Behind the Scenes at MAN TV

African Renaissance Productions (ARP) is a young dynamic production company that has created most of its broadcasting work for the SABC. We currently have a series broadcasting on SABC3; the award winning 39 part series - The Healing Power of Nature. As a production company we invest heavily in energy and passion, believing these to be critical factors in generating high quality documentaries. With MAN we have developed a formula that works, in the sense that it marries conception with production and new media advertising, and thus ensures not only a product that’s good, but one that is viewed as extensively as possible.

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The Crew Behind Man

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Michael Raimondo is the creative and executive producer of MAN, and the managing director of African Renaissance Productions. Over the last three years, Michael has directed and produced over 50 documentaries for the SABC. Driven by passion, his desire to break new ground, and challenge an audience has culminated in the MAN series.

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Wayne de Lange started his career in the film industry at the age of 16 working in the staging arena and started his Production Company, Silver Bullet Productions in 2001 at the young age of 19. Amongst shooting & directing multiple shows for broadcast, Wayne's true passion lies in underwater cinematography and steadicam work. Wayne's wealth of technical knowledge, both on set and during the Post process has assisted African Renaissance Productions in delivering a series of this magnitude. A commitment to realising full production value and ensuring an international standard in his work is evident in the final product of the MAN series.

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Grant is a gutsy and gregarious director with his finger on the pulse of what audiences need and want. Grant graduated top in his class at AFDA in 2006 and since then his work has been exhibited all over the world. He’s won a Golden Horn at the SAFTA awards for a short film he directed and has recently been working on a hard-hitting documentary series. With a few of Grant’s shows coming out in 2010 it goes without saying that it’s going to be one entertaining year.

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Isabella de Villiers completed her school education in Durban and continued with graduate and post-graduate performance studies in classical music at Stellenbosch University and the University of Cape Town. A decision to enrol at AFDA film school in Cape Town in 2005 marked a change in her career path and led to the beginning of a new life in the TV and Film industry. MAN, for SABC 3, is the first major project she has produced. Following on MAN she was approached to produce a mainstage opera production for one of two of South Africa’s professional opera companies, which featured at the SA State Theatre in Pretoria and the Joburg Theatre and was televised on SABC 2 in September 2009. She is currently pursuing a career as a commercials producer, but still holds television and film close to her heart.

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Jackie graduated from AFTA in 2007 with honors in Editing. She graduated top of her class in 2006 and won the VUKA Award for Newcomer Editor in 2007. Her graduation film, Sindiswa, won the Golden Horn Award for best short film. She has been keeping busy with MAN for the last year. She can't wait to find out what the public will think!

MAN CREDIT ROLL

Creative & Executive Producer: Michael Raimondo Executive Producer: Wayne de Lange. Director: Grant Paul Roy. Production Producer: Isabella de Villiers. Camera Operators: Greg Nelson, Robert Odendaal, Derek Holt. SteadiCam Operator: Silver Bullet Productions. Location Sound: Ganief Stellenboom. Production Manager: Maria Strydom. Production Assistant/Runner: Nico Sassman, Mishal Lawrence, Leon Franken. Cast: Kaizer Tsosane, Maurice Levin, Trevor Gow, Henri Slier. Off-line Editor: Jacqueline Viviers. On-line Editor: Robert Odendaal. Assistant Editor: Ivor Dunaiski. Final Mix: Juice Audio. Budget Manager: Shamiemah Willoughby. Website Content Manager: Andrew Arnott

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