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Yes I think Funke Akindele comes first because of her versatility den I'll give d next to Nse ikpe etim,funny as it may sound my third is Omoni oboli |
bennyrazz: Decent ladies don't wear ankle chain, waist beads aka ileke, mascara, eyelashes, nails, G-strings and the rest. They wear whatever is moderateI'm tired of Nigerians dat talk like this,I've seen ladies that wear dem and YES! they look decent act decent its just a fashion trend,so if I do d illuminati sign naw I'm among them shebi |
I witnessed it jare,I gats no blood sha |
Y2KStyles: Free fashion styles by the minutesAdunola is just 2 pretty you all shld follow her on instagram @adunola to see her fashion styles |
pDude: I dey laff like Bola Tilumbulaughing at rotten teeth that can buy u urself |
skyrocketters: his leveraging on his father's wealthits a fucking private jet and its even small it ain't worth that amount. brand new Gulfstream 550 might cost you upwards of $50m. Then there are private airliners with custom made interiors which make that look like pocket change. For most people a good first aircraft is something like a Learjet 45. It’s got 8 proper seats, a good WC, 4 hour range and strong performance. A 2001 aircraft with 4,500 hours will go for around $3m.so u see |
FrancisTony: You don't seem to be commenting reasonably on any thread apart from shouting body bleaching up and down.u mean d damilola adegbite that just got purposed to,the damilola adegbite girl that is clean and clear from media,the damilola adegbite girl that doesn't have any sex scandal or anything.....THEN IF IT HER I DMH 4 U |
what has Kim got to do with dis.and Kim doesn't even look bad naw |
new2020: Typical Yoruba negative comments. They can't compete, can't win and will rather resort to negativity and hate.and ull be d first to call foul play when a racism is mentioned in football .......smh 4 u |
oluseyiforjesus: On a serious note;ds girl is nt beautiful only privileged to hv a good skin joorDid she maintain her good skin(YES)y u hating....I implore u to please show ur girlfriends pics so u can define beauty to us |
I think I'll go with POMPEII |
a big company. He passed the initial interview, and now would meet the director for the final interview. The director discovered from his CV that the youth’s academic achievements were excellent. He asked, “Did you obtain any scholarships in school?” the youth answered “no”. ” Was it your father who paid for your school fees?” "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.” he replied. ” Where did your mother work?” “My mother worked as clothes cleaner.” The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect. ” Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?” “Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Besides, my mother can wash clothes faster than me. The director said, “I have a request. When you go home today, go and clean your mother’s hands, and then see me tomorrow morning. The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back home, he asked his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to her son. The youth cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother winced when he touched it. This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fees. The bruises in the mother’s hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his education, his school activities and his future. After cleaning his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother. That night, mother and son talked for a very long time. Next morning, the youth went to the director’s office. The Director noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes, when he asked: “Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?” The youth answered,” I cleaned my mother’s hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes’ “I know now what appreciation is. Without my mother, I would not be who I am today. By helping my mother, only now do I realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done on your own. The director said, “This is what I am looking for in a manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life.” “You are hired.” This young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and worked as a team. The company’s performance improved tremendously. A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop an “entitlement mentality” and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent’s efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. You can let your child live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch on a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your child learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done. Try to forward this story to as many as possible…this may change somebody’s fate. |
Are your parents siblings?[/quote]I think this s d best I've heard |
rill: English F9sure UNIVERSITY OF IKEJA right? |
Jcob: Please help! Got waste indomie mixed with fat and calcium for my dog. But he won't just eat. Tried all I could. . . .He would just smell and leave. What can I dotry mixing d food with blended crayfish d dog would just munch and look for the fish till it eats finish |
