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Filmmaking practice-as-research: a case study in pursuit of subtext through AI generated dialogue (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Gray, P. (2023, September). Filmmaking practice-as-research: a case study in pursuit of subtext through AI generated dialogue. Paper presented at MeCCSA 2023, Glasgow

Practice led research in filmmaking and screenwriting that explores the potential for creating meaningful dialogue with subtext, through the use of AI chat bots. The presentation will include a short film alongside a case study paper, exploring the... Read More about Filmmaking practice-as-research: a case study in pursuit of subtext through AI generated dialogue.

Working with Incarcerated Communities: Representing Women in Prison on Screen (2022)
Book Chapter
Gray, P., & Schwan, A. (2022). Working with Incarcerated Communities: Representing Women in Prison on Screen. In A. Schwan, & T. Thomson (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities (105-128). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11886-9_7

This chapter considers public arts and humanities scholarship and practice in the context of penal institutions, with a focus on women’s prisons and film-making. It argues for a critical-reflective practice, highlighting the opportunities and challen... Read More about Working with Incarcerated Communities: Representing Women in Prison on Screen.

On the Outside: film-making as story-telling through introspective re-enactment, and the significance of anonymity in the spoken word (2020)
Journal Article
Gray, P. (2020). On the Outside: film-making as story-telling through introspective re-enactment, and the significance of anonymity in the spoken word. Media Practice and Education, 21(3), 185-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741136.2020.1800299

On the Outside (On the Outside. 2019. Film. Directed by Paul Gray. UK: Good Well Films), is a 42 minute film that is the outcome of a participatory film project involving women serving sentences in HM Prison Polmont, Scotland. Scripts were developed... Read More about On the Outside: film-making as story-telling through introspective re-enactment, and the significance of anonymity in the spoken word.

Film: On the Outside, Official Selection, Orlando Film Festival, Oct 2019 (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Gray, P. Film: On the Outside, Official Selection, Orlando Film Festival, Oct 2019. [Video]. Exhibited at Orlando, USA. 17 September 2019 - 24 September 2019. (Unpublished)

On the Outside, Official Selection at the 14th Orlando Film Festival, 17-24 October 2017

Representing Women in Prison (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Schwan, A., & Gray, P. (2019, March). Representing Women in Prison. Paper presented at Scottish Universities-Prisons Network Conference: ‘Empowering, Linking, Making'

Film: On the Outside (2019)
Digital Artefact
Gray, P. (2019). Film: On the Outside

On the Outside, is the outcome of an educational film project that was a collaboration with women who were serving sentences in HMP Polmont. The project was undertaken in two parts. The first part ran inside the prison over a period of three months,... Read More about Film: On the Outside.

Film: On the Outside, Voices from Prison, London Literature Festival Screening during Koestler Trust ‘I’m Still Here’ exhibition, South Bank Centre, London, 24 Oct 2018 (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Gray, P. Film: On the Outside, Voices from Prison, London Literature Festival Screening during Koestler Trust ‘I’m Still Here’ exhibition, South Bank Centre, London, 24 Oct 2018. 24 October 2018. (Unpublished)

Voices from Prison, London Literature Festival Screened during the Koestler Trust ‘I’m Still Here’ exhibition in the South Bank Centre, at a spoken word event as part of the London Literature Festival. https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/131... Read More about Film: On the Outside, Voices from Prison, London Literature Festival Screening during Koestler Trust ‘I’m Still Here’ exhibition, South Bank Centre, London, 24 Oct 2018.

Film: And Violet (2017)
Digital Artefact
Gray, P. (2017). Film: And Violet. [Film]

A coming of age drama about the interwoven and unravelling lives of teenage daughter Violet, her adoptive Mum and her birth Mum. When Violet and her adoptive mum visit a small Scottish town one summer, they unexpectedly run into Violet’s estranged b... Read More about Film: And Violet.

Film: Tree of Tule (2012)
Digital Artefact
Gray, P. (2012). Film: Tree of Tule

While on his travels, an adventurous young boy meets a magical ancient tree and he embarks on a quest across Mexico to help the tree find a new home. Duration: 10’10”, Director & Producer: Paul Gray