JOHNNY TAUTE CV 2010 by i-Line Films

CV Johan Frederick Taute

E-mail: Johnny@iline.co.za Web: www.iline.co.za

1163 Newman Street Queenswood Pretoria South Africa 0186 Cell: +27 83 273 3088 TEL/FAX: 086 502 8403

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Surname: Names: Nick Names: Date of birth: ID no: Cell number: Residential address: Postal address:

INTRODUCTION TAUTE JOHAN FREDERICK JOHNNY 16th APRIL 1964 640416 5093 087 +27832733088 1163 NEWMAN STREET QUEENSWOOD PRETORIA 0186

Citizenship: Gender: Marital Status: Children: Home Languages:

SOUTH AFRICAN MALE MARRIED to OANITA SUSAN. GIGI-BLU (25-12-2007) AFRIKAANS / ENGLISH

Last school attended: Highest standard passed: Year of study:

H VERWOERD HIGH SCHOOL MATRIC / GRADE 12 1982

Subjects: . ENGLISH . AFRIKAANS . HISTORY . BIOLOGY . METAL SHOP . BUSINESS ECONOMICS Diplomas: Current Study:

JOURNALISM & CREATIVE WRITING TELEVISION SCRIPTWRITING ASSOCIATE DEGREE

Johnny (J F Taute) was born in 1964 in Pretoria as the second oldest of 6 children. His Father, J H F Taute was an artisan while his mother, Anne, worked at the national telecommunication company. He matriculated in Pretoria in 1982 at the High School Hendrick Verwoerd. At school he excelled at sport and represented them in the first Rugby and cricket teams for two years. (1981 & 1982) He also played tennis, soccer, chess and swimming for the school and was a cheer leader and as a cadet leader with the rank of corporal. Johnny showed an affinity for the stage and writing and took part in several high school stage plays as lead actor and writer in the three final years of high school.

.. . Today Johnny is a proficient: • Entrepreneur and business owner including aspects of standard and digital marketing: www.iline.co.za • Production manager on all aspects of video production from writing full production proposals for broadcast, documentary & corporate productions and multi-media to managing such productions. • Researcher of corporate and narrative material • Journalist for documentary and broadcast programmes • Script writer for the corporate, training and broadcast market- Final Draft • Director and DOP of corporate, training and documentary programmes • Video editor on Final Cut Pro together with Motion and Sound Track Pro • Graphic artist, Cartoonist and animator Photoshop, Light room, Corel, and Pencil Check Pro. • Music video producer • Experienced trainer of prospective videographers, audio crews and photographers and publisher on ISSUU: www.issuu.com/ilinefilms • Mentor for entrepreneurs starting their own SMME’s Johan Frederick Taute is currently registered at Penn Foster College (student nr: 70635520) studying an Associate Degree in Business Management with an option in Marketing. Address: 14300 N. Northsight Blvd. Suite 111 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 480-947-6644 He is also an ordained reverend of the Universal Ministries behalf at the Milford church. Address: 201 N. Chicago Street Milford, IL. 60953 (Effective 4/9/2009) (Edited letter attached)

Due to the financial constraints within the family Johnny could not study at a university or college and joined the SA Police in 1983 to do compulsory military service.

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VIDEO

Johnny learned his video skills as a newbie in the SA Police and went on to start his own production company as per the following CV: SA Police (1983 -1988) Video-unit Johnny received a shoulder operation (Rugby injury) at the end of 1982. So when he joined the SAP in January 1983 he was placed at the Villieria Police station (precinct) to heal before going to the academy in July 1983. Johnny was placed at the media office of the public relations department after graduating from the academy. In early 1984 he showed an interest and aptitude for the electronic media and was placed at the Video unit as a sound engineer. Johnny undertook self study in this field until he received official video training in 1988. *(ANNEX 8)

