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Big Brother StarGame’s winner, Keagan Petersen will be attending
Sunday's eviction show to share his experience about the show,
particularly the emotions that the current housemates may be feeling at
this point in the game.
He will also share how winning US$300,000 has changed his life and what he has been up to since StarGame. Entertaining patrons on Sunday's eviction show will also be Zimbabwean Hip-Hop sensation Tehn Diamond, who is expected to show off his raw lyrical power as the continent waits to see if their votes will keep their favourite housemate in the game. The Harare-born rapper, singer and songwriter has won acclamation around the world for his powerful lyrics and soulful sounds. Currently working on his debut album, The Perfect Tehn, Diamond first gave Africa a taste of his talent with his mixtape Student Of The Game: Higher Learning. So far in 2013, he has headlined the Harare International Festival of the Arts – and now takes his place on the Big Brother: The Chase stage for what promises to be an unmissable performance. He will also be joined on stage by Jnr Brown and DJ Take Fizzo. |
Nigeria Home Movies And Dwindling Inspiration
By: ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM on August 10, 2013 - 6:48am
Nigeria
movies are supposed to serve as a form of entertaining and enlightening
the public but of late, some critics believe their products are not too
inspiring, thereby leading the youths into delinquency. ANTHONY ADA
ABRAHAM, who spoke to some film critics, writes on modern crop of movies
and how it has impacted on the lives of people.
The movie industry (Nollywood) is popular and several interesting ones (movies) are usually produced per week. In recent times, people have continued to work hard in bringing the movie up to world standard; making it the second largest movie industry in the world. Yet, the clamour for more efforts to be made in order to improve the industry rages on.
The movies:
The movie industry is so important in Nigeria to the extent that President Goodluck Jonathan doled out a whooping N3billion to move it to its anticipated height.
However, there have been complaints from various quarters on the kind of movies that are being churned out to the public. Although there are rules and regulations on the form a movie should take just as the mind and rationale of the script writer matters.
The quality of some movies produced of late has decreased as the thrills, intrigues and suspense are far from what they used to be. The inspiration one would have gotten from a home video is fast fading just as the titles are no longer interesting. For once, a jacket could carry “Love Like Leke” while another would also say “Leke In London.” Some could be titled “Love In Widow” while another would be “The Window Is In love.” All these might seem funny and amusing. The similarity in the titles sometimes gets one confused as the movie itself does not depict the title. According to Francis, an ardent movie lover, “Nigeria movies are good but needed improvement because they are depreciating in standard as much as they are well patronised.”
The standard:
The standard is what makes Hollywood and Bollywood what they are today. While Bollywood has advanced technologically more than Nollywood, both collaborate with other internationally recognised industries to produce movies that involves big name. “You hardly find a movie Genevieve Nnaji, Olu Jacobs, Omotola Jalade, Pete Edochie, Francis Duru feature that would not keep you glued to the screen because of its standard. The production, picture and graphics are well worked on and it makes things easier and appreciable,” Sunday Samuel, a film critic says.
The thrills:
A movie like Flashback, Oracle and others are full of thrills that will surely get one glued to his TV set. Such standard, even when there was no hi-tech sophisticated cameras to really show the effect, proved from the script that the writer has something upstairs, and not just wanting to make production for sale.
Pete Edochie, for instance, was the lead character in that movie (Oracle) and he proved why he is a force to be reckoned with.
“Mortal Inheritance”, also is a 1995 movie that shot Omo Sexy (Omotola Jalade) to stardom. The movie was highly rated both locally and internationally• It will continue to ring bell in the minds of many movie lovers who knew what it means to interpret a script not minding the production. Like the Oracle, Mortal Inheritance was and will be one of Omotola’s best movies because it is ever green. Other movies like Glamour Girls, True Confessions and Black Arrow which spawned a new generation of great actors make the movie standard today. The thrills are fast fading away and needs to be considered.
The Production:
No matter how a script looks like, if the production is quark, then the central message that would accompany the picture would have been defeated. A movie that has to do with graphics, even if the funding is little could be of standard depending on the intellect of the producer. Production is the most important aspect of movie production. In Europe (Hollywood) and Indian, they collaborate with different companies just to get the best pictures and central message splendidly passed. For instance, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, could come together to produce a movie and at the end you get the best pictures ever. 3D, HD and whatever are introduced to make a good movie and the more the picture is crisp, the better the end result.
The piracy:
2face Idibia (also trying his hand in movie), in a recent interview he granted to media men, stated that the government is not serious on curbing piracy. He stressed the need for a level playing ground for producers and marketers to distribute their movie in order to curb the menace of piracy.
