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Dr Chris Neilan's Outputs (32)

Reimagining the First Act: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and the Languorous Cinema of Place (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neilan, C. (2022, September). Reimagining the First Act: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and the Languorous Cinema of Place. Paper presented at Screenwriting Research Network Conference 2022, University of Vienna, Austria

According to the conventional (Western) model, the typical first act is split into two distinct sections, each with distinct functions. The first (1.1) functions primarily to establish a protagonist and to interrupt their life with an inciting incide... Read More about Reimagining the First Act: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and the Languorous Cinema of Place.

Stellify (2022)
Book
Neilan, C. (2022). Stellify. Broken Sleep Books

In Stellify, stories of love, abuse, and the film industry weave and intertwine in fragments, like an Altman montage, or Lydia Davis flash that coalesces into a Jennifer Egan-style interlinked narrative. An actor's breakdown, instigated by an Elepha... Read More about Stellify.

Ruan Lingyu (2021)
Book Chapter
Neilan, C. (2021). Ruan Lingyu. In Intermissions: original stories selected by Grattan Street Press (243-244). Grattan Street Press

Short fiction published in anthology by Grattan Street Press

The Psychological Thriller (2021)
Journal Article
Neilan, C. (2021). The Psychological Thriller. Ponder Review, 5(2), 68-71

Short story published in Ponder Review volume 5 issue 2, the journal of the MFA creative writing programme at the Mississippi University for Women.

Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Neilan, C. Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee. [Short Film]. 11 March 2021 - 14 March 2021

Official Selection, Manchester Film Festival 2021

Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Neilan, C. Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee. [Short Film]. 10 March 2021 - 17 March 2021

Official Selection, Demetera International Short Film Festival 2021; Winner, Best Short Documentary.

Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee (2020)
Exhibition / Performance
Neilan, C. (2020). Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee. [Short Film]. 23 September 2020 - 27 September 2020. (Unpublished)

Official Selection, Bellaria Film Festival 2020

Challenging Brand Hollywood: Unconventional Narrative Structure as a form of Culture Jamming (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neilan, C. (2020, March). Challenging Brand Hollywood: Unconventional Narrative Structure as a form of Culture Jamming. Paper presented at Artistic Research at Kristiania Symposium 2020, Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway

Since the emergence of the handbook gurus many theorists have noted heavy-handed use of narrative models within the industry and the associated conventionalisation of the screenplay.

Unconventional narrative structures are counter-cultural: they... Read More about Challenging Brand Hollywood: Unconventional Narrative Structure as a form of Culture Jamming.

Ends (2017)
Book Chapter
Neilan, C. (2017). Ends. In The Bridport Prize Anthology 2017 (36-42). Redcliffe Press

Short story awarded 2nd prize for Short Fiction in 2017 Bridport Prize, published in winners' anthology.

A Few Years in Pubs (2017)
Book Chapter
Neilan, C. (2017). A Few Years in Pubs. In H. Mort, & S. Maconie (Eds.), One For the Road: an anthology of pubs and poetry (131-133). smith | doorstop

Short fiction published in anthology of prose and poetry edited by Helen Mort and Stuart Maconie.

Demons (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Neilan, C. Demons. [Short Film]. 29 April 2016 - 8 May 2016

Official Selection, Derby Film Festival 2016