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ROSS HILLIER (CT)    CAMERON KERNAHAN (CT) MIKE DOWNIE (JHB) DAVID VERVEY (CT) WILLIAM DOUGLAS (CT) STEVIE MICHELSON (CT) TEEGA MICHL (CT) ALEX ORTSCHEIT (CT) RENIER DE JAGER (JHB) BRIAN WATERS (CT) CASEY CRAFFORD (CT)                                                                                                                                                                                     

                                       

  NEW LISTING WITH VISION INTERNATIONAL CREW We're excited to announce our new Dir/DOP "Jordan-Lee Garbutt" who has been creating in the Dubai desert for the past 5 years. His client list includes Ford, Rimmel London, Nivea, Amazon and many many more.   He's currently developing a TV series, entitled 'Life" (here's a sneak peek  https://bit.ly/LifeSizzle )  On the long-form side he wants to manifest films that are empowering, inspiring and full of life. He wants to showcase what it means to be a South African and to tell the world the incredible  stories that happen in our backyard. Commercial reel | https://youtu.be/B_pLZOgnVes Narrative Reel |  https://youtu.be/q5OGFYAafrg Website |   www.JLGarbutt.com  

  GUIDELINES FOR COMMERCIAL FILMING IN SOUTH AFRICA UNDER COVID-19 CONDITIONS 26 April 2022 INTRODUCTION The Commercial Producers Association of South Africa (CPA) presents guidelines for the filming of commercials under  Covid-19 conditions. PREAMBLE On 4th April 2022 the South African Government gazetted new regulations terminating South Africa’s National State of  Disaster and introducing new transitional measures that are to be implemented while they move towards managing the  Covid-19 pandemic through the National Health Act (NHA). The Disaster Management Act provides that certain elements of the regulations may remain in place for a limited period  for “post disaster recovery and rehabilitation”. Accordingly, in order to ensure essential public health precautions and other  necessary services are not interrupted while the new regulations in terms of the NHA come into effect, certain transitional  provisions will remain in place for a period of 30...

  Please see below a letter from Bobby Amm from the CPA : Dear All I am sharing with you a letter we sent out yesterday to CPA members.  It goes without saying that the commercial sector of the industry has been severely impacted by the emergence of the Omicron variant and the travel bans that have resulted from it.  We estimate that over R500 million has been lost to our industry in the last 10 days.    Despite dozens of cancellations in Cape Town, there is fortunately still some work on the go however in order to maintain this we need your assistance please.     Please ask your members to impress upon the crew and talent they represent that attending large festivals, parties, gatherings etc that are currently permitted under Adjusted Alert Level 1 is not conducive to successful shoots as the chances of contracting Covid at these events - even if you are fully vaccinated - is extremely high.    If crew & talent arrive on set and tes...

 COVID PROTOCOLS ON SET Please see below the CPA's recommendations on Covid Protocol on set, following a meeting held with all crew agents in JHB on 15 June : 15 June 2021  Dear JHB Agents  Thank you for meeting with us on Monday morning. We can report that we held an emergency meeting with our members at 4pm yesterday to discuss the various issues in more detail and the following recommendations were made:  1. The CPA will recommend to the ACA/advertising agencies a return to remote streaming to reduce the numbers on set. Client and agencies will be discouraged from coming to set where possible.  2. The CPA will approach the ACA and advertising agencies to inform them that crew (and their agents) are insisting on Rapid Antigen Tests in the following circumstances:  • Prior to the wardrobe call – at the recommendation of the production company depending on the circumstances.  • Either on the day before the shoot or at the beginning of...