[Commlist] Diversity On and Off Screen in Australian Film Schools published

The **Australian Screen Production Education and Research Association 
(ASPERA) is pleased to announce the publication of a new report titled 
/Diversity On and Off Screen in Australian Film Schools.**/

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This report outlines the results of a national survey measuring levels 
of diversity on screen and behind the camera in 2019 Australian 
university capstone or culminating screen production units.


The report was commissioned by ASPERA for the benefit of screen/media 
education, research and industry stakeholders in Australia and beyond.

Data received from 17 universities offering screen production programs 
and/or TEQSA accredited film schools across Australia has been compiled 
so as to provide insight into the nature of diversity in storytelling 
and behind the camera.


The survey results reveal that, firstly, while close to even numbers of 
male and female students are completing capstone projects at film 
schools, *crew roles are indeed gendered.* The skew towards a particular 
gender is most pronounced in the roles of cinematographer and sound 
designer (male dominated) and producer and production designer (female 
dominated). Other roles, while less skewed, also show a larger 
percentage of males occupying them.


Secondly, the survey results reveal that *diversity on screen in 
capstone projects is limited*. While there is an even split of male and 
female lead characters in capstone student projects, the diversity of 
characters is low or minimal in the other categories surveyed (cultural 
background, principal language spoken, disability status, sexual 
orientation).


The report also collates instructor strategies for the fostering of 
diversity in the screen production classroom.


It is hoped that this data will lay the foundations for further research 
and the introduction of measures to address diversity at film schools, 
and in the Australian screen industries going forward.


*To download the full report, go to: *

https://www.aspera.org.au/news/aspera-report-diversity-on-and-off-screen-in-australian-film-schools/ 
<https://www.aspera.org.au/news/aspera-report-diversity-on-and-off-screen-in-australian-film-schools/>


*For enquiries, contact: *

Dr Kath Dooley

Chair, ASPERA Research Subcommittee

(Kath.dooley /at/ curtin.edu.au)


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