“Piracy is still a very massive issue because there is no control in terms of producing the CDs and no barcodes. You don’t even know where they are coming from,” Innocent Idibia, aka 2face, the Hip hop and RnB star, said.
“A policeman might be standing here, someone might be selling pirated copies of CD over there and he wouldn’t even look at it as though someone is committing a crime and he might even buy one, 2-face added.
Only a decade ago, there were only one or two compact disc production plants. Today there are over 28 in operation and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) cannot control or contain the cankerworm.
The establishment of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) to give advice to artists about copyright and licensing their music has not really changed anything as pirated movies and music are moving around the street recklessly and uncontrollably.
Way Forward:
As the saying goes, “what is what doing is what doing well.” Those responsible for movie production should scrutinise movies before they get into the market because standard is what will make the international community give Nollywood the accolades it deserves.
The movie industry (Nollywood) is popular and several interesting ones (movies) are usually produced per week. In recent times, people have continued to work hard in bringing the movie up to world standard; making it the second largest movie industry in the world. Yet, the clamour for more efforts to be made in order to improve the industry rages on.
The movies:
The movie industry is so important in Nigeria to the extent that President Goodluck Jonathan doled out a whooping N3billion to move it to its anticipated height.
However, there have been complaints from various quarters on the kind of movies that are being churned out to the public. Although there are rules and regulations on the form a movie should take just as the mind and rationale of the script writer matters.
The quality of some movies produced of late has decreased as the thrills, intrigues and suspense are far from what they used to be. The inspiration one would have gotten from a home video is fast fading just as the titles are no longer interesting. For once, a jacket could carry “Love Like Leke” while another would also say “Leke In London.” Some could be titled “Love In Widow” while another would be “The Window Is In love.” All these might seem funny and amusing. The similarity in the titles sometimes gets one confused as the movie itself does not depict the title. According to Francis, an ardent movie lover, “Nigeria movies are good but needed improvement because they are depreciating in standard as much as they are well patronised.”
The standard:
The standard is what makes Hollywood and Bollywood what they are today. While Bollywood has advanced technologically more than Nollywood, both collaborate with other internationally recognised industries to produce movies that involves big name. “You hardly find a movie Genevieve Nnaji, Olu Jacobs, Omotola Jalade, Pete Edochie, Francis Duru feature that would not keep you glued to the screen because of its standard. The production, picture and graphics are well worked on and it makes things easier and appreciable,” Sunday Samuel, a film critic says.
The thrills:
A movie like Flashback, Oracle and others are full of thrills that will surely get one glued to his TV set. Such standard, even when there was no hi-tech sophisticated cameras to really show the effect, proved from the script that the writer has something upstairs, and not just wanting to make production for sale.
Pete Edochie, for instance, was the lead character in that movie (Oracle) and he proved why he is a force to be reckoned with.
“Mortal Inheritance”, also is a 1995 movie that shot Omo Sexy (Omotola Jalade) to stardom. The movie was highly rated both locally and internationally• It will continue to ring bell in the minds of many movie lovers who knew what it means to interpret a script not minding the production. Like the Oracle, Mortal Inheritance was and will be one of Omotola’s best movies because it is ever green. Other movies like Glamour Girls, True Confessions and Black Arrow which spawned a new generation of great actors make the movie standard today. The thrills are fast fading away and needs to be considered.
The Production:
No matter how a script looks like, if the production is quark, then the central message that would accompany the picture would have been defeated. A movie that has to do with graphics, even if the funding is little could be of standard depending on the intellect of the producer. Production is the most important aspect of movie production. In Europe (Hollywood) and Indian, they collaborate with different companies just to get the best pictures and central message splendidly passed. For instance, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, could come together to produce a movie and at the end you get the best pictures ever. 3D, HD and whatever are introduced to make a good movie and the more the picture is crisp, the better the end result.
The piracy:
2face Idibia (also trying his hand in movie), in a recent interview he granted to media men, stated that the government is not serious on curbing piracy. He stressed the need for a level playing ground for producers and marketers to distribute their movie in order to curb the menace of piracy.
“Piracy is still a very massive issue because there is no control in terms of producing the CDs and no barcodes. You don’t even know where they are coming from,” Innocent Idibia, aka 2face, the Hip hop and RnB star, said.
“A policeman might be standing here, someone might be selling pirated copies of CD over there and he wouldn’t even look at it as though someone is committing a crime and he might even buy one, 2-face added.
