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| Kate Henshaw |
Um, I do like the newfound fervor and patriotism for the Nigerian arts in general, I am particularly impressed with the music industry (applauding). Also, I appreciate the fact that our actors have found it safe to call acting in Nigeria a career. Its a sign of hope actually. If you doubt me, go listen to "Mi O Sha Ko Mo" by Remedies, especially the rap verse by Eedris Abdulkareem later made incredibly famous by Ruggedman's diss track. This is using the music industry as an example in making the point that we are evolving fast in the arts.
Back to Nollywood. I do agree with Kate Henshaw on the relative improvement of our film quality, especially with the fact that minor details are now being considered in most plots, settings, etcetera. Please note: I said "most"; because I sometimes, see the reflection of the entire film crew in sun shades worn by actors. I will not mention any movie name here. I saw a movie not too long ago, in which I could hear the foot steps of the camera man as he tried to move the camera along. We weren't even given the respect and honor of the camera rail rig, which is designed to avoid such annoyance. What about another one in which the camera man actually stretches out his hands to open a door, with the hand clearly visible in the movie?
One of my favorite websites is moviemistakes.com, where certain mistakes in popular Hollywood movies are identified and analyzed but I do observe that for you to have noticed those mistakes in the first place, your attention to detail would either be above average or your profession belongs in the movie business.
Don't get it twisted, I have my favorites here: "T'oluwa N'ile", "Abiku", "Things Fall Apart", "Saworo Ide"; the more recent ones: "Phone Swap", "Figurine", and most works by Tunde Kelani. The alluring traits with these movies for me are originality, the richer texture and feel for the audio and video. The bottomline is: we need originality, depth and overall quality. Being able to tell the end of the movie plot right from the onset, as is usually the case, is not a sign of a good movie. Let's start from there.
One of my favorite websites is moviemistakes.com, where certain mistakes in popular Hollywood movies are identified and analyzed but I do observe that for you to have noticed those mistakes in the first place, your attention to detail would either be above average or your profession belongs in the movie business.
Don't get it twisted, I have my favorites here: "T'oluwa N'ile", "Abiku", "Things Fall Apart", "Saworo Ide"; the more recent ones: "Phone Swap", "Figurine", and most works by Tunde Kelani. The alluring traits with these movies for me are originality, the richer texture and feel for the audio and video. The bottomline is: we need originality, depth and overall quality. Being able to tell the end of the movie plot right from the onset, as is usually the case, is not a sign of a good movie. Let's start from there.
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