₦airaland Forum

dabossman: Yes. But shooting and editing a 3-5min music video is not the same as working on a 90-120min movie. Budget, production time, logistics etc vary by a great margin.

I agree...my emphasis though was on pictures and creativity from the music industry...

Tony Spike: What is a good movie? I'd like to take us through these points for easy understanding:

(1) SCRIPTING: Depending on the objective of the movie, whether comical, adventures, romance, sci-fi and biographical, a script must be good. A good script is illustrating, exciting, logical, captivating, analytical and realistic. Most Nollywood movies lack these qualities.

(2) ORIGINALITY: This is a very important factor. Infact, majority of Nigerian movies lack originality. They steal ideas from just anywhere, whether good or bad, without considering the end thereof. Copying ideas isn't bad in itself, but copying without common-sense and logic is simply being intellectually lazy. AVATAR, one of the most successful Hollywood movies was said to have incorporated stolen ideas from at least three movies. Originality means repackaging, exploration and innovation.

(3)CINEMATOGRAPHY: A good movie can impress with stunning cinema shots. We can use examples of how MATRIX and LORD OF THE RINGS revolutionalised the cinematography industry. A good camera direction tells us better stories than the thousand words uttered by the actors/actresses. A standard movie with good cinematography can tell us the movie story successfully even if the voices are muted. This particular area is very lacking in Nigerian movies. But for very few directors like Tunde Kelani (a trained cinematographer himself), Naija is nowhere in the league of its foreign counterpart. Poor camera direction and lighting effects, handled by amateur cameramen are very popular in our movies. This particular reason, coupled with, lack of originality make me dislike Nollywood movie.

(4)REALISTIC LOCATIONS: This is a very big problem in Nigeria. Because we aren't ready to invest in serious movie production, everything goes cheap. Wrong locations, poor settings ruin a lot of our movies. I won't go into this location problem too much because it very glaring. Use of wrong costumes also go hand-in-hand with wrong locations.

There are other reasons, but I feel the above ones are much more important than others.

Location
Make up
Costume

It's only in Nigerian movies that someone who sits at home all day is dressed very well and wears heels

Make up? I don't think we have that...the make-up in nollywood is pancake, lipstick, eyeliners, charcoal and chalk (for herbalists)

Location...how I wish nollywood knew the importance of location...and not just limit themselves...this one is a whole topic on its own

VillageBoi: I completely agree with you on how ridiculously bad the last part of the movie was. It jumped from something 'magical' to 'na lie, we're just carving it from chewing-sticks in our backroom' - boy was I so disappointed.

Having said that, like the good filmmaker he is, he has actually grown. We hope to see more and more 'positive' growth in Nollywood. It's funny because this has happenend twice that I've seen - two different filmmakers

1) Kunle Afolayan - Figurine was bad. His next film Phone Swap simply amazing.
2) Obi Emelonye - Mirror Boy was bad, Last Flight To Abuja seriously good.

I'm sure the trend of growth will continue in Nollywood, we live in a great era for filmmaking.

Last flight to abuja was not seriously good.

Happy new year

Brand_new: A good movie for me must be built on 4 solid pillars in which picture quality is one of them.

It's common to use boring and sometimes unpleasant sound effect in Nollywood movies.

Directing also matters but that is relative depending on the quality of actors and roles they were casted for.

The post production and editing will fetch them a Zero rating from me. Nollywood is simply not up to date on movie editing and post production softwares.

Finally, i think they should take a cue and learn from Music video producers like Clarence Peters, Jude Okoye, Mr Month Musa, Sesan e.t.c. Maybe they might just be able to come up with a world class movie production.

Your last paragraph is my exact thought. The music industry in terms of quality pictures and creativity has taken leaps leaving nollywood behind

Ishilove: 'Whew' is an understatement. I lasted all of ten seconds before giving up. The video nonetheless is awesome. Their best ever yet!

