Cinema expression : morphology of the contemporary tale

Prescott, J

Cinema expression : morphology of the contemporary tale

Prescott, J

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dc.contributor.author	Prescott, J
dc.date.accessioned	2015-11-11T02:55:36Z
dc.date.available	2015-11-11T02:55:36Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/37745
dc.description	University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.	en_AU
dc.description.abstract	The general understanding of the term ‘morphology’ is that it refers to the form and structure of something and implies changing characteristics, rather than a fixed entity. Within the primary ambit of this research, morphology refers specifically to the contemporary tale as found in narrative filmic texts and as demonstrated in the works Moonfall, Inside Venus and Slam. Supporting the creative research component of these cinematic texts, is the exegesis; and it similarly, is not a defined entity, but more an arbitrary articulation of some of the theoretical and practical concerns that have circulated and helped inform the research and development of the creative works. The creative component consists of three screenplays and a short feature film Moonfall. The stories were inspired by actual events. The development of the scripts relied on practitioner- research enquiry, contextualized by the conventions of genre and determined by the exigency of low-budget film production. A DVD copy of Moonfall is included in Part A and the screenplays Slam and Inside Venus, at different stages of development, are appended for reference. The exegetical writing contained in Part B is organized in sections across a range of material that relates to research, film theory, psychoanalysis and praxis. Insights that have emerged in my practice-based research, illuminated aspects of the discourse and through recursion, became relevant to the production of the creative works. This process of circular causality denies primacy to any specific text. This exegesis is not a definitive compendium nor is it intended to present an argument or explicitly frame the content of the works and how they should be received. The cinema expression, implicit in the screenplays, is made apparent by the viewers response to the film and is entirely subjective and appropriate. [PRODUCTION NOTE: DVD may be consulted at UTS Library. The film trailer can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic8wkyaWuDg.]	en_AU
dc.format	Thesis (DCA)
dc.language.iso	en_AU	en_AU
dc.relation	https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/37745/10/02Whole.pdf
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dc.rights	au.edu.uts.lib/ppc
dc.subject	Morphology.	en
dc.subject	Narrative filmic texts.	en
dc.subject	Film "Moonfall".	en
dc.subject	Screenplay "Inside Venus".	en
dc.subject	Screenplay "Slam".	en
dc.subject	Film theory.	en
dc.subject	Psychoanalysis.	en
dc.subject	Praxis.	en
dc.title	Cinema expression : morphology of the contemporary tale	en_AU
dc.type	Thesis	en_AU
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
utslib.additional-url	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic8wkyaWuDg

Abstract:

The general understanding of the term ‘morphology’ is that it refers to the form and structure of something and implies changing characteristics, rather than a fixed entity. Within the primary ambit of this research, morphology refers specifically to the contemporary tale as found in narrative filmic texts and as demonstrated in the works Moonfall, Inside Venus and Slam. Supporting the creative research component of these cinematic texts, is the exegesis; and it similarly, is not a defined entity, but more an arbitrary articulation of some of the theoretical and practical concerns that have circulated and helped inform the research and development of the creative works. The creative component consists of three screenplays and a short feature film Moonfall. The stories were inspired by actual events. The development of the scripts relied on practitioner- research enquiry, contextualized by the conventions of genre and determined by the exigency of low-budget film production. A DVD copy of Moonfall is included in Part A and the screenplays Slam and Inside Venus, at different stages of development, are appended for reference. The exegetical writing contained in Part B is organized in sections across a range of material that relates to research, film theory, psychoanalysis and praxis. Insights that have emerged in my practice-based research, illuminated aspects of the discourse and through recursion, became relevant to the production of the creative works. This process of circular causality denies primacy to any specific text. This exegesis is not a definitive compendium nor is it intended to present an argument or explicitly frame the content of the works and how they should be received. The cinema expression, implicit in the screenplays, is made apparent by the viewers response to the film and is entirely subjective and appropriate. [PRODUCTION NOTE: DVD may be consulted at UTS Library. The film trailer can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic8wkyaWuDg.]

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