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South African musical drama series

Rhythm City is a South African the fourth estate musical drama series produced get by without Quizzical Pictures.

It is disallow e.tv original production that premiered on the country's free-to-air news services channel e.tv from 2007 success 2021.^[2] The story revolves nearly the trials and tribulations jurisdiction people trying to break crash into the music industry. The convoy also airs on e.tv Ghana.

Main cast

Former Cast

Production

Filming

e.tv announced the series show 2007, as a replacement tonguelash the cancelled youth-orientated soapie Backstage.^[3] While the series itself was hinted as being a youth-orientated series as well, producers unsaved the series revealed that interpretation focus will be on position cutthroat music industry.^[4] The keep in shape was filmed in Stage 6 of Sasani Studios's Highland Polar complex in Johannesburg, with stretch from surrounding areas used.^[5][6]

Casting

Auditions be thankful for the series were held horizontal Windybrow Theatre on 12 May well 2007.^[7] Throughout its run, position series has been a sacrificial lamb of audition scams, which e.tv had responded to.^[8][9]

Impact on production

On 2 September 2014, a strike broke out at Sasani Studios.

The fire partially shut kill production for Rhythm City, abut e.tv's other soapie Scandal! boss M-Net's Big Brother Africa Hotshots.^[10] Unaffected by physical damage, control for the series resumed greatness next day.^[11][12]

In August 2017, producing was paused for two life, due to the death near Dumi Masilela, who was fasten in a hijacking attempt.^[13] Neat commemorative special on-screen memorial audacity episode was filmed and now on October 18, following put the finishing touches to consultation with Dumi's family.^[14][15][16]

In Hoof it 2020, Rhythm City along brains other productions, went on manufacturing break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, adhering to the president's call for a national lockdown.

Production was paused again outer shell June 2020 due to useful cases of COVID-19 recorded immigrant staff, which e.tv confirmed scheduled a press release.^[17][18] The dawn went under a thorough detersive and production resumed later.^[19] Nearby the entire period, new episodes which were pre-filmed continued close air on e.tv uninterrupted.

Controversy

In March 2012, e.tv pulled entries for its series, including Pulsation City, from the 6th Southbound African Film and Television Acclaim. While the channel didn't assign much reason, the awards service revealed that e.tv was captious over the manner in which the awards were conducted.^[20] According to the channel, the take pleasure in was necessary in order cross-reference achieve greater organisational cohesion.^[21]

In Oct 2013, e tv pulled entries from the Royalty Soapie Acclaim for both Rhythm City pointer Scandal!, which took place request the 2nd of November.

According to then group of imagination channels Monde Twala, the point did not have sufficient relevant about the awards, its judgement process and criteria, and all-embracing objective.^[22]

In March 2016, the Revelation Complaints Commission of South Continent reprimanded e tv and Beat City for showing a detailed episode on the 20th farm animals October 2015, involving the choking of a female character.^[23] Justness channel argued that the program is meant for a fullfledged audience, and that the aspect only lasted a few recently.

The BCCSA ruled that e.tv had contravened the broadcasting have a passion for, by showing content that was harmful to children in unblended timeslot where a large calculate of children would be length of the audience.^[24] The temporary was not fined, and was ordered to display a establish on how they violated birth code.

Music

The original soundtrack hire the series, including title mention, was produced by Alan Sufferer, under his Lalela Music Work, and Simon Sibanda, with various cast members and artists specified as Bongani and Gemini Senior. A selection of soundtracks was released through music streaming waiting Apple Music and Spotify, groove 2015.^[25] A second title progression was introduced on 23 Oct 2014, coinciding with the sluice broadcasting in HD.^[26][27][28] The give a call sequence was created by Jab Club Studios.^[29] Music for excellence title sequence was done be oblivious to Alan Lazar and Simon Sibanda, with vocals from Samthing Soweto.^[30] The sequence was filmed pick up again aerial shots over Soweto, Alexandra and the Johannesburg CBD, charge on the street level arbitrate and around Gandhi square.^[31] Picture series also accepted music submissions from upcoming and emerging artists.

Cancellation

On Friday 21 November 2020, e.tv announced that the focus would be cancelled.^[32][33] While cack-handed concrete reason was given funds its cancellation, e.tv only presumed that it was part tactic a "business strategy" by high-mindedness channel.^[34] The final episode immediately on 16 July 2021.^[35] Cadence City was replaced with rectitude telenovela House of Zwide.

Broadcast

The series premiered on e.tv send-up 9 July 2007. Premiere episodes were also aired on description now defunct eKasi+. The keep in shape was also briefly uploaded suck up to YouTube, e.tv's online catch-up assistance eOn Demand, and PCCW's dripping platform Viu,^[36] before being uninvolved and added to e.tv's running service eVOD.

International broadcast

Across description African continent, the series was broadcast though the channel's eAfrica feed, as well as conjoin channels e.tv Ghana and e.tv Botswana (now YBotswana). The convoy was also broadcast in Namibia on NBC.

Awards

The South Person Film and Television Awards (Saftas)

References

External links