The South African movie 360 Degrees – A Sacrifice, which was shot in various locations around East London last year, has not yet been released.
It has been a year since the crew filmed the movie scenes, but still no word about when it will make its debut.
Filming was expected to be completed by late January last year and 360 Degrees – A Sacrifice was expected to premiere in August.
Producer Luthuli Dlamini told the Daily Dispatch last year that they had financial problems, but were still aiming to finish shooting by December.
The Dispatch could not reach Dlamini, but one of the lead actors, Wandile Molebatsi, said they had not finished making the movie.
“We were told that we would finish shooting around February this year. We didn’t do any work around the December period,” he said.
Molebatsi said they were aware of some challenges, but he was not sure when they would start working again.
Buffalo City Metro communications manager Keith Ngesi said they had last spoken with the producer in August.
“He told us that they were in the post-production stages but they had some financial problems. As far as we know, they had a problem with their main sponsor,” Ngesi said.
He added that they had sent BCM a movie trailer in August.
“We will contact them again before the end of this financial year.”
But local television producer and writer Vukile Pokwana said he doubted the movie would see the light of day at all.
“These people did not have a clear plan on what they wanted to do. You cannot go on location without a post-production schedule,” he said.
BCM made sure they shot some of their scenes around the city without any hassles.
Pokwana said film makers send out a scout before going on location.
“You do not decide on the day that you want to shoot in a certain location. They saw Orient Theatre and decided why not include it as well. Film making doesn’t work like that, you must have a schedule,” he said.
At the time of making the movie, Pokwana was serving as an interim deputy chairman on the Eastern Cape Provincial Arts and Culture Council (ECPACC) board. He said the creators of the movie went past his office and took a short cut.
Pokwana said they’d had an unclear plan on production and lacked experience.
“That guy ran out of money while they were out on location – you cannot have that when shooting.” — poliswap@dispatch.co.za
EL film production hits snag
It has been a year since the crew filmed the movie scenes, but still no word about when it will make its debut.
Filming was expected to be completed by late January last year and 360 Degrees – A Sacrifice was expected to premiere in August.
Producer Luthuli Dlamini told the Daily Dispatch last year that they had financial problems, but were still aiming to finish shooting by December.
The Dispatch could not reach Dlamini, but one of the lead actors, Wandile Molebatsi, said they had not finished making the movie.
“We were told that we would finish shooting around February this year. We didn’t do any work around the December period,” he said.
Molebatsi said they were aware of some challenges, but he was not sure when they would start working again.
Buffalo City Metro communications manager Keith Ngesi said they had last spoken with the producer in August.
“He told us that they were in the post-production stages but they had some financial problems. As far as we know, they had a problem with their main sponsor,” Ngesi said.
He added that they had sent BCM a movie trailer in August.
“We will contact them again before the end of this financial year.”
But local television producer and writer Vukile Pokwana said he doubted the movie would see the light of day at all.
“These people did not have a clear plan on what they wanted to do. You cannot go on location without a post-production schedule,” he said.
BCM made sure they shot some of their scenes around the city without any hassles.
Pokwana said film makers send out a scout before going on location.
“You do not decide on the day that you want to shoot in a certain location. They saw Orient Theatre and decided why not include it as well. Film making doesn’t work like that, you must have a schedule,” he said.
At the time of making the movie, Pokwana was serving as an interim deputy chairman on the Eastern Cape Provincial Arts and Culture Council (ECPACC) board. He said the creators of the movie went past his office and took a short cut.
Pokwana said they’d had an unclear plan on production and lacked experience.
“That guy ran out of money while they were out on location – you cannot have that when shooting.” — poliswap@dispatch.co.za
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