.. . He soon acquired camera & editing skills through self study too and moved on to filming, editing and directing over 30 video productions on Hi-Band, Betacam & Hi8 format. The programmes were mainly training films focused on: Firearm safety, Special Task Force (SWAT) training, K9 handler’s training and Vehicle driving skills. He filmed journalistic events on homicides and crime for TV and investigations. Johnny was awarded the rank of Sergeant in 1986 before he resigned with full honours in 1988 to join First national bank. He concluded further compulsory annual Policing duties as prescribed by the SA Police until 1994 and is still a member of the Sector Policing for his neighbourhood. During this time, Johnny started an acting career (as freelance actor) and soon had bit part in a national television series named “Schooldays” and went on to act in a couple of Afrikaans and English comedies and dramas and Christian programmes for radio and video. First National Bank (1988- 1989) Johnny joined training department of First National Bank in 1988 in Johannesburg and completed a (Live broadcast) Television Course at Wits University. (ANNEX 5) For the bank he filmed: Training productions, corporate communications and a quarterly news programmes called “Network.” During his stay he completed internal training certificate courses in “Management Principles” and “Human Relations”. Johnny specialised as camera operator (Betacam) and co-director for 18 months. University of Pretoria (1989 – 2002) Faculty of Health Sciences In 1989 Johnny was appointed at the Faculty of Health Sciences to start & head up a Multi-media & Video-unit and assist in the training of undergraduate and postgraduate students at the medical faculty, at the Faculty of Veterinary Science (Onderstepoort) and the Faculty of Dentistry at the Univ. of PTA. He produced video, audio, Graphics and multi-media programmes from research, script writing to full production on subjects such as: • Equine surgery & veterinary procedures • Nursing training • In Vitro fertilization • Dentistry • Surgery and Physiotherapy • Marketing & student recruitment videos for all department • Video productions & Multi-media (Quest) for the Medical Skill development lab. When Johnny arrived to start the department, the equipment on the inventory was low-band cameras and 2 x low band recorders. He was the first person in 1998 to introduce a PC into his office in the Faculty to replace the Word processor (DOS) and when he resigned in 2002, he had fully modified the video unit into a full digital production facility.

.. . In 1995 his department merged with the Multi-media studio at the main campus of Pretoria University. Johnny scripted, filmed, edited and directed programmes on subject matter for departments such as: History, African languages, the Construction industry, Sport, Agriculture & various others. His duties entailed: • Video camera filming • Betacam AB editing • Non-linear editing (Avid, Pinnacle Silver, Toaster & Casablanca Krön) • OB VAN directing • Floor management and live mixing (In studio) • Teleconferencing via ISDN • 2D cartoon Animation (AMIGA) • Graphic design and cartooning (Photoshop & Corel) He was involved in award winning productions: • In 1994 Johnny secured the Institute for Instinctual Media’s (South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education’s) media prize for University of Pretoria for: The best Multi-Media Learning Resource together with Dr Herman van der Merwe. This was awarded for programmes on Dentistry. (ANNEX 1) •

In 1995 he was awarded their: Media Prize for the best Video Production: “NOT Just another brick in the wall.” (ANNEX 2)

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Johnny produced ads for marketing student’s annual competition with RAU and the AAA Marketing School. He produced 3 winners over 4 years.

As freelance actor and presenter he continued as on-camera presenter on educational programmes for: Univ. of Pretoria, SASOL, & Christian -TV and he recorded voice-overs for such video programs. On the educational front Johnny archived the following: • 1991: Completed diploma in “TV script writing and Creative writing” at Success College. (ANNEX 3) • 1998: Obtained diploma in Journalism at Intec College. (ANNEX 4) • 1998: Completed the scriptwriter’s course of the ATKV. • 1999: Completed a UP web designer’s course. (ANNEX 9) In 2001 Johnny returned to the Faculty of Health care on request of the Dean of the faculty to produce Multi-media material and Inter-active CD ROM programmes at their Skills Lab and for all health departments. Johnny played the supporting role in Leon Schuster’s (“Mister Bones”) comedy feature “Sweet & short” as the captain of the Makulu rugby team in 1993 and continued to act bit parts in local TV dramas. As sportsman he continued to play action cricket and played for the Harlequins club in Pretoria and later as a senior member of the Silverton Rugby first XIV until 1994 when they beat SA Police to win the league.

