SAYmeTV | NOW OR NEVER | Kusile Senior Secondary | Inter-School Film Festival

NOW OR NEVER by Inathi Sipoko from Kusile Senior Secondary School is astudent film from the 2016 Inter-School Short Film Competition and Festival in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. There were 18 short films were made with schools for the 2016 Competition.

High School Learners write and pitch their story ideas as short film screenplays. The most promising scripts are selection to go into production as part of the competition. Writers of the selected screenplays get to direct their own films with a team of learners from their school fill the crew roles of producer, camera, lighting, sound, boom swinging, art department, script and continuity, and clapper board operator. The student crews receive introductory training and support from a mentor film crew as they make their film. All actors are from the school, all scenes are created on the school premises, props are sourced by the learners, scenes plotted and rehearsed by the learners, and the film is shot in a single day at the school. The School films are a mix of English, Xhosa and Afrikaans.

LEARNER CREW:
Writer-Director - Inathi Sipoko
Producer - Lindani Hlaba
Script & Continuity - Asemahle Gadlani
Art Department - Sophumelela Diko
Camera Operator - Emihle Qwele
Sound Operator - Siyamthanda Kemeke
Boom Swinger - Lunga Mxili
Lighting - Ezetu Mngcwana
Clapper Board - Thenjiswa Tabataba

CAST:
Gladys - Likhona Bingwa
Pastor Faleni - Sixhase Mapela
Teacher - nomfusi Ngqondela
Gugu - Sinawo Mpendu
Adila - Ramba Axolile
Sipho - Panaya Abenathi
Qwethu - Nelani Siyamthanda
Mahle - Mbuzwana Somkele
Thenji - Sizeka Sontsske

Other films from the same year of competition (2016) can be found here:
   • School Films (2016/2017) - SA Youth t...  

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