by Windy Borman | Mar 7, 2022 | Consent-Forward Creativity, DVA Productions Blog, Intimacy Professionals, LinkedIn Posts, Media Productions Blog
“Power can be defined as the degree of control over material, human, intellectual and financial resources exercised by different sections of society. The control of these resources becomes a source of individual and social power.” – Dynamics of Power, Inclusion, and...
by Windy Borman | Jan 28, 2022 | Consent-Forward Creativity, DVA Productions Blog, Intimacy Professionals, LinkedIn Posts, Media Productions Blog
Key Take-Aways: Consent occurs when one person voluntarily agrees to the proposal or desires of another. The acronym F.R.I.E.S. is a helpful way to remember the elements of consent. Personal boundaries are guidelines, rules or limits that a person creates to identify...
by Windy Borman | Dec 6, 2021 | DVA Productions Blog, Founder's Note, LinkedIn Posts, Media Productions Blog, Notes from the Director
Being a Producer/Director sometimes means wearing many hats, but in the R&D phase, a more accurate description would be that different parts of my brain are firing simultaneously. While the Director side of my brain is busy putting the creative elements together...
by Windy Borman | Nov 5, 2021 | DVA Productions Blog, Founder's Note, LinkedIn Posts, Media Productions Blog
I’m currently in R&D on a new project. While I’m not ready to disclose the content, I thought it might be helpful to peel back the curtain on my decision-making process about how I decide whether something should be a “movie”. Anyone can have a great idea, but...
by Windy Borman | Oct 1, 2021 | DVA Productions Blog, Founder's Note, LinkedIn Posts, Media Productions Blog
If you are pouring blood, sweat, and tears—and probably some personal capital, too—into your film/media project, you need to protect yourself, the production team, and the intellectual property you’re creating. Last month I received a question about protecting a film....
by Windy Borman | Aug 3, 2021 | DVA Productions Blog, Founder's Note, LinkedIn Posts, Media Productions Blog
The Bechdel test, also known as the Bechdel–Wallace test, is a measure of the representation of women in fiction. The test is named after American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, in whose 1985 comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For the test first appeared. According to...