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    Whisky Tango Foxtrot is a 2016 war comedy film that portrayed strong female leads in a male-dominated environment of war reporting in Afghanistan. Although it lost money at the box office, the film produced by Tina Fey's production company showed women overcoming challenges in a serious setting and displaying their creativity on screen through its diverse cultural portrayals and artistic methods like screenwriting and cinematography.

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    Whisky Tango Foxtrot is a 2016 war comedy film that portrayed strong female leads in a male-dominated environment of war reporting in Afghanistan. Although it lost money at the box office, the film produced by Tina Fey's production company showed women overcoming challenges in a serious setting and displaying their creativity on screen through its diverse cultural portrayals and artistic methods like screenwriting and cinematography.

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    WhiskyTangoFoxtrot(2016)

    WomeninFilm

    WhiskyTangoFoxtrotistheraremoviethatisdominatedbystrongleading
    femalesinaverymaleorientedenvironment.Thisfilmwasnotafinancialsuccess,
    Thefilmwasaboxofficebomb
    grossingatotalof$23.1millionagainstits$35million
    budget(Source1)
    butitwasproducedbyTinaFeysproductioncompany

    Little
    Stranger
    .(source2)Ithinkthatthisfilmisagoodexampleofaveryrecentfilmthat
    stronglyportrayedwomen,producedbyawoman,andhowevenafilmthatwasnota
    successcouldstillsendamessagetomanywomen.

    TinaFeyand
    Margot
    Robbiearethemainfemalestarsinthismovietakinga
    lighterlookattheseriousworldofwarreporting.Astrongwomenroleisapparentfrom
    thefirstscene:youseeTinaFeytradehermundanedeskjobforareportingjobin
    Afghanistan.ShethenfindsherselfinabudgetlivingareainKabulAfghanistan
    surroundedbymanyinternationalmalereporters.AnexperiencedAustralian
    reporter(MargotRobbie)mentoresFeyandteachesherhowtoliveandpartyinher
    newhome.SoonTinaFeybeginsfallingintoplace.Shebefriendsafreelance
    photographerandamilitarycaptain.WhileonatripbacktotheUnitedStatesherfriend
    thephotographergetstakenwhilereportingonastoryandsheusinghercunningand
    connectionstolocateandrescuehim.Thishelpssolidifyhercareerasareporterand
    bringssomeclosuretothemovie.

    Althoughthisfilmdidnotnecessarilymakemoney,doesnotmeanthatitshould
    beignored.Thismovieisagreatexampleofwomeninfilmandhowtheircreativity,
    drive,anduniquepassioncanproducefantasticfilms.Thisfilmisculturallydiverson
    screenandoffscreen.CreatedbywomenandstarringanunusualcastofEuropean,
    MiddleEastern,Asianandothergroups.Manyartisticmethodswereusedtodepictthis.
    ScreenPlaywasamainartisticmethodusedtodepictcultureinthisfilm.
    A
    screenplay
    orscriptisawrittenworkbyscreenwritersforafilm,videogame,or
    televisionprogram.These
    screenplays
    canbeoriginalworksoradaptationsfrom
    existingpiecesofwriting.Inthem,themovement,actions,expression,anddialoguesof
    thecharactersarealsonarrated.
    (Source3)Everyculturehasmanynuancesand
    mannerismsthatthescreenwriterallowedtheactorstoportray.Ienjoyedthediversity
    thefilmshowedandskillofscreenplaydisplayed.
    Anotherartisticmethodusedtoshowdiversitywas:Cinematography.Fantastic
    cameraworkwasusedtoshowlargeareasofthecitiesandcloseupsofthepeoplethat
    allowedyoutofeelasifyouwereinsidethefilm
    .Thecinematographerisoneofthe
    mostimportantpeoplethatwillbehiredforafilm.Thevisuallookofyourfilmisheavily
    dependentonwhoyouhirethenamecomesfromcombiningtwoGreekwords:
    kinema,whichmeansmovement,andgraphein,whichmeanstorecord.Infilm,
    cinematographyreferstothephotographingofthemovieitself.Thepersoninchargeof
    thisisthecinematographer,(Source4)Thecinematographerforthisfilmusedhisskill
    andartisticabilitytodisplaymanyformsofculturaldiversity.WhiskeyTangoFoxtrotis
    afineexampleofcultureandwomeninfilm.

    Bibliography

    Source1:"WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot(2016)BoxOfficeMojo."WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
    (2016)BoxOfficeMojo.N.p.,1Apr.2016.Web.13May2016.

    Source2:Jacobs,Matthew."TinaFeyToStarInMiddleEastWarComedy'TheTaliban
    Shuffle'"TheHuffingtonPost.TheHuffingtonPost.com,20Feb.2014.Web.12Mar.
    2016.

    Source3:"Johnaugust.com."JohnaugustcomRSS.N.p.,n.d.Web.13May2016.

    Source4:"WhatIsCinematographyinFilm?"Steve'sDigicams.N.p.,1Dec.2008.
    Web.12May2016.

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