The same, only different.
The Virtual National Arts Festival received
no less than 88 questions during a recent public webinar on how this year’s
Festival will work. You can find the full report on the webinar on the NAF
website, and we‘ll highlight one or two of the questions that came up as ideas
continue to develop over the next few weeks.
Bantu Mtshiselwa asked us to paint a visual
picture of what audiences can expect and how they can access the vNAF, so here
goes...
Audiences will go to the Festival website
and choose what they would like to do in the same way that they might when
attending the live Festival. For example, they may choose to purchase a curated
content package that they can watch at a time that suits them, or they may
choose to watch the open access pre-recorded work available as ‘video on
demand’. They may like to attend a live webinar or workshop, go to a Facebook
‘watch party’ or look through the virtual visual art and craft galleries.
There will be some free events and some
that will be behind a ‘pay gate’. Audiences will be able to purchase ‘passes’
that will allow them to watch the pre-packaged daily programme content or
‘tickets’ to single pre-recorded items or events; they will also be able to
click through to live streamed events held on third-party platforms such as
Facebook, YouTube or Instagram.
Film, jam sessions, debates, workshops,
poetry, dance and animation – audiences can look forward to a full, diverse and
exciting menu – expect to have fun; to marvel and delight; to be challenged,
inspired, and moved.
eTV interviewed National Arts Festival CEO
Monica Newton about the decision to take the Festival online in 2020. Watch the
full interview at:
https://www.etv.co.za/news/national-arts-festival-goes-virtual?utm_source=National+Arts+Festival&utm_campaign=f99326fc89-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_3_5_2018_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d2398227f0-f99326fc89-259175121
RIGHTS & ROYALTIES WEBINAR
The National Arts Festival is putting
together a short webinar on copyright issues and royalties. The Zoom webinar
will explain the regulations and the practicalities of ensuring that artists’
rights are protected. SAMRO and DALRO will be represented on the panel as well
as scriptwriters, musicians and an attorney specialising in copyright law.
The webinar will take place on May 8 at
16h00. To participate, sign up at
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4215885297284/WN_c2AKQecxTZ2-35Q1Nyb-xA?utm_source=National+Arts+Festival&utm_campaign=f99326fc89-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_3_5_2018_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d2398227f0-f99326fc89-259175121
For more information email faq@nationalartsfestival.co.za
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