Man has been telling stories much before he learned to write. Through cave paintings, through epics passed on to generations as oral tradition, and then subsequently through different forms of the written word, poetry, plays, novels, operas, songs, comic books, photo features and eventually cinema, the human urge to tell stories has never been satiated, nor has our desire to listen to one. Between all these forms or media of communicating a story there have been some common elements, and then there have been story elements unique to a certain medium. Similarly, what type or kind of stories will work on one medium vis a vis another is also something we have been discovering all this while. For me, personally, it has been a matter of great fulfilment to try to understand the dynamics of cinematic storytelling and how telling a story on film is different from other forms of human expression. In this post, I have tried to briefly summarise some elements of storytelling with respect to the motion picture. This, in my opinion, is only an introduction to the world of cinematic storytelling. So here they are, the eight narrative elements of film: 1. Character: If there is one element of good stories that is common through all ages and narrative forms, and if there is one unbroken rule of successful storytelling, it is this - creating compelling characters whose story the world would want to listen. We, and our society, are obsessed with this incorrigible need to create heroes whom we can look upto, heroes whom we can admire, care for, whose wins matter to us, whose losses we hate to endure. Creating an unforgettable, relatable, likeable protagonist, and making him or her face a ruthless, mean, unforgiving antagonist has been the most common recipe of several great stories. And then, you need to add to the mix an interesting ensemble of supporting characters, an 'orchestration' where the individual parts complement each other like different musical instruments playing together to create a moving symphony. Think of any film you love, and you can be certain that it has great characters. Even writers who have broken different rules of film writing, read Quentin Tarantino et al, have not been able to break this one absolute rule. You want to write a film that the world loves? Make the audience invest in your characters, and the sooner the better. 2. Plot: A story is always a journey that its characters take. Whether it is a self-reflective, internal monologue of a novel, or an adventure ride of a movie - the characters, especially the protagonist(s), undertake an emotional or physical journey that causes some change in them by the end. The course of this journey is marked by events - incidents and experiences that the protagonist faces. The plot is the series of these events, from the beginning, through the middle, until the end, that gives us the feeling of the forward motion (or motionlessness) of the story. The most important events of the plot are often significant irreversible incidents that change the course of the plot and push it further ahead. These events are called Plot Points. When Neo Anderson takes the red pill and decides to understand what is wrong with him, when Bhuvan accepts the challenge from the British Captain on behalf of his village, when Simran meets Raj on the first day of her Europe trip, when Jack saves Rose from committing suicide over the deck of the mighty ship - we know their respective stories have changed irreversibly and moved ahead. These are all examples of Plot Points. The plot can be thin or thick, but it is this that forms the body of your story. 3. Conflict: Imagine what would have happened if Bhuvan and the villagers already knew the game of cricket and easily defeated the British to get rid of their taxes. If Jack were of the same social status as Rose and the ship had sailed smoothly to reach its destination, if Simran enjoyed absolute freedom and she and Raj had no friction whatsoever when they met and her Dad had no problem with him as his son-in-law, or if Neo had a doubtless, riskless journey of realising that he was 'the One' - these stories would be as dead as logs of wood. Conflict is the bread and butter of drama. The more you can involve the audience into the conflicted situations of your characters, the more problems you can create for your protagonists and make them overcome those one by one, the more successful your storytelling will be. Also, any level of conflict or drama starts appearing redundant, repetitive or lukewarm unless you keep increasing the stakes and keep coming up with bigger conflicts. Especially as a storyteller on film, we need to keep raising the tension and thickening the action to make sure the collective attention and interest of hundreds of people watching the film stays with us. How to do it without making it look manipulative or convenient is something we have been trying to learn for all these years. And this is something that each film writer struggles with, even after years of experience. 4. Resolution : So how does it end? If you have told a gripping story, it better end well, or the audience will feel terribly cheated. In cinema, particularly, the ending is very important because hundreds of people are going to react together to it as they exit the theater. And their 'Exit Door Reaction', or EDR - a word that I have coined, can make or break your movie on which crores of rupees are riding. I have read several good novels that have weak final act, but perhaps none of the great movies suffer from this. A climactic resolution to the already thickening plot, a final confrontation of the protagonist with the antagonistic forces, a final Plot Point, that is emotionally, dramatically, and visually the high point of the film is very important to complete your movie experience. And this closure, this resolution of the primary conflict of the film, or the lack of it (as is the case with tragedies), often brings forth the 'point of the movie'. The resolution should also, generally, cause a significant change in the life of the protagonist. After all, is a story worth telling, if it is not signifcant for its own protagonist? 