On the set of Watchmen on the Wall TV show

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

interesting to see them turnaround and now and grant the licence.

Hettie Brittz on a Skype call with Errol

Dieter Lubbe the director & editor of the show and runs camera.

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.

Moments before the show with co-host Ps Mitchelle Links

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.