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I'm almost done! At this point, I have completed my oral defense presentation. After preparing for all of these months, I have finally taken the first step in submitting my materials for my exam.
Results:
Here are the results from my research. In this blog, I will just present some of the broad trends, but there are some more detailed results in the presentation linked below.
For the "gender" category, there was a much higher percentage of male characters with 74.2% of the tallies compared to 25.8% of the characters being female.
The most occurring occupation demographic was civilian. The occupations that appeared changed based on subject matter of the movie and what story was being told.
Only three of my race subcategories appeared in the movies: white, Jewish, and Asian. There was almost three times as many white characters as the number of Jewish and Asian characters combined with 74.9%.
The nationalities of the characters was fairly even across all twelve movies, which makes sense because I watched the same number of movies from each country. Some movies had more characters than others and some featured characters from other countries, so the results were not exactly even.
This is all of my data combined. The two highest percentages of characters were male and white with 19.7% and 19.6% respectively. This data did support my hypothesis.
My data demonstrates that there are differences between the prevalence of my categories. I supported this with a Chi-Square Test of Homogeneity in which I calculated a p-value of approximately 0, meaning that there is convincing evidence that there are differences between my categories. This also means that there are discrepancies between which demographics and groups of people are being represented in movies.
Here is the slideshow that I used for my presentation. I spent a lot of time trying to make a slideshow that was both ascetically pleasing and that held all of my information. I had to adjust my presentation a lot in order to fit everything in the twenty minutes I had. Thankfully, I was able to present in front of the class and in smaller groups and receive feedback on how to improve. I spent a lot of time making small adjustments and practicing so that I would be able to present smoothly and confidently.
This is a picture of me and my fellow classmate, Brooke, on our presentation day. I was the first in our class to present my research, which was very nerve-racking! I presented in front of a panel of five teachers at my school who were grading me for the class. Despite the nerves, I was able to present everything calmly and defend my research well. I also received some positive feedback, which definitely boosted my confidence! I am proud of all of the hard work I did, but I am very relieved to be done with that element of my project.
Next Steps:
Now that I'm done with my presentation, I am focusing on writing and editing my final paper. I will also have the opportunity to present my research on a few other occasions. I will present at a research symposium along with many other students in various classes. I also had another teacher express interest in using some elements of my research in her classes, which is very cool! I am excited that I will get to present my research to others and share what I've been working on all year.
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