Only a decade ago, there were only one or two compact disc production plants. Today there are over 28 in operation and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) cannot control or contain the cankerworm.
The establishment of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) to give advice to artists about copyright and licensing their music has not really changed anything as pirated movies and music are moving around the street recklessly and uncontrollably.
Way Forward:
As the saying goes, “what is what doing is what doing well.” Those responsible for movie production should scrutinise movies before they get into the market because standard is what will make the international community give Nollywood the accolades it deserves.
Nigeria Home Movies And Dwindling Inspiration
By: ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM on August 10, 2013 - 6:48am
Nigeria
movies are supposed to serve as a form of entertaining and enlightening
the public but of late, some critics believe their products are not too
inspiring, thereby leading the youths into delinquency. ANTHONY ADA
ABRAHAM, who spoke to some film critics, writes on modern crop of movies
and how it has impacted on the lives of people.
The movie industry (Nollywood) is popular and several interesting ones (movies) are usually produced per week. In recent times, people have continued to work hard in bringing the movie up to world standard; making it the second largest movie industry in the world. Yet, the clamour for more efforts to be made in order to improve the industry rages on.
The movies:
The movie industry is so important in Nigeria to the extent that President Goodluck Jonathan doled out a whooping N3billion to move it to its anticipated height.
However, there have been complaints from various quarters on the kind of movies that are being churned out to the public. Although there are rules and regulations on the form a movie should take just as the mind and rationale of the script writer matters.
The quality of some movies produced of late has decreased as the thrills, intrigues and suspense are far from what they used to be. The inspiration one would have gotten from a home video is fast fading just as the titles are no longer interesting. For once, a jacket could carry “Love Like Leke” while another would also say “Leke In London.” Some could be titled “Love In Widow” while another would be “The Window Is In love.” All these might seem funny and amusing. The similarity in the titles sometimes gets one confused as the movie itself does not depict the title. According to Francis, an ardent movie lover, “Nigeria movies are good but needed improvement because they are depreciating in standard as much as they are well patronised.”
The standard:
The standard is what makes Hollywood and Bollywood what they are today. While Bollywood has advanced technologically more than Nollywood, both collaborate with other internationally recognised industries to produce movies that involves big name. “You hardly find a movie Genevieve Nnaji, Olu Jacobs, Omotola Jalade, Pete Edochie, Francis Duru feature that would not keep you glued to the screen because of its standard. The production, picture and graphics are well worked on and it makes things easier and appreciable,” Sunday Samuel, a film critic says.
The thrills:
A movie like Flashback, Oracle and others are full of thrills that will surely get one glued to his TV set. Such standard, even when there was no hi-tech sophisticated cameras to really show the effect, proved from the script that the writer has something upstairs, and not just wanting to make production for sale.
Pete Edochie, for instance, was the lead character in that movie (Oracle) and he proved why he is a force to be reckoned with.
“Mortal Inheritance”, also is a 1995 movie that shot Omo Sexy (Omotola Jalade) to stardom. The movie was highly rated both locally and internationally• It will continue to ring bell in the minds of many movie lovers who knew what it means to interpret a script not minding the production. Like the Oracle, Mortal Inheritance was and will be one of Omotola’s best movies because it is ever green. Other movies like Glamour Girls, True Confessions and Black Arrow which spawned a new generation of great actors make the movie standard today. The thrills are fast fading away and needs to be considered.
The Production:
No matter how a script looks like, if the production is quark, then the central message that would accompany the picture would have been defeated. A movie that has to do with graphics, even if the funding is little could be of standard depending on the intellect of the producer. Production is the most important aspect of movie production. In Europe (Hollywood) and Indian, they collaborate with different companies just to get the best pictures and central message splendidly passed. For instance, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, could come together to produce a movie and at the end you get the best pictures ever. 3D, HD and whatever are introduced to make a good movie and the more the picture is crisp, the better the end result.
The piracy:
2face Idibia (also trying his hand in movie), in a recent interview he granted to media men, stated that the government is not serious on curbing piracy. He stressed the need for a level playing ground for producers and marketers to distribute their movie in order to curb the menace of piracy.
“Piracy is still a very massive issue because there is no control in terms of producing the CDs and no barcodes. You don’t even know where they are coming from,” Innocent Idibia, aka 2face, the Hip hop and RnB star, said.
“A policeman might be standing here, someone might be selling pirated copies of CD over there and he wouldn’t even look at it as though someone is committing a crime and he might even buy one, 2-face added.