.. . Johnny won the 1999 National Step Championship and assisted in gym training at Interfit Gym in Pretoria. (ANNEX 10) Freelance productions Johnny started to freelance as “Taute Productions: (1990 -2002) to produce video programmes for corporate clients such as: • Johnson & Johnson • DANSAC Medical • ABI Coca-cola • PG Float Glass • Health management companies and • Anglo Platinum. • He concentrated on his love for cartooning and animation and sketched 2 books on the 20 (Kaizen) keys for workplace improvement in the mining and mineral sectors for mining companies Anglo Platinum and Impala Platinum and animated inserts for TV programmes. Dream Merchant (2002 -2003) In 2002 Johnny partnered up with a corporate client and started Dream Merchant as director of the video company. •

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He worked as director on corporate productions for Anglo Platinum and on Broadcast programmes for the investigative TV series called “Carte Blanche” on subjects such women boxing, science and Makhaya Ntini. (sport) He worked as DOP on several documentary productions both in SA and in Israel where he filmed “Cave dwellers” and “Saving Jesus” and worked on a journalistic documentary film (“For all to see”) for the national broadcaster’s (SABC) series. His interest in the history of the Bible (studied 6 times complete from Genesis to Revelations) and religion assisted in the completion of several more Christian programmes for TV programmes such as “In Pas.” Productions were produced with digital Sony and Canon cameras and editing was done on Pinnacle’s Liquid Purple and Liquid Gold.

After 18 months Johnny resigned to form his own production company. i-LINE FILMS cc (2003 - Current) Johnny started i –LINE FILMS cc to produce training, corporate & broadcast videos. He started the company with less than $ 7000. Johnny is currently the sole owner of the company. (ANNEX 7) Sensible management principles and entrepreneurial skills were acquired through self study and research and reading books such as “10 day MBA” and the “Rich dad “ series and magazines such as “Entrepreneur.” The production company is the National Small Business Chamber’s current National Small Business Champion (2009-2010) and has more than $ 500 000 worth of assets. (ANNEX 6 & 11)

.. . The venture survived the global crisis is 2009 -2010 through the employment of sound economic principles. Johnny has been contracted by the office of the King of the Royal Bafokeng since 2002 to assist in electronic media and photography. Platinum is mined on the properties of The Royal Bafokeng in South Africa. i-Line films also serves the subsidiaries of the Royal Bafokeng such as Royal Bafokeng Holdings, Royal Bafokeng sport and Royal Bafokeng Administration. When it comes to producing music videos he has extensive experience in creating video for the Christian music market for a series named “Gospel Gold.” Secular videos are not excluded and he has produced productions for local artists too. Although i-Line films is a production facility and not a film school, Johnny compiles various books and manuscripts for the personnel, students and prospective filmmakers on subjects ranging from amongst others: “Stating your own Business,” “Marketing your business,” “Basic Video & Photography course,” and “Directing” to better themselves in business and video production. (Manual examples attached B1 – B4) All i-Line personnel, previous and current have all been trained in-house by Johnny Taute. Johnny publishes an online magazine called DIRECT on ISSUU (www.issuu.com/ilinefilms ) for aspiring video directors and he is an avid writer of blogs on a variety of subjects on WordPress.com (www.iline.co.za) and www.move.co.za for such film students. The FIFA SWC 2010 has selected the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg as a venue and Johnny Taute had full FIFA accreditation to enter any FIFA stadium and any pitch. i-Line films had 2 media accreditations for the stadium as well and Johnny and all his employees had full accreditation for the Royal Marang Hotel and for filming the England Football team. To date Johnny was accredited and filmed personalities amongst others: • SA Presidents Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. • The Dali Lama • Richard Branson • USA VP Joe Biden and President Bill Clinton. • Sport personalities such as: Pele, Springboks (Under John Smit) and All Blacks (lead by Ritchie Macaw.)

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BROADCAST

Please find a record of Broadcast productions as follows: • 1984: Filming news events - SABC news or in International documentary programmes. (Hi-Band and BETACAM) • 1985: Contributed to the TBN documentary on Chemical warfare in Angola and filmed & directed episodes of “You - The target” on SABC’s “Good Morning South Africa.” • 1990: “What a beautiful world” focused on the growing number of street kids in Sunnyside and the dangers they faced. • 1995: DOP of “Return of the Tsetse fly” in Mozambique, Zambia and

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Malawi & DOP of “KUSOMA” a programme screened at the international Women’s Conference in Beijing. 2002: 2 x Documentaries in Israel: “Cave dwellers & Saving Jesus” 2002: Filmed “For All to See”, documentary on SABC3’s “Expressions” 2002 -2008: Carte Blanche inserts such as “Profile on Makhaya Ntini”, “Star Fish Foundation” etc. 2003: Edited “Oulap se Rooi” for KYKNET 2003: DOP on the Christian SABC’s series “Hosanna.” 2003 - 2010 Directed and edited syndicated documentaries on the History of the Royal Bafokeng nation in Rustenburg. 2007: Directing cameraman and producer on documentary film “Tortured Souls” shown at Hot Docs Canada 2007* 2008: Series producer and director for KYKNET: “Reise & Soetkyse” a travel magazine show. 2009: Director and DOP on Documentaries in SA and USA: “Wounded Healer” and “Issicongo.” 2010: Editor of inserts of Christian TV series “In Pas.” 1984 -2010: Filmed journalism events in countries such as: Angola, Brazil, Botswana, China, England, Ethiopia, Ghana, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malawi, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Singapore, Swaziland and Switzerland, UAE, USA (Atlanta, California, Detroit, Tennessee & Washington DC), Zimbabwe and Zambia.