I tried the move and my younger brother who is a dancer stopped what he was doing, cocked his eyebrow and went back to what he was doing, shaking with mirth...Na wa oh! The step looked simple enough oh

dopeJemi: it has got 2 Be at d Redeemed christian church of God(Maranatha parish)




God is Good, choi! E no easy, I remember Last year wen I was in church, bouh 2 cross-over 2 2012, I had so many tots in my mind, tots Like "I'm entering 2012,am I gonna make it into 2013, ​a♏ I gonna survive 2012" and here I ​a♏ 2day, bouh 2 cross over 2 2013.


God is mercifuL, thank U God 4 keeping me and my famiLy aLive

You are in Maranatha? That used to be my church

esere826: Peter and Paul sure did make an excellent mark with their chereograpy
I however noticed that it was only one of the twin that was doing the power dancing

One dances and sings dance hall, while the other mainly sings...that is what I have noticed.

And the dance step? Whew!

An upside down country where different security agencies work against each other with the elites promoting the division.

armadeo: i agree but that 2nd pic does not do any justice to karen. besides she looks very ugly in all pics. and ur comment on the little ones is a very loud silence.

Hehehe...I can't view the little ones faces well on my phone, hence the automatic exemption. I didn't hail Karen in the second pic, it was the lady by her left and my right.

Dr. Wise:
You fine?? Taaaaaah! Shey I never see you for Yabatech?? Abeg, commot for pass make I road. Ibibio witch!!

Even orang-utan dey criticise person.

I aint Ibibio...I am annang...If you have a problem with me, say it. Funny you are the first person calling me Ugly, intruiging...I tell ya

I think saying 'most' videos would have been more appropriate, surely you remember that we have female artistes as well and few mature males in the music industry...

Lagbaja, Asa, Darey, Gospel Artistes etc

The girl on the right in the second picture looks okay...no comment on the rest. The little ones are automatically exempted of course

I guess like any other thing that one is addicted to...it makes you love your company more and less of others...and really does not help introverts
Before cell phones though there were/are books, games etc, they had/have also suceeded in making one anti-social

semid4lyfe: Thought I was gonna read one of your reviews/critiques

Moving on. . . .

One of my reviews/critiques? Have you read any of mine before?

No, I didn't start out to critique...just wanted to appreciate a good video

Now, I wonder why no one is talking about this video...or have they? The way I feel's video is one of the best musical videos I feel proud to watch...
If I totally had to direct/produce a musical, I would probably do it this way...
The song's message in my opinion, is like M.I's crowd mentality...subtle in an emphatic way. You'd miss it if you aren't paying attention.

Is it creepy? To me, no! The video fits the song's message...

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Femsyn: U can say whateva, but if a friend gives me a gift and goes ranting abt it on the internet or to anybody else, then I think I wld see him/her as an insecure lowlife and return d gift!!! Can't say hw I'm gonna react if, d same came from a spouse, bt I'm sure it'd be worse!!
I think its beta if d receiver did the announcement (if he/she wants), than d giver.

Exactly! Let the receipient announce and not the giver...'Hey, look what my hubby got me' is better than 'Hey, look what I got for my hubby'...Rihanna also got a car for whatever and she announced it, the record label didn't...

There is no excuse for a grown person to keep malice. Malice is childish and shouldn't be condoned. Even temperaments shouldn't be used as an excuse...how do you tell your housemaid to bring your food, when your wife is there or why won't you pick your wife's call or answer her greetings?

As someone mentioned, most marriages aren't based on love because I refuse to believe that any grown and mature person that truly loves would behave like a teenager...Na wa oh...do it this way, sit this way, smile that way for someone you are spending the rest of your life with?

I talk really fast and people that talk fast have hot temperaments because we hate repeating ourselves...infact, the whole family from my paternal side talks fast and amongst them we talk the slowest...
I used to get angry when my boyfriend would make me repeat myself, I would tell him 'look, that's just the way I am...accept it'...but it didn't help and even though he didn't force me...I realised a shared joke was better than laughing alone...so, if he didn't/doesnt hear...I would take a deep breath and say it slowly with great effort and I did it till it became effortless, now I repeat myself with a smile even if I have to do it twice or thrice...it's compromise.

