Intranet\Barriers to Diversity in Film_DS_RB 20 Aug 07.doc 6
6.2 The business context 106 6.3 The business case – an overview 107 6.3.1 Demographic change and the workplace 107 6.3.2 Demographic change and the consumer 109 6.3.3 Meeting the customers’ needs and aspirations 111 6.3.4 Diversity and business performance 113 6.3.5 Organisational effectiveness and maximising talent 113 6.3.6 Reputation/brand of companies 116 6.3.7 Legal compliance 117 6.4 Summary 117 7: What do we need to address and how? 120 7.1 The workforce 120 7.2 Audiences 121 7.3 Portrayal 122 7.4 The case for diversity 124 7.5 Research priorities for the future 125 7.5.1 Roles allocated to under-represented actors 125 7.5.2 Career pathways 126 7.5.3 Occupational data on disabled people, lesbians and gay men 126 7.5.4 Multiple identities 126 7.5.5 Agents 126 7.5.6 Monitoring 126 7.5.7 Decision makers’ attitudes 128 C:\Documents and Settings\mcorless\Desktop\Intranet\Barriers to Diversity in Film_DS_RB 20 Aug 07.doc 7
Page 1 and 2: Barriers to Diversity in Film A Res
Page 3 and 4: CONTENTS Executive summary 7 1 Intr
Page 5: 3.4 Barriers to progression through
Page 9 and 10: Executive Summary The review has in
Page 11 and 12: • Young people need advice on the
Page 13 and 14: • Disabled people are under-repre
Page 15 and 16: • Monitor sexual orientation, but
Page 17 and 18: 1.1 Aims 1 Introduction: aims and s
Page 19 and 20: This review brings together researc
Page 21 and 22: The Select Committee on Culture, Me
Page 23 and 24: 2.2 Cinema audiences and film relea
Page 25 and 26: including tackling social exclusion
Page 27 and 28: 2.4 The changing population The UK
Page 29 and 30: 2.5 Diversity and equality of oppor
Page 31 and 32: The Act also has implications for c
Page 33 and 34: A new inclusive equalities agenda t
Page 35 and 36: sectoral and labour market change.
Page 37 and 38: critical of the failure of equality
Page 39 and 40: • If the film sector increased th
Page 41 and 42: 3: The film workforce Getting the r
Page 43 and 44: 3.2 Workforce data on under-represe
Page 45 and 46: Table 3.1 Film and video industry w
Page 47 and 48: data in these statistics on gender
Page 49 and 50: London 2006 s 2006 London 2002 e (L
Page 51 and 52: Other 65 35 All 61 39 Source : 2006
Page 53 and 54: ecause film professionals from mino
Page 55 and 56: male respondents earned £50,000 or
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Of 106 applications to the New Cine
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South West 6 23 Source: Skillset an
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Most employees are recruited inform
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and minority ethnic people tending
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3.3.7 Qualifications The 2005 Featu
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very small numbers reported going o
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over their future finances. They al
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women experience ageing differently
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stereotyped as working class, even
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3.4.9 Commissioning and ‘ghettois
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older than the rest of the workforc
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Social benefits from the projects w
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for women who have caring responsib
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involved in a regular dialogue abou
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population, though the regional dis
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Table 4.1 Cinema audience by gender
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Table 4.3 Cinema audience by gender
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Cinema goers 13.1 86.9 PPV buyers 1
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general population (perhaps excludi
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4.4 Audiences for film on televisio
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Science fiction 1.7 7.1 1.8 7 1.1 3
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they were charming and displayed a
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‘Respectable cinema’ including
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4.6 Barriers to cinema attendance B
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launched an online Diversity Toolki
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• Half of people over 55 never go
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o initiatives to improve the distri
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All these debates are considered be
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5.3 Employment and portrayal Does e
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5.5 Stereotypes The stereotypical p
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Russo analysed representation of ga
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than homosexual (Cover op.cit.). Ho
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ecause she is lesbian specifically
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analyses 150 films and concludes th
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The reasons for this under-represen
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Reasons behind the illnesses and th
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In a major report on the black and
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national stereotyping such as funny
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indiscriminate killing implies that
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people who live abroad like to hang
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However, a study in Sweden analysed
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the ways these film types have deve
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and ethnicity, and in any case, mon
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• A study of on-screen representa
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occupational groups, people from di
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Our society has changed dramaticall
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6.3 The business case - an overview
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2007). The Commission for Racial Eq
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eing disabled. The importance of th
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in Western style holidays, but UK t
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this specific audience and making a
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Positive actions on race equality i
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For example, women’s presence in
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6.3.7 Legal compliance Companies ha
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• Studies on the business case in
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Access to employment in the sector
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cinema tickets and rental films, an
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have children. Women scientists are
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teams encourage creativity. Recruit
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minority ethnic women writers or pr
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7.5.7 Decision makers’ attitudes
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There is also a need for policy int
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has rarely been evaluated for its l
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The Leadership on Diversity Forum,
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as the key intervention in diversit
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housing management. Trainees felt c
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voice to otherwise marginalised and
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targeted funding for black and mino
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Bhavnani R (1994) Black Women in th
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Cowan K and Valentine G (2006) “T
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European Commission (2005) “The B
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199 Institute for Employment Studie
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Murphy R (ed.) (2000) British Cinem
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Skillset and Equity (2006) “Analy
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UN (2000) “Gender and Racial Disc
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