Thanks to CNN, I now know that Nigeria’s blossoming film industry is number 3. That’s third place after Hollywood (duh!) and Bollywood.
I went to wikipedia’s Nollywood entry and here’s what I learned:
The efforts of early Nigerian filmmakers in the 1960s, like Ola Balogun and Hubert Ogunde, were frustrated by the high cost of film production. Nollywood, however, is a video movie industry—Nigerians call them “home videos.” All Nollywood movies are produced using digital video technology. Television broadcasting in Nigeria began in the 1960s and received much government support in its early years. By the mid-1980s every state had its own broadcasting station. Law limited foreign television content so producers in Lagos began televising local popular theater productions. Many of these were circulated on video as well, and a small scale informal video movie trade developed.
The report on CNN featured a production which had all the features of a low/no-budget production: a video camera and NO lights in sight. The scenes were shot in the blistering hot Nigerian sun so who needs a light at these circumstances! They could’ve used a reflector to soften the light but they probably wanted that gritty look – it looked like a ganster movie.
I bet these guys are buying Sony FX1 and Panasonic HVX200 by the dozen. They are shooting a movie a week – they need to shoot 20-30 setups a DAY!
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you’re right! Nollywood is taking off…
I found this intresting article relating to Nollywood’s success. Check it out…
http://www.mercatornet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=443
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THERE IS A GREAT NEED TO EMPHASISE TOP QUALITY IN HIGHLY CREATIVE STOREYLINE, ITS EXECUTION, ABSOLUTE CHARATER DISPLAY AMONG THE CAST BEYOND MERE MEMORIZATION AND EXPRESSION OF SRIPT, THEN THERE IS NEED TO ENLIST THE TECHNICAL INPUT AND SUPPORT OF LITERARY ICONS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES AND ELSEWHERE. THERE SHOULD BE NO REPEAT OF SAME STORYLINES.
WITH TIME AND EFFORT INVESTMENT, NOLLYWOOD WOULD BE THE BETTER FOR IT.
nollywood has abright future ahed of it
Nollywood is a force to reckon with but there is a long thorny way ahead to achieve the recognition it rightfully deserves.
We have set up the Nigerian Film Fund (NiFiFu) to raise production standards and look into new distribution models. It is out declared intention to penetrate the international film market.
Your are all invited to register your interest on our web site if you would like to invest in the Nigerian film industry better known as Nollywood. We are also looking for co-operation with producers/directors and writers and distributors.
Ken