doomdragon6
Staff member
counttheminorities.com!
I was watching some movie with a friend a while back and she was like, "There are like no black people in this movie," and I realized she was right. So we started counting the number of black people we could find-- foreground, background, extras, whatever. I don't remember what we got, but that wasn't the point. It was fun and the information was "amusing" which is what a lot of sites are now-- just hosting something mildly amusing.
So I was thinking, if there was a website that had a huge database of movies (ones already counted, an area to request a movie, submit your own counts, etc) that had the number of minorities (and if you just feel like counting a shitload, even the majorities) in that movie.
If the movie is typical, the majority would be whites, so you count the asian, black, middle-eastern, etc.
If the movie is pre-dominantly black, count the whites and so on.
If the movie is from Japan, count the non-Japanese! (The number will probably be 0.)
It would be interesting to see the count rise from the early movies to the more modern ones. Also, those die-hards who count every single person in huge establishing shots for cities or the like.
I think it'd be fun. I have no way of getting this off the ground, of course, but it struck me as an entertaining idea.
And if I wasn't sure I'd be shut down by copyright holders, I'd go for the movie pun and call the website...
Minority Report
(Y'see, it's funny cuz it's a movie and the website gives a report on minorities in the movie!) :sneaky:
I was watching some movie with a friend a while back and she was like, "There are like no black people in this movie," and I realized she was right. So we started counting the number of black people we could find-- foreground, background, extras, whatever. I don't remember what we got, but that wasn't the point. It was fun and the information was "amusing" which is what a lot of sites are now-- just hosting something mildly amusing.
So I was thinking, if there was a website that had a huge database of movies (ones already counted, an area to request a movie, submit your own counts, etc) that had the number of minorities (and if you just feel like counting a shitload, even the majorities) in that movie.
If the movie is typical, the majority would be whites, so you count the asian, black, middle-eastern, etc.
If the movie is pre-dominantly black, count the whites and so on.
If the movie is from Japan, count the non-Japanese! (The number will probably be 0.)
It would be interesting to see the count rise from the early movies to the more modern ones. Also, those die-hards who count every single person in huge establishing shots for cities or the like.
I think it'd be fun. I have no way of getting this off the ground, of course, but it struck me as an entertaining idea.
And if I wasn't sure I'd be shut down by copyright holders, I'd go for the movie pun and call the website...
Minority Report
(Y'see, it's funny cuz it's a movie and the website gives a report on minorities in the movie!) :sneaky:
