Comments on: Geek Feminism interviews the OTW’s Francesca Coppa

By: Francesca Coppa

Francesca Coppa — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:08:26 +0000

Oh, I know! There was a parallel between “editing” and “sewing” of all things, and in my classes I always like to remind people that it was MARCIA Lucas, NOT George, who won an Oscar for Star Wars (and that he never made a decent film without her, hand on heart.) ;)

By: Bene

Bene — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:56:29 +0000

@Francesca: Indeed, how soon we forget. I think people often have the ‘guys in back rooms’ idea stuck in their heads, or the general male domination of the industry overall. I’ll be over here with my long shots and wide angles…

@anatsuno: While women were editors quite often, early on in the industry, there’s been a substantial falloff in the last thirty years. I would argue that this is because:
- Second Wave feminism opened doors to other production/direction positions, and women who would have been editors sought those jobs.
- there was a shift to computer/tech-based production methods, which consequentially had similar limiting factors as women face in other tech fields (as GF examines often).

But that’s just me positing why.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:59:04 +0000

Thanks, fixed!

By: anatsuno

anatsuno — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:29:55 +0000

What, really? Movie editors are /traditionally/ women! How can people not realize that omg. Or is that just a French thing? But, wait, wait, no! Sally Menke! Thelma Schoonmaker! O.O

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:51:21 +0000

The link to the GeoCities Rescue Project is broken: http://transformativeworks.org/projects/geocities-rescue

Great interview! :)

By: Francesca Coppa

Francesca Coppa — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:11:30 +0000

I just wanted to say amen to your comment! I don’t think enough people realize that chicks CAN be production geeks and be brilliant film editors. Just like they don’t think women can code. *g*

By: Elizabeth Yalkut

Elizabeth Yalkut — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:59:33 +0000

OMG YAY a stream of Scooby Road!

By: Skud

Skud — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:19:08 +0000

Thx, fixed!

By: Asad

Asad — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:08:45 +0000

Open tags make the HTML kitten cry.

By: Bene

Bene — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:02:13 +0000

Got to process this whole thing but just briefly: As a film production geek, Killa’s vid blows my mind with the timing, indeed. Thanks for answering questions, Francesca…back later.