5. Structure: "A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order." This wonderful quote by Jean-Luc Godard is perhaps the simplest way to put across the importance of structure. Also, the pleasures of structure are more apparent and impactful in a movie than any other form of narration. From 'Citizen Kane' to 'The Killing', from 'Mystery Train' to 'Pulp Fiction', from 'Irreversible' to 'Memento' to 'Amores Perros' and '21 Grams' - playing with time, twisting the plot, and constantly challenging the audience has been a wonderful game moviemakers have been indulging in. But I would also like to insist that a simple, linear narrative is at times equally powerful, if not more. Imagine the timeless story of 'Bicycle Thieves' told in flashback when the last scene has already been played and then the entire film is an explanation of that. Would that ever cause the heartbreak that the film's simple, linear design does? Determining the correct structure for your story is like deciding on how to dress yourself for a certain ceremony. From your reputation to the impact you can make may depend so majorly on that. Personally, I find this, determining the structure of a film I am writing, the most exciting stage of film writing. 6. Scenes : A scene is the building block of a screenplay, its most basic unit that has its own independent, whole existence. Technically speaking, everything happening at one place at one time in the film is a scene. The moment you change the location or jump time, you have entered a new scene. It is this wonderful ability of a scene to actually make you feel that "you were there" is what makes cinema a "live" emotional experience. Unlike all other forms of narrative, cinema is very much a "real" experience, even when it is telling an outright fantastical tale. So the importance of scenes as its units can never be stressed enough. When does the scene begin (it may enter the 'event' or the 'incident' a little late) or when it ends (we may leave earlier, abruptly, leaving something for the imagination) is as important as the internal dramatic structure of the scene and how the events unfold in it. Also important is the transition from one scene to the other. If scenes are stitched together to form one seamless whole, we very willingly lose ourselves into the universe of our characters. Scenes from great films also create unforgettable moments that gain iconic status in cinema history. Rose and Jack standing together with her arms wide open on the bow of the ship as it pierces the heart of the mighty ocean is an image that will live forever. A moment or scene as cinematically powerful as this can also be among the biggest motivations for the creative talent involved in the tedious filming process. 7. Dialogue : From creating characters that we worship forever to conveying the biggest plot truths, from bringing out the internal and external conflicts to establishing the significance of a powerful resolution, from constructing the internal drama of the scenes to being wonderful transitional devices, dialogue or spoken lines are one of the most conspicuous elements of film narrative. Each line spoken in a film may serve several functions - from entertaining and seducing the audience to making them empathise with even the coldest of characters, and dialogue, as well as conscious and economical lack of it, forms a major part of our movie-viewing pleasure. However, more often than not, bad dialogue also completely ruins the film. "Show, not tell" and "Less is more" - these rules are perfectly apt for film writing. "In a novel, a character thinks . In a play, he talks . In cinema, he does" - this is another broad generalisation that I love. Cinematic dialogue is so different from any other narrative medium. And if done well, smart and tasteful dialogue becomes an inseparable part of popular culture more succesfully than any other story element of films. 8. Visuals : Perhaps the most unique of all narrative elements discussed above is something that is most integral to motion pictures - the visuals. It is no wonder that cinema is the youngest human expression - it had to wait hundreds of years, until photography was invented. And thanks to this "real" reproduction of images, cinema could actually become this powerful and impactful form of mass communication. Apart from making the story appear real and inviting, the visuals in cinema transcend time and cultural boundaries. I so often feel thankful to cinema for having shown me different cultures and lands and people when I have never stepped out of my country. Well-done compositions, purposefully designed color-palettes, and metaphoric use of images not only enhance the aesthetic pleasure of watching a film, they also give film its own unique grammar, form, and expression. It is important to mention 'visuals' as one of the narrative elements of cinema, although its depiction mainly depends on how the film is shot, because a film writer has to understand the visual potential of this medium. And unless the film writer imagines it, great and unforgettable visuals will never be created. And if not for the visual spleandour that cinema is, we would remain contented with the good old novels and fables and folk tales. P.S. Apart from these eight basic elements of cinematic storytelling, there is one more that some writers and many viewers put a great deal of importance to. It is the 'theme' of the film, the 'moral of the story'. Often during discussions on a film, we tend to emphasise so much on its philosophical message or its socio-political implications. I, personally, do not consider this as an essential element of film narrative. I do not believe in making films to change the world, although I accept the power this medium possesses. I also do not find it an obligation to tell stories with certain moral obligations. For me, the only approach to take while creating a screenplay is to find interesting characters who have got something going on in their lives that is so universally appealing that it will always find audience. And also, I believe, each story that is well told, carries a moral or a theme, whether the writer intends to convey it or not. |
