Monthly Archives: August 2009

Cobus Potgieter documentary: Day 2

By Johan Swarts | Published: August 18, 2009

What a day… The cameras arrived early this morning. (Too early.) We charged the batteries, cleaned out the SD cards (of which we currently have 5 x 16GB) and set off to Jeffreysbay to shoot a ton of footage. I can’t, of course, reveal anything as of yet (Cobus is currently preparing a little surprise [...]

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Cobus Potgieter documentary: Day 1

By Johan Swarts | Published: August 17, 2009

Seeing as we are waiting for two sponsored Canon FS200’s to be couriered to Humansdorp (it should arrive within the next few hours) Cobus and I spent the day eating, planning and bonding. Eating consisted of, amongst others, a plethora of sandwiches. Planning involved scanning a few old photo’s and swapping out thoughts on random [...]

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Cobus Potgieter documentary: Day 0

By Johan Swarts | Published: August 16, 2009

During the next couple of days I’m helping out as a cinematographer for the much anticipated Cobus Potgieter DVD. I’ll try to document progress as best I can (without letting anything slip about the actual content, of course…no spoilers). As of yet there’s not much to tell, really…At about 3pm South African time today I [...]

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Nuwe gereedskap, nuwe moontlikhede

By Johan Swarts | Published: August 16, 2009

Dink terug aan die Deon Maas-debakel. Vergeet die sentiment van die SMS wat mense aangehits het. Vergeet die debatte, die gesprekke en die bitch fights. Vergeet Tim du Plessis, vergeet Satanisme, vergeet Rapport. Sommer die Afrikaner ook. Vergeet jouself. Besef dan eerder hoe vinnig 'n landswye protes georganiseer kon word met iets so eenvoudig soos [...]

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Die Son vs Die Burger – Release Candidate 2

By Johan Swarts | Published: August 14, 2009

Amper daar. Wat is die verskil tussen die volgende drie sinne? 1. Die man het sy seun geslaan. 2. Hy’t sy laaitie gebliksem. 3. Ter bestraffing is die telg die roede deur sy vader toegedien. As jy nie verstaan of onthou wat hier aangaan nie, vind hier en hier uit.

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