After lunch we then had to create our blog – which you better follow and comment on :P we have decided to do two blogs – one for kidocracy and the other for our issue, child labour. So we have a lot of work to get done tomorrow! We have also started a discussion on the WIMPS forum about child labour which i hope you all take part in and voice your opinions on the matter.
Looking forward to see how our efforts pay off!
Una x
The radio production groupI also learnt all the technical sides to radio from, interviewing people for Vox pop’s to using recording equipment on the street and the bigger stuff in the radio studio. We also learnt some editing skills, which aren’t too difficult. Nothing like the interviews and films, I’ve watched my favourite man Kamal edit in the WIMPS studios! ;) Video seems so much harder than radio, however there are other aspects of radio that make things hard like expressing yourself and trying to paint the picture of your stories to your audience.
We did a few practice rounds of editing and recording for live radio and it was really good fun. We asked people what they felt the Government should do to stop substance abuse, and we got a range of answers –
- Bring back the death sentence
- Tougher penalties for taking and selling drugs
- Government sort out police corruption and get on with their jobs, such as bringing drug dealers to justice
- Have more support for people addicted to drugs and free rehabilitation
- Police close down the drug houses throughout Cape Town
- The Government can’t do anything as, it is a lost cause
- Police have more impact on drug dealers and finding them. Possibly, the legalisation of marijuana so as it’s a cleaner drug and safer.
There was a range of views and in some ways I would have loved to get deeper into why the people wanted government to do these things. I found some of the people especially the young people in my opinion were harsh in their answers such as, the death penalty.
I am finding all the radio stuff really interesting however, we are only doing 5 minutes for our presentation therefore we are limited as to how much we can investigate drug use!
Other than that I am sitting at the pool at 18:16 after a hard days work, and it is still boiling hot with the sun shining high in the sky! Absolutely stunning ☺
Byies
Caoimhe x
The artists at workDay 3 of MKK: today we got stuck into the painting. The ideas we came up with yesterday weren’t going to work out so we started to brainstorm ideas, then the artist arrived. He was a cool as hell guy, he helped us turn our ideas into something that would work and then did the out line. Then we were left to get down with the work which was nothing like painting a normal wall though I did tell every one to cut in first but not many stuck with it. It got pretty messy and I didn’t really care in fact I liked it I got to a point where I put down my brush and went mad using my hands and it worked well. Someone pointed out that I had some on my face so I thought I may as well give my self a smiley face of paint.I didn’t want to wash it off but I thought I would have. Anyway after the art was done we then put random positive messages at the top and bottom and top of the eye. Hopefully there be a pick up it’s really well done. Oh and Caoimhe came woke me up in the reception area, I was having a nice sleep too.
Tomorrow we work on our presentation so hopefully we’ll get some more kinda debating work. Tonight we tried Mexicans food I had a wee bit too much chilli and hot as hell. Sauce tasted so good though there’s one more of my mental list of foods to eat and that’s African.
Nathan aka shiv
The photography production groupI’m in the group considering environmental issues including pollution and using the means of photography to get its message across. Today we had a photographer, Neil, to help us. He gave us each a disposable camera so that we could take pictures of what we felt represented pollution, and we set off in the Bush Radio jeep (as pictured in yesterday’s post) – all 9 of us (which I don’t think would happen at home haha). It will be interesting to see the photos when they’re developed tomorrow and to see everyone’s interpretations of pollution. We went to a variety of places and were able to get pictures of rubbish on the street, stagnant water in a river filled with rubbish, some factory chimneys, a carpark filled with cars. We went along some small back streets where squatters are living. It was one of the grimmest things I have ever seen. The rubbish in the gutters was really rough including the dead rat decomposing in the street, with wee children running around barefoot. Today is a public holiday in South Africa for Reconciliation Day to mark the end of apartheid. To be honest those I don’t think Reconciliation Day means much for those folks we met on that street today. South Africa is definitely a place of contrasts but it’s hard to get your head round the huge gulf between rich and poor – big fancy apartments at the beachfronts then makeshift shacks where the people have sod all.
I enjoyed getting out and about today, and listening to the chat amongst the young people in the group. According to Alex Cape Town is the most beautiful city in the world because it’s the mother city and will always be his home. Chad says the best thing about Cape Town is the girls! Bon says that corruption is the worst thing about government. The young people we’ve been getting to know this week come across as being really determined, they really want to make something of their lives and make a difference. It’s humbling and it’s great that Bush Radio is there to support them. One of the young people we met on Saturday at CREW told us that she’d just heard she’s got a place at university for next year and she’s going to study journalism. It’s a beautiful thing that Bush Radio has been able to nurture that interest and skill-set in media work and a young person is about to pursue their ambitions on a professional level.
G'night!
Debs
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