*Documentary on Serial Homicide (Tortured Souls) screened at Toronto Film Festival: Link to this 6 part series on YouTube: Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omGwmESaEhc Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSOOgutF4mU&feature=channel Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaO6jDthfyM Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7OFnaVDL7c Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx7qZO8blrk Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7TS6kEe3Eg • • 2006 -2008: Directing music videos for SABC 3’s “Gospel Gold.” • 2009: Written, directed, filmed in the USA & edited the documentary: “Wounded Healer” and edited “Isicongo” for SABC2’s Documentary Series called: “You don’t know me.” • 2010: Editing on the Christian TV series “In Pas.”

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CORPORATE & TRAINING

The following is a list of corporate productions where Johnny was involved as writer, director, camera operator and on-line editor. •

2001: Assisted in gaining ISO 14001 for the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine (Anglo Platinum)

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2001 – 2008: Written, filmed and directed video productions for corporate clients such as ABI Coca-Cola, Anglo Platinum and various other prestigious clients as tabled below:

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Ti Production Client Year “Hope for the future” Documentary on preventing stomach Cancer for DANSAC Medical 1996 Linear cutter Product Release Johnson & Johnson 1997 “The Managed Health Care Alternative” Product Release TELEMED & MX HEALTH 1998 “African Blue” Documentary on the prevention of HIV / aids for ABI Cocacola 1999 “Disclosing the future” Product Release TOP INFO 1999 “Not just another brick in the hole” Training of Students of Building for Institute in SA. BIFSA 1997-1999 “Shaping our world” Environmental awareness to gain ISO 14001 for Anglo Platinum 2001 “BOND 005”’ Introduction to new products Trans Caledonia Tunnel Authority in 2001 “MWU Solidarity” Info on organization and Recruitment of members MWU Solidarity 2002 “Royal Bafokeng Kingdom” Includes RB Sport, RB Holdings, -Administration and RB Institute. Public Awareness / News, Corporate communication etc. Royal Bafokeng Kingdom 2002 – 2010 ABI Coca- Cola Public Awareness / News, Corporate communication etc. ABI 2002 – 2008 AMPATH pathologists Corporate AMPATH Labs 2005 Small Enterprise Development AgencyDept of Trade & Industry SA: News, Corporate communication etc. seda 2003 – 2009 Productivity SA Dept of Trade & Industry SA: News, Corporate communication etc. NPI 2006 – 2009 Rand Building Hydraulics News, Corporate communication. RBH 2007 – 2010 CHUBB Security Training videos CHUBB 2007 – 2010 SARENS corporate & training videos & printed media 2008 -2010 Omega Risk Solutions corporate and induction programmes 2006 -2009 Transnet corporate and media programmes 2007 -2010 PUTCO corporate 2007 – 2009 VODACOM Corporate 2009 - 2010 SITA Corporate 2010 DENEL aviation Corporate 2010 CSIR Corporate 2010 Please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8f-Aso8pJw to watch the SARENSSA video 3D animation shorts for CSIR in 2010

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SPORT

Johnny Taute has been producing sports programmes and photography on various levels and ranging from single camera to multiple cameras filming to OB Van set-up for:

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Athletics, swimming, cricket, sky diving, karate, rugby and hockey for the University of Pretoria. Soccer: Coca-Cola Cup & Confederations Cup 09, Soccer: RBN sports palace: Telkom Charity Cups, BP top 8 and Mandela Challenge for Royal Bafokeng Holdings / Platinum Stars. SAMBA soccer 2006 – 20010. National Games in Mongolia. School sports: Rugby, hockey and athletics. Int. Rugby at Loftus: SA vs. Wales 2005 & at Phokeng: SA vs. NZ 2006 Golf: First National Bank 1989 Aerobics: National step challenge. Motor sport at Kyalami and Swartkops Horse racing and challenges for SAPS Fishing & Micro light for corporate sponsors. Para Motor Boogie Champs 2006 (KYKNET) 2010 Soccer World Cup: SANTANDER (Brazil), Royal Marang & Royal Bafokeng

