Saturday, November 10, 2007

Film Fests & Wannabees


With the camera taped down shooting gets underway for the Fixed Frame Movie Festival on Durbans North Beach Pier.

Last night saw the launch of The KwaSuka Fixed Frame Film Festival. Simple rule..One had to produce a one minute video/animation etc without the frame changing. A lot of fun and creativity went into it with forty seven great entries. The theatre was so packed people had to sit on the stage. There was an after party and I felt my age as I could not relate to the rap and hip hop music that even the young uns didn't really want to dance to. Still a great evening for all. Wondering into the office this Saturday morning there were about thirty wannabee TV presenters. Some looked like they were still at school. A local company was giving "how to" lessons and the wannabees were all hoping that this training would get them onto the small screen. In South Africa one often hears of the "juniorisation" of the news room as compared to BBC CNN and others. I guess maybe the salary structures have something to do with it.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

what was your film about? Looks like an interesting one from your snapshot. ^_^

Durban Diaries said...

The Film was about two guys getting into an argument on the pier. They scuffle then fall into the sea. Frame cuts to them "flying" back up again onto the pier to resume the argument. The Festival organisers said all the entries would be pasted on Utube at some stage. Thanks for the interest.