2009-04-20
SABC
will be broadcasting programmes produced by students of Video Technology
at the Television School at the Durban University of Technology. The
programmes, which include 5 dramas, 6 music videos and a documentary, are
starting from next week on the 22nd April on SABC 2. These programmes have been
written, directed and edited by 3rd year and BTech students in Video
Technology.
"The
productions are of an exceptionally high standard" said Cary Burnett,
tutor of the student productions and Programme Leader for
the Bachelor of Technology degree in Video Technology. "The
drama 'Seeing Soul' (which will be broadcast at 23h30 on 22nd
April) displays brilliant cinematography and a real feel for
editing", she said. The 3 parrallel storylines revolve around an assassin killing the wrong person. Appropriate to South Africa
today, the protagonist
decides to take the law into her own hands and
begins killing criminals for what she believes to be the
"greater good".
'Seeing Soul' was written, directed and edited by
Lauren Oliver, with cinematography by Marcello Maffeis, both of whom were BTech
students at the DUT Television School last year. For Lauren, working
with lead actress Trynity Silk was a positive experience. "I used Trynity
for her unusual looks and powerful presence. She never let me down once and was
always prepared for every shoot. Even though she became violently ill with
glandular fever in the middle of filming she still arrived on set on
time and worked without a complaint", said Lauren. Others in
cast include Bryan Hiles, Rowan Bartlett, Peter Court and Sans Moonsamy,
all professional actors.
The powerful documentary “Talking to earth worms” will
be broadcast on 29th April at 23h30. It is a 26 minute lifestyle
documentary based on the life and thoughts of one of South Africa’s most
knowledgeable and charismatic organic farmers Brett Muller who owns and runs an
organic farm in the hills of Assagy, Durban. Here he lives out what it
means to be environmentally sustainable. He shows how something as simple
as his small earth worm farm makes a profit of almost R100 per day, with no
work required.
The documentary, directed and edited by Jeremy
Martin, follows Brett on his journey to creating a completely self
sustaining homestead and his personal dreams of educating and spreading the
word about organic farming and sustainable living. "I have had such a
positive response from people who have seen my doci" said Jeremy. "I
was amazed that people would be so captivated by something like organic
farming. People are just starting to think this way and my doci seems to
be at the forefront of this 'critical mass' of interest. I am hooked by
advocacy programme making and was inspired by Al Gore's
An Inconvenient Truth. My programme is coming off the same
base" said the young director.
For Jeremy the biggest challenge wes editing the huge
amount of material into a 26 minute programme. "Jeremy has succeeded
admirably in hooking the interest of the audience with subject matter that
might otherwise have been dry" said Cary Burnett. "Extra touches like
music by internationally recognised musician Faryl Purkiss have also added
another dimension to his work" she said.
Tune in and watch the creative outpourings of the DUT
Television School and see more programmes including music videos featuring
Durban bands such as The Arrows, Love Jones and The Kiff, as well as solo artist
Dave Fisher (which will be flighted on the 6th, 13th and 20th May at 23h30
on SABC 2).
For more information, please contact:
Cary
Burnett 031-3736627 or 084 5129912
For students’ comments contact:
Lauren Oliver 083 2356421
(View Durban University of Technology (DUT) Profile)