Analyzing gender tropes in film with screen direction from 2,000 scripts.

In April 2016, we broke down film dialogue by gender. The essay presented an imbalance in which men delivered more lines than women across 2,000 screenplays. But quantity of lines is only part of the story. What characters do matters, too.

Gender tropes (e.g., women are pretty/men act, men don’t cry) are just as important as dialogue in understanding how men and women are portrayed on-screen. These stereotypes result from many components, including casting, acting, directing, etc.

Gender Bias, Stereotypes, SexismBrigitte BellanSeptember 3, 2017Julia Silge, The Pudding, Movie, Film, Screen Direction