teeo: omoaleu don't know how much students are paying in EKSU ask Fashola y he reduced LASU fees naw |
teeo: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuqEGs-CIAAA_ID.jpgNa u and ur people no dey enlightened ashunu.... |
hmmm I don't want to exaggerate but mine is 1/40 if possible if u think I'm making it up come live in my house for a week...ull run kabakaba |
donnypool: lmao you dey mad...TB joshua don suffer for your hand lolyepa me I no call anybody name ohhhh |
LAGOS, NIGERIA – While America is busy injecting defenseless rats with the Ebola virus to systematically extract antibodies that can maybe “cure” Ebola. A group of extraordinary Africans have come together to find a more humane and effective cure for the disease. Sources confirm that this potential cure does not involve harming rats, monkeys or any sort of animal and neither was it created in any fancy or expensive African research University or Hospital (that is if they even exist). These brilliant scientists…I mean pastors gathered inside Africa’s most lavishly equipped and weekly funded medical research facility … the Nigerian church … where several other cures have been discovered in the past couple of years. Including the cure for Aids, the cure for Cancer, the cure for Poverty and even the cure for Boko Haram just ask Pastor T.B. Joshua! So while America is still playing around with rats, these Nigerian pastors are hard at work trying to find a permanent Human solution for Ebola….and they are close! Their proposed cure unofficially called Annointing-Oil-Z has significant advantages over the recent American Z- mapp serum used recently on 2 American health workers. For starters it does not need to be administered intravenously … it can be administered with a simple push I mean touch of oil to the forehead. Another advantage is that the oil is not temperature sensitive. Unlike the Z-mappT serum that has to be kept at subzero temperature and thawed out naturally, the Annointing-Oil- ZTM has shown significant stability in both low and high temperatures. With just a few scriptures and Annointing- Oil-Z patients who had the Ebola fever or Malaria fever or any kind of fever for that matter … instantly showed a dramatic improvement in their condition. Data is inconclusive at the moment on the full potential of the drug and whether it can be commercialized in the near future. However, the initial results are promising. And as more and more pastors from top Nigerian religious institutions come together to tackle this disease, the chances of a commercial solution rise even higher. What is most interesting about this cure is that it is 100% crowd funded by thousands of worshipers every week. In addition to that, the Government gives significant tax breaks to these religious research facilities to encourage their research work. “Without the Government tax breaks we would struggle to maintain our research facilities and also struggle to expand our health and healing ministries,” said Nigerian Clergyman Titus Theophilus, who explained that the Government tax breaks plays a significant role in ensuring that the ministry is well funded. “Thanks to them (The Government) we are able to get our message across to other parts of West Africa and have even been able to purchase a private jet for our head Pastor in case he needs to meet with other top researchers from across the world.” So while the American Government is busy spending millions of dollars to build top University/Hospital research facilities and killing rats and monkeys in the process. The Nigerian Governments are instead busy investing in a much humane and arguably better solution which does not put a burden on their tax payers. A solution that is powered by weekly crowd funded tithes with additional but indirect support via Government tax breaks. At the end of the day the Nigerian solution is brilliant as it does not put any pressure on the Nigerian Government to address consistent University strike issues or even Hospital strike issues. I mean who needs fully functional medical facilities and top notch University building when your country has some of the largest and most expensive churches in the world. At this rate, a permanent end to Ebola might just be around the corner and it will shock the world to know that the solution Annointing-Oil-Z was made in Nigeria!... culled from-ofilispeaks.com |
All those Saturday morning visitors just when breakfast is about to be ready..... |
amibonaija: This movie was over hyped, I have to rush and see it at cinema Delux. But it didn't meet my expectation.4 me it was d best movie I've seen come out of nigeria,well as they say one mans food is anoders poison |
I wonder who is asking for customer care from danfo and bus conductors,lwkmd for here ohh..... |
Arsenate: say no to homosexuality. it's evil.stealing,adultery,raping and more vices in the economy they are also even say no 2 dem also |
Czechrep: Hi Nairalanders, my hubby is emotionally meanwhat was d offence madam? |
