Author: Justin Guzman

http://scalar.usc.edu/works/lgbt-representation-in-cinema-hollywood-vs-indie/index Having finished the program and presenting my project it’s interesting to see how far my project has come. It feels like yesterday when my project was originally analyzing the social impact of film. I remember my scope being massive and what I limited my scope to is still pretty huge. It did feel like…

The tools I plan on using are: Tableau Scalar Timeline JS Voyant I’m using Tableau in order to create data visualizations from the data I’ve been collecting on the 2016 year from films from 12 production companies. Tableau has so many ways to customize the visualizations that it would make sense to use it so…

Representation in Cinema is becoming a prominent issue with the film industry with the growing focus on identity. One of the areas the film industry seems to have trouble representing is the LGBTQ+ community. While Hollywood seems to have a harder time getting representation right, Independent film picks up the slack. The questions that shaped…

LGBTQ+ Representation in Cinema: Hollywood vs Indie   Representation in Hollywood Cinema is and has always been a reoccurring issue. Despite the pace at which society is advancing in terms of identity acceptance, Hollywood Cinema is somewhat behind. Indie Cinema (Independent) however, seems to be doing a way better job. A few of my research…

Working in a group setting with productive and honest people is helping me shape my project. Before this week I only had an idea of what I’d do for my research, but after talking with the group about what I had in mind really helped me gain a stronger understanding of my project. My project…