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Dreams

Dreams is a piece of work that simply tells a story of an American brand that collaborated with a South African visual artist who grew up in a small village of the place of a rising sun 'Mpumalanga' where success has no eye but he overcame all the obstacles and he became the first successful and most valuable creative from his village. His love for story telling has no boundaries as he tells a touching story through a Timberland t-shirt canvas. in this piece of work he gets into a meaningful journey explaining the creative approach and inspiration behind the artwork on t-shirt. The journey features along his mother and friends who have been supportive. Since then this collaboration is marked as one of the best a brand and an Artist has ever created.

  • Mzamo Bruce
    Director
  • Stanford Shumba
    Director
  • Mzamo Bruce
    Writer
  • Mzamo Bruce
    Producer
  • Mzamo Bruce
    Key Cast
  • Welcome Kgwedi
    Key Cast
  • Zaba Mokoena
    Key Cast
  • Nancy Mokoena
    Key Cast
  • Nqubeko Dlamini
    Film Score Composer
    Audio Trading
  • Sofra Sounds
    Film Score Composer
    Sofrasounds
  • Alexi Action
    Film Score Composer
    Alexiaction
  • Stanford Shumba
    Director Of Photography
    Stanshotit
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 7 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 1, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    1,590 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    South Africa
  • Country of Filming:
    South Africa
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RAW Light
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Trace Studios
    Distributor
    Country: South Africa
    Rights: Internet, Video / Disc, Free TV, Paid TV
Director Biography - Mzamo Bruce, Stanford Shumba

Mzamo Bruce (born May 26, 1997) is a South African filmmaker, who wears many hats as a producer, director, creative designer, cinematographer and editor. He is best known for taking part in establishing the first hybrid Television station in Mpumalanga (Rising Sun TV).

Bruce was amongst the Top 20 finalist in the category of international young creatives brought by the iemmys academy in New York City. His short narrative film "free yourself" made him the only South African filmmaker who ever made it to the top 20 international creative finalists in 2021. He was part of the Trace Studio's creative team that develops and produce short and long format content for global film and television markets. He served as a Multi Media Manager at Trace Studios. He is currently developing and producing TV formats, Documentaries and Brand work with Known Associates and Zero Gravity TV.

The creative got his major shine when he collaborated with a clothing brand "Timberland". He wrote, produced and co-directed a short documentary "Dreams" of his collaboration.

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Director Statement

I decided to write, produce and direct this special piece of work named D.R.E.A.M.S after i collaborated with a big clothing brand "Timberland". Although the collaboration was strictly about an artwork, i felt the need to document the process and tell a story that is going to live and carry my name even when i pass on from this world.

A shirt alone was not going to do justice in telling the story that was in my mind. since everybody was going to interpret the artwork differently. I thought it was better for me to take the viewers and the consumers of the product to a journey and explain my creative approach, inspirations and also share gratitude to the brand itself. I believe my purpose in life is to do amazing things that would be remembered and get to be seen by generations and generations.

This piece of work is also my introduction to those who really don't know me, where I am from and where I grew up. Best believe that I have written the creative deck, drafted a plan, wrote a script, recorded voice-over, and edited video on my own. I am a very appreciative person that is why I decided to do call upon my mother and friends who have been my pilar of strength to shoot this personal documentary with them so that we can have an ever lasting product together. I wanted to to share my success and rejoice with them.

The look and feel was achieved through a natural low light. I wanted to give viewers the freedom to experience a natural African cinema without any colour disturbance. I am not really a fan of colourful cinema i mostly prefer vintage looks. my look and feel was also inspired by natural vintage looks. I look good natural but i had to add some elements that was going to grasp everybody's attention to look at me. i achieved that by colouring my hair white, to match with the shirt.

The title name D.R.E.A.M.S came from the inspiration of the artwork. It is aligned with the production of this project, every moment felt like I was living my dream at a same time it seemed like I was working on my dreams. This project amaze me because I had creative freedom to turn my vision into this craft.

Time span of production for this project was 6months. it was shot in two provinces of the Southern Africa " Gauteng and Mpumalanga".