Monkey Business

As an ardent follower of the ill-explored and generally obscure theory, creative cross-pollination, I enjoy occupying myself with a variety of projects. Here follows a list of writing projects I am currently working on and some completed work.

In Development

The Rock Garden (pre-production)
Genre: Drama (short film)
Written by Hanfred Rauch
Developed for Verster du Plessis and Nic Holman
When Bill Rutley loses his wife after the birth of their daughter, Caitlin, he falls into depression and gives her up for adoption. By coincidence, he finds her ten years later, only to discover that she has become a victim of abuse in an otherwise privileged world. To safeguard her, Caitlin has interwoven a fairytale world into her reality, which she draws from in later years as an acclaimed children's book author. What role will Bill play in his daughter's tale?

The Shadow Guardians Trilogy (Working Title)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure (feature-length screenplay trilogy)
Written by Hanfred Rauch
A forgotten world brings an ordinary young man back in touch with his origins.

A Fearless Man
Genre: Fairytale (novel)
Written by Hanfred Rauch
Set in the late medieval period, the story chronicles the lives of three people in search of the same thing.

A Voyeur's Journal
Genre: Drama/Thriller (feature-length screenplay)
Written by Hanfred Rauch
A triangle of lust and deceit evolves when a veteran novelist sets out to write his latest book.

Available Work

The Bourgeois Monkey Blog
Hanfred Rauch's blog, featuring posts on opinions, experiences, current and past work, as well as illustrations.


Mangoman
Genre: Drama (feature-length screenplay)
Written by Hanfred Rauch
A rural teen is taken under his city-dwelling uncle's wing, whereupon he is introduced to the underbelly of uppercrust Johannesburg suburbia. Amidst his newfound company of prostitutes and gangsters, he discovers a talent for graffiti and his first love.

Decision-Making Strategies in the Creative Development of a Screenplay Narrative
Research Thesis
Written by Johan Frederick Rauch
The purpose of the dissertation was to research the factors that an aspirant screenwriter must take into consideration when developing a narrative. The study married the demands of narrative with the demands implicit in the creative process, essentially combining literary theory (especially narratology and the work of contemporary authors on the screenwriting process) with psychological theories on creativity and its processes.

The Cybernetics of Screenwriting
Academic Article
Written by Johan Frederick Rauch
As part of the Masters programme, an article had to be submitted to complete the degree. The article functioned as a summary of the theories put forward in the thesis (above), but was approached from a cybernetic point of view of the process.

William (2004)
Genre: Drama (short film)
Written, directed and produced by Hanfred Rauch
A psychosomatic mute with acting aspirations auditions for a stage play entitled, Hamlet is a Deaf Mute. At the audition, he runs into Angelica, a rival mime whom he knows from miming gigs in the park. As William slowly begins to fall for Angelica, he is simultaneously forced to face his past and uncover the horrible truth about the death of his father.
Written, produced and directed for MNET.

Showreel (2009)

The showreel features a compilation of my film work up until 2009.

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