MTV is currently filming“Clifton Shores,” a reality TV series about a group of mostly white, young people (four Americans and three South Africans “who serve as their guides to life in a new country”) working for an events company and “having fun” in Clifton, a wealthy district of Cape Town on the other side of Table Mountain.
Quinton van der Burgh is the coal tycoon who executive produced and conceptualized the show.
The show plays on comparisons with “Jersey Shore,” served up in the tagline — “new city … better beach … more drama.” But producer Clive Morris, of Clive Morris Productions, says that his more upmarket show has more in common with “The Hills” or “Laguna Beach.”
American David Kolko, who’s worked with MTV and VH1, was hired as “Clifton Shores” content producer to make sure the South African story was suited to American audiences.
Creative director Genna Lewis says “Clifton Shores” is “a classic fish-out-of-water story. It’s been fascinating watching this group of foreign girls come to this beautiful city and make it their home,” she says.
The series has been challenging for d.p. Sven Vosloo, who shot the 13-part, 30-minute series on three Panasonic AG-AF101s. He lowered one of the cameramen over the edge of Table Mountain, the flat-topped mount that looms 3,558 feet above Cape Town.
Notes Kolko: “We’ve also had our camera guy strapped to elephants; zip-lining down a mountain; shooting on the roof of a car at high speed; and filming Superman-style on the back of a van.”
“People suddenly know where Cape Town is, and are very interested in the story of American girls coming here to work for a local millionaire,” Morris says.
Sources: Africa is a country & Variety
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