Only a decade ago, there were only one or two compact disc production plants. Today there are over 28 in operation and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) cannot control or contain the cankerworm.
The establishment of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) to give advice to artists about copyright and licensing their music has not really changed anything as pirated movies and music are moving around the street recklessly and uncontrollably.
Way Forward:
As the saying goes, “what is what doing is what doing well.” Those responsible for movie production should scrutinise movies before they get into the market because standard is what will make the international community give Nollywood the accolades it deserves.
The movie industry (Nollywood) is popular and several interesting ones (movies) are usually produced per week. In recent times, people have continued to work hard in bringing the movie up to world standard; making it the second largest movie industry in the world. Yet, the clamour for more efforts to be made in order to improve the industry rages on.
The movies:
The movie industry is so important in Nigeria to the extent that President Goodluck Jonathan doled out a whooping N3billion to move it to its anticipated height.
However, there have been complaints from various quarters on the kind of movies that are being churned out to the public. Although there are rules and regulations on the form a movie should take just as the mind and rationale of the script writer matters.
The quality of some movies produced of late has decreased as the thrills, intrigues and suspense are far from what they used to be. The inspiration one would have gotten from a home video is fast fading just as the titles are no longer interesting. For once, a jacket could carry “Love Like Leke” while another would also say “Leke In London.” Some could be titled “Love In Widow” while another would be “The Window Is In love.” All these might seem funny and amusing. The similarity in the titles sometimes gets one confused as the movie itself does not depict the title. According to Francis, an ardent movie lover, “Nigeria movies are good but needed improvement because they are depreciating in standard as much as they are well patronised.”
The standard:
The standard is what makes Hollywood and Bollywood what they are today. While Bollywood has advanced technologically more than Nollywood, both collaborate with other internationally recognised industries to produce movies that involves big name. “You hardly find a movie Genevieve Nnaji, Olu Jacobs, Omotola Jalade, Pete Edochie, Francis Duru feature that would not keep you glued to the screen because of its standard. The production, picture and graphics are well worked on and it makes things easier and appreciable,” Sunday Samuel, a film critic says.
The thrills:
A movie like Flashback, Oracle and others are full of thrills that will surely get one glued to his TV set. Such standard, even when there was no hi-tech sophisticated cameras to really show the effect, proved from the script that the writer has something upstairs, and not just wanting to make production for sale.
Pete Edochie, for instance, was the lead character in that movie (Oracle) and he proved why he is a force to be reckoned with.
“Mortal Inheritance”, also is a 1995 movie that shot Omo Sexy (Omotola Jalade) to stardom. The movie was highly rated both locally and internationally• It will continue to ring bell in the minds of many movie lovers who knew what it means to interpret a script not minding the production. Like the Oracle, Mortal Inheritance was and will be one of Omotola’s best movies because it is ever green. Other movies like Glamour Girls, True Confessions and Black Arrow which spawned a new generation of great actors make the movie standard today. The thrills are fast fading away and needs to be considered.
The Production:
No matter how a script looks like, if the production is quark, then the central message that would accompany the picture would have been defeated. A movie that has to do with graphics, even if the funding is little could be of standard depending on the intellect of the producer. Production is the most important aspect of movie production. In Europe (Hollywood) and Indian, they collaborate with different companies just to get the best pictures and central message splendidly passed. For instance, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, could come together to produce a movie and at the end you get the best pictures ever. 3D, HD and whatever are introduced to make a good movie and the more the picture is crisp, the better the end result.
The piracy:
2face Idibia (also trying his hand in movie), in a recent interview he granted to media men, stated that the government is not serious on curbing piracy. He stressed the need for a level playing ground for producers and marketers to distribute their movie in order to curb the menace of piracy.
“Piracy is still a very massive issue because there is no control in terms of producing the CDs and no barcodes. You don’t even know where they are coming from,” Innocent Idibia, aka 2face, the Hip hop and RnB star, said.
“A policeman might be standing here, someone might be selling pirated copies of CD over there and he wouldn’t even look at it as though someone is committing a crime and he might even buy one, 2-face added.
Only a decade ago, there were only one or two compact disc production plants. Today there are over 28 in operation and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) cannot control or contain the cankerworm.
The establishment of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) to give advice to artists about copyright and licensing their music has not really changed anything as pirated movies and music are moving around the street recklessly and uncontrollably.
Way Forward:
As the saying goes, “what is what doing is what doing well.” Those responsible for movie production should scrutinise movies before they get into the market because standard is what will make the international community give Nollywood the accolades it deserves.
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