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CARTOON/ ANIMATION

Johnny has been cartooning 2D cartoons and animations as well as 3D animations for the past 15 years. • • • •

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TV shows such as Liesel Eislen’s “X-peri shop” (SABC) Video productions such as “Run, yell and tell” to combat the sexual abuse of children. Illustrated 2 Complete books on 20 Keys to workshop improvement (Kaizen) for Anglo Platinum and Impala Platinum. Designed and developed cartoon characters/ mascots for comics and features: Monthly cartoon strip in the magazine “Solidarity.” Proficient with Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop & as a “Pencil Check Pro” animator.

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Johnny trains all of the employees working for the company. i-Line Films boasts a tremendously successful and proven skills training programme. We develop our students through practical applications. All training starts with

.. . a quality photographic course before the students are immersed into the deep video pool as they are trained to shoot, edit and direct videos. Initial Skills Transfer started in 2002 •

2004 -2004: Derick went on to start his own enterprises in 2004/5 and Albert is a school teacher.

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2004: Lesa van Rooyen joined Johnny’s company in 2004 as a junior photographer and first full time student. Lesa is now accomplished in video filming, editing and photography. She went on to join the “Economist Group” in 2009 as photographer.

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2004: Jennelee Dreyer was Johnny’s fourth candidate, specialising in photography while touching on the basics of video editing. Jennelee was self sustainable by end 2007 and is currently the owner of her own venture.

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2005: Piet-Hein Taute trained as part time “grip” on dolly & tracks as well as mini-jib.

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2005: Lebogang Bogopane and Patricia Mosito joined the first 5 year fully fledged programme. Lebogang and Patricia are from the North West province. Special accommodation arrangements were set in to place and i-Line films obtained a two bedroom duplex to serve as a hostel for them. They undergo a dynamic 5 Year training programme until the end of 2010.

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2006: Shani Kuhn joined as our last student in January 2006. It took only 8 Months to train Shani and make her employable. She is currently employed as a video director and on-line editor.

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2008: Dirk Pieters started is training in 2008. Dirk is an accomplished photographer

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2008: Jean Pohl started training. Today, Jean is a skilled audio technician, music composer, cameraman and video editor.

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2009: Desiree Moila a film school student required practical experience and we extended her the invitation to work with us on productions. She was able to find employment in the industry directly afterwards.

The vision of our skills programme is as follows: • To train candidates to be a skilled photographer by the end of the first year of study and have a basic understanding of video production. Where needed, driver’s licences are obtained. • To train candidates to be a skilled photo journalist by the end of the second year of study and level one video cameraman. • By end third year, the student must be able to script, film and edit a basic production as a journalist. Sound management principles are taught to ensure a stable business. • The 4th and 5th years are the practical years and here the student will be used to do full scale productions.

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BLOG & PODCAST

As an ongoing training programme and to assist novice filmmakers in all arrears of filmmaking, Johnny blogs and podcasts regularly on various sites such as: www.mov-e.co.za and on the i-Line films’ site at www.iline.co.za. Johnny also writes and posts a bi-annual news letter (www.iline.co.za) on the progress of i-Line films and their clientele. Corporate productions are also posted on i-Line films’ YouTube site.

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ACTING

Please find a list of acting accreditations below: • 1983 He played a bit-part in the TV series “Skooldae.” • 1985 Comedy series “Orkney Snork nie.” As a cop • 1986 Soapy “Egoli” as a doctor • 1989 Comedy film. Leon Schuster’s “Sweet & short” as the captain of the Makulu rugby team. • 1993: Bit actor in French TV production “Crocodile pond” • 1989 -2000 Various bit parts in TV series: Jo’burg blues, Sonkring, Laksman, Grondbaronne, Triptiek & Jackpot.”

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IN CLOSING

AWARDS: • 1994: South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education’s award for: The best Multi-media Learning Resource • 1995 South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education’s award for: Media prize for the best Video Production. • 2009 -2010: i-Line films is the National Small Business Chamber’s Small Business Champion. I thank you for taking the time to get acquainted with me. For more info please visit Johan Frederick Taute’s company website: www.iline.co.za