Browsing Masters Theses by Thesis Supervisor "Bancroft, Andrew"
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2016: A Character Journey
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)It has always been standard practice for protagonists in screenplays to develop over the course of the story. The character development is even more significant in character arc centred stories, in which the protagonist ... -
All Roads
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film; plus a 6000-word exegesis. A summary of the script is as follows: 7 years after a life-changing festival, five old ... -
Angel's Trumpet
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This thesis consists of a full-length screenplay for a feature film. A summary of the screenplay is as follows: Angel’s Trumpet is a crime drama about a friendship between three young criminals, Pauline, Jacky and Nina, ... -
Aquarium
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Aquarium follows the story of Fetu, a 20-year-old Samoan who struggles to accept his sexuality because of his religious mother, Maria, who is trying to win the mayoral election in their small town. Fetu and Maria have ... -
Bindu Patel and The Lost Spirit
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film; plus a 6000-word essay (exegesis). A summary of the script is as follows: Bindu Patel is a coming-of-age supernatural, ... -
Bottle Money and, The Audience’s Expectations of the Mystery Drama
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The objective of my exegesis is twofold. Firstly I want to explore the key elements of the mystery drama in an attempt to write a screenplay that lives up to the expectations of the genre’s audience because, “constant ... -
Brats
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)My thesis is creative practice as research, comprising a creative artifact (a screenplay) accompanied by a critical component (an exegesis). This conforms to AUT University’s guidelines for a ‘Format Three’ thesis, as ... -
Casting Off
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This thesis consists of a full-length screenplay for a feature film called Casting Off. A summary of the screenplay is as follows: For the last 25 years, Kiwi Elle has half slumbered through Asian Capitals, setting up ... -
Change in Seasons
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)My project aims to address the research question of whether or not the central relationship in a film draws out change from both characters and solves the unresolved conflicts within each of them. When summarized, the ... -
Cheekie Baby
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film, plus, a 7000+ word essay (exegesis). A summary of the script is as follows: Cheekie Baby, set in 1993, is the story ... -
The Coffin Club
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This thesis consists of a full-length screenplay for a feature film. The thesis is framed by an Exegesis, which is a 6000 word essay on the subject of: a) The genre of the Thesis. b) The development process from ... -
Cold Water
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film; plus a 6000-word essay (exegesis). A summary of the script is as follows: Heidi Walters often thinks with her heart ... -
The Comic Collection
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)The Comic Collection is a ninety-minute film dramedy. The script centers on the journey of Jaims, a thirty-something-year-old Organisational Operations Officer, who becomes the co-owner of a rough and tumble inner city ... -
Confronting the Complex Nature of Screenwriting While Developing My Screenplay, Little Bird, From First to Second Draft
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Little Bird is an 91 page, feature-length screenplay, small-town crime drama based around a local family. The story focuses on Lexie, 20, who believes she has shot and killed a local woman, Jules, during the town’s annual ... -
The Dystopian Hunger & Other Games
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The Dystopian Hunger & Other Games is an exegesis that takes an auto-ethnographical approach to my creative work, Mindless. My exegesis investigates the expectations of its contemporary audience in films of the same genre. ... -
Faith - a Feature Film
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This thesis consists of a full-length screenplay for a feature film. A summary of the screenplay is as follows: Sixteen Years ago, while eluding school punishments, Neev (10) and Ray (10) gets lost in the woods. In the ... -
Fantasy: A Journey Through The Genre
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This project looks at the creation of a fantasy world and the fantasy genre in films, and analyses it as a whole. The fantasy genre is often seen as a means of escapism and is many times overlooked in terms of storytelling. ... -
Genre analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)In this exploration of Genre, I will explore the ways in which my screenplay ‘Like what’ resembles past productions and discuss the ways in which it offers a fresh perspective for modern day audiences. In part one I will ... -
Gentrification, Drama and Development
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This thesis consists of a full-length screenplay of a pilot for television. The summary of the screenplay is as follows: After losing his job, high flying lawyer Eric Galloway packs up his family and moves back into his ... -
Girl on Fire and Extended Adolescence
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Life in Silicon Valley for 24-year-old commitment-phobe Tessa is a lot more work than play. Coming home to Hamilton, New Zealand for the first time in six years, Tessa plans to lay low for the holidays in the town where ...