Production time!

I'm trying to produce as many PSA's here as possible and have got underway with trying out different ideas in terms of production. I have tried a few taglines that go at the end fo the PSA, the purpose of which is to be a capture on the whole series of PSA's. I'm still going for the right one, but have tried some such as 'Hospice can help you', or 'Hospice can help you too', after hearing how a patient has recieved help.

Another aspect of the PSA's is technical work. I have tried a few rough's with and without piano and acoustic guitar playing in the background, In the beginning it sounded a bit sad, which is not the message I am necessarily trying to convey. I have found a few samples that convey a nice relaxed and, in some cases, a positive atmosphere. I will continue in this last week to find fitting sound. Sound does seem to work well though in the pieces.

What democracy?

I didn’t need to look up academic readings on democracy to see that it is not happening in South Africa. If it means equality to all anyway. Driving with Edith, a Hospice care worker, through some of Grahamstown’s poorer areas, it was not the tin shacks and the lack of infrastructure, hygiene, and basic dignifying needs that I noticed. It was deeper than that. We were driving to visit someone who had his leg amputated because it was infected with cancer, someone who is diminishing in form due to HIV/Aids, and someone who lost her house to the tornado, has 3 HIV positive children, and is living in what could loosely be described as a box.