“HANA Interactive Video Journal” produced for the Highway Africa News Agency. An ICT movie embedded with clickable content delivered on a DVD-Rom, this is the internet version of the movie without the interactivity. Produced by Paul Hills, camera & sound by Christine Nesbitt Hills & Paul Hills, edited by Christine Nesbitt Hills and interactivity by Christine Nesbitt Hills 2006.
Eastern Cape Artists
South Africa — A portrait series of four artists living and creating art in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The artists are Roger Gailey, Ayanda Mji, Patrice Moreti, Cher van Schouwen and Zack Taljaard.
This branding sequence is an excerpt of “Iphulo lokuphulisa inyama ebomvu”, an agricultural development video documentary in isiXhosa for TTO and ComMark. Produced by Paul Hills, camera & sound by Christine Nesbitt & Paul Hills, edited by Christine Nesbitt 2005.
The opening sequence of “Eastern Cape NGO Coalition, 10th anniversary documentary, Stories of learning and working in partnerships for sustainable development” video documentary for The Spirals Trust. Executive producer & script by Theresa Edlmann, directed by Paul Hills, camera & sound by Christine Nesbitt & Stephen Buchanan 2005.
Trapping fog in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Fog nets used to capture water from rain and fog are a developmental initiative in practice in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Fog forms when water vapour cools down and condenses to form tiny water droplets in the atmosphere. Apart from altitude, there is not much difference between clouds and fog. Fog formation is, however, directly affected by near-surface conditions, adiabatic cooling and flow patterns in the atmosphere. Fog collects on the nets and runs down into a tank. Many locations are suitable for fog water collection. Frequent fog episodes even appear in extremely dry regions, or high altitude mountains, where clean drinking water is not always accessible. Fog water may serve as an additional source of water, which in turn, may contribute significantly to the quality of life.
South Africa — The Miss Gay Gauteng pageant, open to cross-dressing gay men, was held in the Witwatersrand Theatre in Johannesburg in 1997. This sort of pageant is usually very well supported when held in a local nightspot frequented by Gauteng’s gay community, but local theatre going audiences failed to pack in the theatre.
Poor organisation and weak marketing combined with a handfull of spectators led to the pageant being postponed for many hours. None the less, the participants applied make-up and costume and tried to choreograph the show whilst waiting for the show’s organisers and judges to arrive. Many finishing touches to make-up were applied and re-applied and costumes made just right and tales were swapped as the contestants refused to give up on the hope that the crowds would soon be in to see who would be crowned queen.