Momma

An interesting thread...thumbs up to Virtuso, SurveyProf, Onatisi and the rest...
Just like Nairaland has a Charity Group formed, there can also be a group for Nairaland on-line detectives too, the group can also have a link with banks and security operatives...

Let's keep Nigeria clean even if it's one step at a time!

Principal,
Ajuwon
Senior
High
School,
Ajuwon,
Ifo
Local
Government
Area,
Ogun
State,
Rev.
Olufunke
Oladeojobi,
has
been
quizzed
by the police for allegedly conducting virginity
tests on the pupils.


PUNCH Metro learnt that Oladeojobi, who was
described as a strict disciplinarian, by her pupils
called in a nurse and jointly carried out virginity
tests on a group of 10 students last week
Monday.

It was further learnt that the principal did not
seek the consent of the parents/guardians of the
pupils before conducting the test on Senior
Secondary School 1 pupils.
During the test, it was alleged that the principal
and the nurse whose name could not be
ascertained allegedly dipped their fingers into the
pupils’ private parts.
After the exercise, which took place at the
principal’s office, each of the pupils was given an
exercise book.
A 15-year-old pupil, who identified herself simply
as Ayo, said the principal came into the classroom
on the day and announced that all female SSS 1
pupils should converge on the assembly ground.
She said the principal subsequently asked that
those who had yet to lose their virginity should
stand apart.
Ayo said, “We are over 600 in SSS 1 but only
about 300 of us are females. Those of us that are
virgins are 38 and we were matched into the
principal’s office with the assistance of members
of staff.
“They subsequently divided us into three groups
of 10, 15 and 13 and I was in the second group.
The principal later addressed us and threatened
that any pupil who fails the test would have her
name written in the school’s black book and
would be suspended.”
Ayo said she became apprehensive when
everyone who emerged from the office where the
test was being carried out came out with a sad
and disgusting look.
She said, “When my class captain emerged from
the room, I asked her why anyone that came out
of the office looked depressed? I was held spell
-bound when she told me that the principal and
the nurse dipped their fingers in turns into their
private parts, adding that she had started
bleeding as a result of the penetration.
“Just as I was asking further questions from her,
the principal dashed out of her office and
announced that she had discovered one student
who had lost her virginity out of the 10 students
that were examined.
“She wrote her name on one of the notice boards
in her office and ordered the rest of us to return
to our various classes. Two of my friends who had
similar experiences burst into tears as they narrated what happened.”
Thirteen-year-old SSS I pupil of the school,
identified simply as Ujunwa, said the principal
was happy that she was able to “catch a
promiscuous pupil” as she felt proud to discuss it
on the assembly ground the next day.
She, however, added that her joyous moments
was soon short-lived when the parents of the 10
pupils stormed the school in protest against the
development.


PUNCH Metro learnt that the pupils rebelled
against Oladeojobi last Wednesday as they did a
sit-in on the assembly ground protesting and demanding that she should be redeployed from
the school.
It was gathered that it was the teachers’
intervention that calmed the pupils.
Ujunwa said, “The parents of the girl that was
said to have lost her virginity who happens to be
a member of the Press Club and the other nine
parents besieged the school last Tuesday and
Wednesday and queried our principal for
conducting such an unauthorised test on their
children.

“The parents then came with policemen
attached to the Ajuwon Police Division where they
had reported the incident on Thursday and
arrested our principal.”
When our correspondent visited the school on
Tuesday, the school had closed for the term while
Oladeojobi’s office was shut. Her telephone rang
out while a text message sent to her phone was
not responded to.

When contacted, the Divisional Police Officer of
Ajuwon Division, Mr. Waheed Yusuf, a Chief
Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident
to our correspondent.
He said the investigation into the matter was still
“ongoing” and declined further comment until “investigations were concluded.”
But, a policeman attached to the station who
spoke on the condition of anonymity said
Oladeojobi owned up to the incident.
He said, “She confessed that she conducted
virginity tests on the pupils and that ‘she was
trying to help them.’ We took her in for
questioning on Thursday and Friday but she was
not detained as my superiors were taking into
consideration that she is a civil servant.
“We might have some problems if she
(Oladeojobi) is to be charged to court for sexual
assault because the matter was reported to the
police late and no medical examination was
immediately done on the affected pupils to use as
a proof in the law court.”

www.punchng.com/news/principal-quizzed-for-conducting-virginity-tests-on-pupils/

Solo: Call me daniel wilson
Call back: Daniel Wilson 2x
Solo: And I'll play you ragamuffin
Call back: Rag...rag...ragamuffin
Solo: Anytime you want me, just call on my name

He, blackky, majek fashek, oritz, ben were the stars in the early 90s...I heard he dated Ibinabo, that's what my cousin who worked at Tea Mate back in those days said...