Roma midfielder Seydou Keita claims racist remarks made by Pepe earlier in his career were the reason behind his midweek confrontation with the defender. Prior to Roma's International Champions Cup clash with Real Madrid, Keita threw a water bottle at Pepe after refusing to shake his hand , sparking a coming-together between both sets of players on the pitch. Following the incident, Keita took to his official Twitter account to state that Pepe had racially abused him during his playing days with Barcelona, writing: "1. He called me a monkey during Madrid-Barca, 2. I did not shake his hand, 3. He spat on me, and after I threw the bottle, sorry for my attitude". Speaking to RF1 later on Wednesday, the 34-year-old Mali international explained he had decided before the game not to shake the Portugal international's hand and was provoked into throwing the bottle when Pepe spat at him. "At the time I played with Barcelona, Pepe called me a 'macaco', that is to say a monkey, and he spat on me. I told myself: 'This guy is worthless,'" he said. "At the time, I did not speak publicly about it because it wasn't worth it. That's why I didn't shake his hand before the friendly. I even told my intention to my team-mate Mehdi Benatia. So I greeted everyone except him. "And suddenly he came up behind me and spat on me. At the time, I had a bottle of water and I threw it at him. His team- mates saw us and they had the intention to strike me. "It's true that I gave a bad image of myself and I apologise. But it's lucky we were on a football field because it's unacceptable that one man spits on another. I don't see why I would shake his hand, because in his eyes I'm not a human being. "I don't want to talk to someone who does not consider me a human. His behaviour is unacceptable. Instead of asking why I didn't shake his hand, he preferred to spit on me. "I'm not saying I'm a saint. Like everyone I have flaws, but I respect people." Keita's comments come during a week in which racism has once more grabbed the headlines in Italian football, with Fifa demanding an investigation after FIGC vice-president Carlo Tavecchio referred to young African players moving to Serie A as "banana eaters" . Keita, however, does not believe racism is endemic in European football. "No, we shouldn't generalise," he said. "I am African and I've played a long time in Europe. I have often met wonderful people. "From time to time there are small-thinking ones who are not very nice, but I've rarely had to endure such behaviour. For me, that is too many. If some use football to say and do anything, it's a minority. I don't want to generalise." |
Akinmail: The Nigeria table tennis team were responsible for the best scenes of celebration in the Commonwealth Games so far after Ojo Onaolapo's win over India's Sharath Kamal Achanta sealed a bronze medal.it was his teammate that pulled his short and he was wearing a brief onolapo was just jubilating |
I)Dress to impress As other singles dating will tell you, the very first thing your date will see are your clothes so it is extremely important to pick what you wear. Your clothes tell a lot about you. However keep in mind that although you should dress smartly, you should dress according to the activity and occasion as well. Being under-dressed or over-dressed not only makes you look bad, it might actually turn off your date. Find something that matches the occasion, all the while making you look your best. 2)Watch what you eat While you don’t need to starve yourself on eating salads and you should eat properly at our date, it would be best to avoid foods that might cause a mess. Basically your goal is to show your date that you are comfortable and confident enough with them that you are having a full meal, but not so hungry as to turn into a monster. The way you eat is one of the few things your date will be looking at, but it is among the most important that will make or break your relationship. 3)Pay attention. Boring your date should be the last thing you should do. While you should talk about yourself, remember that there is another person at that date and you should let them talk and express themselves as well. Pay close attention to how your date reacts and responds to your actions that should tell you whether they are enjoying your company or whether you should change your strategy. 4)Turn your phone off Answering calls and messages while on a date is a huge deal-breaker for many. It shows your date that you aren’t invested in the date and that you rather be somewhere else. So either put your phone on silent or turn it off completely—better yet, keep it away from your direct reach. Many people use their cellphones as a nervous quirk, although it doesn’t look very nice. For singles dating, finding a date is hard enough. Now that you have one, don’t turn them off by forgetting your manners. 5)Follow up Whether you’ve managed to charm your date or screwed up the entire date up, you should follow up by giving your date a call or text afterwards. Your singles dating life does not end after one meal. Wait a day if you want. However just because you viewed the date as a failure, doesn’t mean your date won’t be willing to give it another shot—so don’t give up without trying! |
waternogetenemy: Foolish guy! wat did he go their to do in the first place at dis time?hear dey pain people ohh did u not read unfinished business |
kennygee: That is because they do, they only cheated because they were busy looking for the 20% you lack and they decided to forfeit the 80% just to have a taste of an unrealistic 20%. Hope I made sense.over make sense gan sef |
