About this Podcast
Join Hannah, Jamie, Dasha, and Alex on a journey to discover how different movie directors may impact a film, specifically dissecting the differences between character design of movies directed by men and women. How does the gender of a movie director matter for the outcome of the movie? Come with us as we discuss the impact of this question through modern-day superhero movies.
About Me
Hi my name is Alex Chen, I am currently a senior at Mountain View high school. I am interested in becoming a filmmaker and my future plans are to work with my brothers to create our own content and hopefully get our own netflix series. Since our topic was about the comparison of female and male gazes in the movie industry, I found it appropriate to talk on this podcast and share my own ideas. Outside of my academic life, I enjoy listening to music and playing basketball.
Introduction
We decided to do the podcast project in order to learn another incredible storytelling medium. Podcasts can be made with a wide range of styles, from fantasy storytelling to interviews on serious topics. We learned how to use sound and effective structuring to convey an idea to the audience, and how listening to speech can be more engaging than reading it to yourself. Since we don’t only have control of the words, but the sounds and tones as well, it makes it a lot easier to convey the mood to the audience. Podcasts can also be found everywhere, they’re usually free and can be found on most public platforms such as soundcloud and youtube. With it being so widely available, it made sense to learn how to make an effective podcast.
Our inspiration for the podcast was superhero movies in general. As you may have noticed, movies directed by different directors tend to have strong differences in order to pander to a certain audience. We thought it may be interesting to discuss these different tactics through different perspectives, by having two women and two men discuss their views on how effective or ineffective the strategies are.
Process