Wish them the best sha

Is she not African in the first place?

What a convenient way of not having to testify...Polictricksters

Seun, I am interested in your answer to debrief's question...I also remember I didn't see the reply button in one thread once...last month or so...I actually thought it was a network problem...it's only through debrief's 'situation' that I now know that perhaps I was banned too may be for that period...

Old school...I did this in Secondary School na...almost all boarders then did in my school...we later cleaned the blackened Iron with toothpaste and tissue

eggy: If what u say is true.. I feel the publishers have truly lost it!!

(No need insulting and bashing the OP, my take is that the OP was just spooked by the inscriptions)

Why inscribe such vulgarity in a children's book..when a simple.."This is a pirated copy" will do.

Anyways guess we only respond to diabolical curses in this clime..

The Inscription is outrageously un called for and totally misses the plot!!!

Lol...haven't you seen some inscriptions like 'E no go better for anybody where piss here' and all? Most Nigerians only obey when curses and strict punishments are involved

babyosisi: Just like this shooting in the USA
Can you imagine the fear on the faces of these children knowing that death is staring them in the face
Sad
What will cups of water do to a raging inferno?

Mbok, don't make me imagine those children in the US...even these ones self...the final moments when they knew there was nothing that could save them...arrrrrghhhhhh

babyosisi: Went to make money and locked the kids in and left with the keys when there is a 12 year old in the house
The mother killed her kids
Simple
Let her bear that pain

This is from the article: "The parents of the children were said to have
locked them inside the room and lit a candle
for them as there was no electricity supply.
Neighbours said it was the usual habit of the
parents to lock the children inside the room
whenever they were going to their shop in the
evening."

So, I don't think the mother is the only one to be blamed...

babyosisi: Stupid parents,they killed their own children practically
Could not be saved because the eediotic parents locked the door,padlocked the burglary proof and went away with the keys after lighting a candle in the room
Unbelievable
In saner climes,they would be charged with manslaughter X 5 if not second degree murder kpa kpaa
The kids are in a better place,let these two living eediotic parents suffer their loss on earth especially since they are responsible for the killings
How much did they make from the okirika or whatever they went to sell in their shed
They already live in kirikiri,prison couldn't be far from them,let that be their next accommodation
Let this be a lesson to the other parents in the neighborhood
All the past rulers of Nigeria also have a hand in this death,had their been electricity in Lagos state,those kids may still be alive.


May their souls RIP

Imagine their cries for help and not getting any. Which makes me wonder if there was there no water in the room?

k2039: Whose fault. If PHCN gave us un interrupted power supply, would this have happened. For those blaming the parents, IMHO, she went to make money, afterall the kids and family will eat. Though I will advise people to use electric lamps and tourchs, but it just occured to me that in cases where their has'nt beeen light for 3 or more days the electric lamps must have gonne off and not even a lot of people can afford a generator.

All thesame may God grant their families the fortitude to bear the irrepairable loss.

I don't think it was just the mother that was catering for the children, yes she locked the door and ordered the children in.

Lanterns still exist na, so if there is no money to purchase electric lamps there is still the good old lantern.

My grouse is putting the candle on bare wood

I nearly did not read this story not after reading of the tragedy in an Elementary School that left children dead...

Leaving a candle on in a house made of wood...what? Not in a stainless plate where the wax would easily fall on? And then as hot as everywhere is, leaving a candle on in a locked room that has five humans in it is simply not sensible...

Even if the parents ran a bar, what happened to the mother staying back at night with the children?