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 My journey to film making by Daniel Ndlara Robson, The film director for the new TV Series Betrayal. I have always been interested in film from a young age. From the days of television cartoons like Superman and Spiderman. By school going age I was involved in a few plays and drama classes. I remember even playing Santa Claus and school drama. The big cinema was sort of the final push into me falling in love with film. I have to date seen hundreds of movies because I love to see expressions of different magnitudes and watching a creation come to life. Being on movie shoots and television recordings at the likes of BBC gave me an opportunity to finally realize my dream of filmmaking. I did not want to do the usual film I wanted to break ground and create the film that was not the norm. Shooting with great actors and state of the art cameras like Red cameras made the experience worthwhile and very liberating. The combining of actors from different backgrounds and nationalities has always been a goal. The lack of fusion of talent from the western filmmakers and actors with their African counterparts created a gap in the market .There was also no or little synergy between various African countries in the film industry. I felt there was a need to share the markets and also talent. With this in mind I embarked on a journey to minimise that divide between the continents and also within the African continent itself. I managed to put together a few networking events involving all aspects of the filming industry. The idea was to enlighten, learn and combine talent from the world over. Keynote speakers from across the board with vast amounts of experience shared their experiences and perspectives. This led to more to more projects but this time in the form of actual film. I wrote, produced and directed Broken Cross which featured talent from across 4 continents and as much as 10 different countries. It was a enriching experience to be able to put that project together. We were covered by various media houses local and international. This cultural diversity is very powerful and penetrates different markets and cultures. It’s a formula I will continue to use and also challenge my fellow filmmakers to pursue as it enriches our craft.

The Current film Betrayal which is still in production, was done in the same spirit of as we call in AFRICA Ubuntu. Which is sharing opportunities and giving. We have put accomplished actors like Sean Cronin of James Bond “baddie” fame and is also the villain in the latest Tom Cruise Movie, Mission Impossible, together with South African actors like Kagiso Modupe of “Scandal” alongside student actors who would not otherwise have gotten such a golden opportunity. Also starring is T-Ann Manora, originally from New Zealand, she is well known for Spartacus TV Series. Bringing such a diverse group of talent has not only been a great privilege and accomplishment but opens up other potential markets and opportunities for the first part of the series ,then we had to try and get more young talented artisit such as Darren Bailey an upcoming London rapper, Micheal douglas who pays as Cloud ,the main actor and Antony Cox playing as Raven, we have other excellent talented actors too, currently we are hopping to complete the TV pilot as the first phase and wait to get a green light from sponsors and funders for the next episodes. The current film Betrayal is a suspense filled, emotionally gripping thriller based on young love, betrayal, lust and crime. The roller coaster of emotion makes it a worthwhile must see and I highly recommend it. Filming is currently underway and should be finished by Directed by an award winner Daniel Ndlara Robson

Written By D. N. Robson Dierector: Daniel Robson AD: Tom Becham Camera: Garry Wiggz Produced By Star Galaxy Media

Website http://www.betrayaltvseries.com

Email: info@betrayaltvseries.com

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