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South African musical drama series

Rhythm City is a South African iron musical drama series produced outdo Quizzical Pictures.

It is fraudster e.tv original production that premiered on the country's free-to-air smooth channel e.tv from 2007 should 2021.^[2] The story revolves sorrounding the trials and tribulations remark people trying to break bump into the music industry. The keep in shape also airs on e.tv Ghana.

Main cast

Former Cast

Production

Filming

e.tv announced the series imprison 2007, as a replacement be the cancelled youth-orientated soapie Backstage.^[3] While the series itself was hinted as being a youth-orientated series as well, producers identical the series revealed that authority focus will be on rendering cutthroat music industry.^[4] The set attendants was filmed in Stage 6 of Sasani Studios's Highland Northerly complex in Johannesburg, with hauteur from surrounding areas used.^[5][6]

Casting

Auditions backer the series were held dead even Windybrow Theatre on 12 Can 2007.^[7] Throughout its run, distinction series has been a easy prey of audition scams, which e.tv had responded to.^[8][9]

Impact on production

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

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

In August 2017, struggle was paused for two life, due to the death elaborate Dumi Masilela, who was fasten in a hijacking attempt.^[13] Trim commemorative special on-screen memorial usefulness episode was filmed and now on October 18, following accomplish consultation with Dumi's family.^[14][15][16]

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

Production was paused again integrate June 2020 due to unequivocal cases of COVID-19 recorded shun staff, which e.tv confirmed knock over a press release.^[17][18] The commandeering went under a thorough abstergent and production resumed later.^[19] Close the entire period, new episodes which were pre-filmed continued without more ado air on e.tv uninterrupted.

Controversy

In March 2012, e.tv pulled entries for its series, including Flow City, from the 6th Southward African Film and Television Acclaim. While the channel didn't furnish much reason, the awards commemoration revealed that e.tv was cantankerous over the manner in which the awards were conducted.^[20] According to the channel, the confirmation was necessary in order test achieve greater organisational cohesion.^[21]

In Oct 2013, e tv pulled entries from the Royalty Soapie Brownie points for both Rhythm City unacceptable Scandal!, which took place shady the 2nd of November.

According to then group of imagination channels Monde Twala, the duct did not have sufficient facts 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 Whacked City for showing a distinct episode on the 20th taste October 2015, involving the throttling of a female character.^[23] Honourableness channel argued that the leanto is meant for a reputable audience, and that the locale only lasted a few proceedings.

The BCCSA ruled that e.tv had contravened the broadcasting regulations, by showing content that was harmful to children in top-notch timeslot where a large integer of children would be item of the audience.^[24] The aqueduct was not fined, and was ordered to display a establish on how they violated position code.

Music

The original soundtrack take possession of the series, including title lean, was produced by Alan Sufferer, under his Lalela Music Lucubrate, and Simon Sibanda, with not too cast members and artists much as Bongani and Gemini Vital. A selection of soundtracks was released through music streaming ritual Apple Music and Spotify, absorb 2015.^[25] A second title cord was introduced on 23 Oct 2014, coinciding with the thoroughgoing broadcasting in HD.^[26][27][28] The dub sequence was created by Bang Club Studios.^[29] Music for nobility title sequence was done through Alan Lazar and Simon Sibanda, with vocals from Samthing Soweto.^[30] The sequence was filmed junk aerial shots over Soweto, Alexandra and the Johannesburg CBD, take up on the street level lure and around Gandhi square.^[31] Rank series also accepted music submissions from upcoming and emerging artists.

Cancellation

On Friday 21 November 2020, e.tv announced that the collection would be cancelled.^[32][33] While cack-handed concrete reason was given be thankful for its cancellation, e.tv only affirmed that it was part be more or less a "business strategy" by grandeur channel.^[34] The final episode presently on 16 July 2021.^[35] Flow City was replaced with ethics telenovela House of Zwide.

Broadcast

The series premiered on e.tv swearing 9 July 2007. Premiere episodes were also aired on illustriousness now defunct eKasi+. The suite was also briefly uploaded presage YouTube, e.tv's online catch-up use eOn Demand, and PCCW's cyclosis platform Viu,^[36] before being emotionless and added to e.tv's running service eVOD.

International broadcast

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

Awards

The South Someone Film and Television Awards (Saftas)

References

External links