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  • Challenging the Safe Centre: An Exegesis to Support the Screenplay Shelf Life

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    Author(s)
    McMillan, Bradley Ian
    Primary Supervisor
    FitzSimons, Patricia
    McVeigh, Margaret
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    This exegesis examines the processes used to produce a body of studio work that investigates how screen-based narratives and aesthetics function in relation to, and are able to question, political and cultural hegemony. The final outcome of the studio work – a feature-length screenplay called Shelf Life – has at its thematic core a focus on neoliberal ideology and its cultural manifestations, an exploration of the social exclusion that is a by-product of that phenomenon, and an examination of the emancipatory potential of the cinema. It looks at how a work can engage with, yet also challenge, mainstream modes of storytelling ...
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    This exegesis examines the processes used to produce a body of studio work that investigates how screen-based narratives and aesthetics function in relation to, and are able to question, political and cultural hegemony. The final outcome of the studio work – a feature-length screenplay called Shelf Life – has at its thematic core a focus on neoliberal ideology and its cultural manifestations, an exploration of the social exclusion that is a by-product of that phenomenon, and an examination of the emancipatory potential of the cinema. It looks at how a work can engage with, yet also challenge, mainstream modes of storytelling to counter their potentially soporific effects, which may work to obscure deeper counter readings. The screenplay embodies a bricolage of influences in its final incarnation, as different strategies were developed to deal with the interaction between content, form and conflicting ideologies. A process of iterative writing shifted the work from its beginnings as a narrative exploration of theme to focus on the interplay between aesthetics and ideology, and the ways in which aesthetic choices can contribute to a spectator’s active reading of the work. It finally culminated in an extensive process of improvisational writing, which aimed to shift how the work was engaged with, away from an unquestioned a priori reading to a less stable liminal reading to allow for a more mindful viewing experience.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (Professional Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Visual Arts (DVA)
    School
    Queensland College of Art
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/3785
    Copyright Statement
    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
    Item Access Status
    Public
    Subject
    Screenwriting
    Screenplay
    Improvisational writing
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/368003
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    • Theses - Higher Degree by Research

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