APAA Students Open Media House
By
Nomvuyo Mdluli
TWO Amakhosi Performing Arts Academy (APAA) students, Mandla Ncube and Khulekani
Mxotshwa, have opened a media house, Clockwise Media as part of their study program. The company began operations in April
2006.
“The name of the company symbolizes the significance of time and it was
established to curb the difficulties faced by individuals in filming and producing film and musical videos, portfolios, photo
shows, script consultancy, and event management,” said Mandla Ncube.
“We saw the significance of opening the house after seeing a lot of people
encountering difficulties in producing their videos,” said Mxotshwa.
The offices are located at the Natural History Museum
in Bulawayo. The two hire people in their projects to do the
filming, editing and other necessities in production and the money obtained out of the production is used to sustain the business.
‘We were helped by Mr. Cont Mhlanga to start this business in the form
of guidance and easy accessibility of equipment in the production,” added Ncube.
The pair also organizes events such as school leavers parties, social etiquettes
and a lot more.
However, the pair is inviting prospecting sponsors and business partners to
help them develop the industry. Nevertheless, the house has seen to the production of three short films, all of them produced
and directed by the two.
‘We would like to showcase the three short films in film festivals like
the Zimbabwe Film Festival whose proposal submissions are due in June and Intwasa festival in September,” elaborated
Mxotshwa.
So, for all your needs in video filming, editing and DVD and VHS dubbing you
can get in touch with them on clockwisemedia@amakhosi.org.
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Dreaming of Designs-posted 08/07/06
By Khanyile Mlotshwa
BLESSING Masora believes she is at the verge of
making history as the first female stage designer in Bulawayo.
“I want to study more on stage designing
because the field is male dominated. In Zimbabwe, I know of only one female
stage designer who is in Harare, in Bulawayo
I don’t know of any. So this is my challenge as a young woman,” she said.
The ever-smiling girl was for the first time serious
as she spoke about the work she has done so far since she joined Amakhosi as a student at the Amakhosi Performing arts
Academy (APAA).
“I have designed sets at the Harare International
Festival of the Arts (HIFA) for plays such as Tomorrow’s People, Madame President from Zambia, In The Continuum and Bus Stop Journals from the USA,” she said. “I believe that has been the summit
of my short career so far. I was working with Eunice Thaba under the tutelage of Karen Tredgold.”
She did stage management for all the shows at
The Standard Theatre during the festival.
“This work needs creativity and a lot of
it,” she emphasized. “what is involved is that you read the script, get the story in your head and get the idea
of what the design should be like, whether to use grass and what kind of grass if it is a village setting.”
The plays that she did at HIFA had varied settings.
She needed a living room and an office setting for Madame President, a table, a
chair and two sets for The Continuum and a bust stop setting for Bust stop Journals.
Masora was born on the 24th of August
in 1987 at Mpilo hospital. She is the last born in a family of four. However one of his two brothers is late.
“My brother, Milton, was my inspiration
he told me to be brave, face up to my dreams. He told me that in life one has to achieve, she has to go out and pursue her
dreams because the sky is the limit.”
She went to Impumelelo
Primary School in Mpopoma, Henry Low Primary School in Morning side for Grade 3 to 5 and
Newmansford Primary in Queens Park
for her Grade 6 and 7. She did her secondary education at Montrose
High School and finished her O Levels in 2004. She enrolled at APAA the
following year, where she completed a certificate in Creative Arts Communication and Multi Media.
As scientist say there is no sky, so there is
no limit for Masora.
