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I shot Wendy’s poem onto video this week. It was a simple one light setup…well I also used a desk lamp as a catch and rim light although it barely worked.
I have a feeling that Wendy’s poem is going to hit home for a lot of people. I’m hoping to release it tomorrow.
On my side this is the first project where I’m having someone compose a song for a clip. Quite excited to see how it turns out.
Thanks to Thato for doing the sound recording.
Here’s the finished video:
Two weeks ago I had a chance to be on the set of Watchmen on the Wall, a TV show that addresses issues of morality and values in South Africa.
As a filmmaker this was an incredible experience to see first hand how a TV show is run but it was even more special because the show they were filming on that day.
| On this day Errol Naidoo, who is the founder of the Family Policy Institute, was addressing the recent event where ICASA (the government broadcast regulator) granted TopTV the go-ahead to air three hard-core pornography channels. So the show was addressing the implications of this decision on women, children and the moral fibre of the country. In 2011 ICASA turned this application down stating that “women’s rights to dignity far outweigh TopTV’s rights to freedom of speech” and it it’s |  Errol Naidoo – Family Policy Institute |
Hettie Brittz on a Skype call with Errol
My good friend Mario Brown is one of the show’s 3 cameramen.
Henry Fisher is the assistant director and is responsile for the set – i.e. he built it! He also made two clappers and gave me one…literally a legend!
Oh yes, Henry handles the make-up as well. Legend!
Naturally it was great to see their film gear including this Sony XDCAM EX below and two Canon XF300 broadcast cameras.
I managed to shoot a few behind the scenes clips and will be posting these up soon. In the meantime, here is the full episode from Errol’s Youtube channel:
It’s encouraging to have people like Errol taking on this fight. It left me further encouraged to use whatever I have to make an impact now.
We’re busy putting together some ideas for future shows on the Youtube channel. Right now we’re brainstorming a look-n-feel for the video blogs.
In this rough version the idea is to take photos of our camera gear on a green screen and composite everything in After Effects to create a virtual set. It’s still a bit empty and I might need to stand a bit further back from the camera…?
Because this year’s event is being captured and edited live there was no room for error and I was super proud to see Sakhile & Wendy ninja it!
There’s nothing quite like the adrenaline of doing a live event!
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This weekend I've had a chance to work with great guys who have field experience.
Alex on the left who owns a live events production company, Mario who is the cameraman at Family Policy Institute with Errol Naidoo and Dieter who is the director of Watchmen on the Wall (a TV show by Errol Naidoo).
Grateful to gain experience.
There's nothing like the adrenaline that comes when you know you're shooting a live event.
No room for error & retakes. Love it.
