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Orikinla:
The Nollywood people should be reading your comments.

Nobody in Nollywood makes $2 million a year.
Not even OJ who built a hotel with over $2 million.
He made the money over many years.
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$2 million? Whoa! I said 2 Million Naira, they actually make well over 2 Million a year, a lot of them but like I said, no one will hardly tell you that but I know the figures. Anybody that makes N2 Million in Niger per anum is rich according to the gospel of Nija.

[quote author=sammie.k link=topic=16603.msg462063#msg462063 date=1151694263]tuface dresses ok. At least for someone who is not that much educated. I am so happy for him. God is really living with him. Keep the flag flying, Tubaba.[/quote]This has no base. I have seen university lecturers with the most despicable taste in fashion.

K2DaC:
well 50% of nigeria are muslim
40% - christian
10%- other

I believe you came up with this based on land mark. In the north, there are lots of Christians. When you go down to the West, it is divided between the two but I believe there are more Christians. In the East there are hardly anyone into islam, at least I know only 0.01% of Igbos are Islam, go do the maths. Pretty simple. That statistics you provided is more like something out of Time Magazine,

Idekeson:
Once again Igbo-phobia in action. Blame it all on the Emeka and Okoro on Balogun street.

As usual. I wonder what happened to using 'marketers' only. Still don't understand why people use Ibo instead of Igbo.

my2cents:
Orikinla wrote:
Dude, you are comparing apples and oranges: you have to look at it as what you can buy. My classical example is getting my hair cut. In the atlanta area, it's about $10 on average, $12 if you want to tip. At present exchange rates, thatz about N1600 at least. In Nigeria, I can get my hair cut for N30 (N40 without light), in the calabar/uyo area, tip N70 and I still wdnt hv spent $1

As for the nollywooders being broke, I will say some, not all. Most hollywooders are broke too. Not all start off making $20million a movie. Everyonez gotta start somewhere. Also, just because you are nollywood doesn't mean you have to start off living in VI, VGC or Ikoyi or that trendy area of Abuja (abi na Wusu district? ). By broke, I mean by their standards, and not the "common man's" standards. If you hand babatunde the grass cutter civil servant N250K a month, I bet he would be organizing special fasting sessions just for you

Now, if you asked, "who is really making nollywood money?", I would say it's those of us in the diaspora, who will buy a VCD at N500, bring it with them to their destination, copy it and rent it at $2 a movie (atlanta area), or sell it (both video and disc versions - average price, again atlanta area, $10).

For those who say they are broke, let them go get another job for a while, taste the eva wine there and come back and letz c if they will be saying the same thing.

As always, my 2 cents

Man, you deserve a bag full of coconut for that, couldn't have said it better. One does not have to live in a golden castle to to prove they are Rick. Chris Rock drives a Nissan Altima and you can't call him poor nor broke, he's just wise. Same thing applies to Nollywwod actors. Anybody who makes above 2 million per year in Nigeria in is rich and I can break it  down if you're confused. With that said, in the hands of an irresponsible buffon, that money wouldn't  last.

That Nollywood is making millions of dollars is not a claim, it is a fact . Do you honestly believe that the marketers are disclosing the full sale figures? If you believe that then you've  got serious problems. Most of them complain about poor sales and selling only 10,000 copies which does not even cover the production cost. Now tell me what type of crack head marketer will make 100 films in one week when they can't even recoup their production capital. A naija man at that? Tufiakwa! This is just as impossible as a hairy lizard. About Nollywood acotrs driving expensive brand new Hummer, well, most of us in the USA know that you don't have to be rich to drive a Hummer, an average joe can make a down payment on a Hummer and there goes your so called 'expensive' SUV in the hands of the commoin man so what's the big deal. If they bought 'Tokunbo' at least they paid cash and not some lease bullsh-i-t. Still gotta give them props.


The shocking truth is ALL the marketers disclose only about 10/20 percent of the sales and if they want to be modest, they disclose 40% and then shoot themselves in the head for being that 'stupid'. Before you tear me down, hear me out. I have been there and that means I have proof and experience to back up my statement. The government should swoop down on them together with the pirates 'cause they are both ruining the industry. Nigerian actors stepping up and taking their skills to the next level is another topic for another day.

When you bring into factor the amount of money generated at home and the amount from the Pirates of the Caribb, I mean Diaspora, yes, Nollywood is making millions and a lot of Nollywood actors are rich beyond imagination as far as Naija is concerned unless you want to use USA as your yard stick in which case I will ask you to see a shrink becasue the average Nigerian does not pay $400.00 a month on a very crappy studio apartmen nor $1200.00 a month on another aged and washed out two bedroom apartment. Truth is that anyone who makes $2Million in Naija annually is a lot more comfortable than he who makes $100.000 per anum in the USA,, you better believe that.

I have been drawing comics since high school but animation has taken over. Haven't really done any comic book stuff since 2002.

Here are some of my old stuff back in 2000/2001


http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/media/folder_17/file_161810.jpg

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/media/folder_16/file_154986.jpg
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/media/folder_17/file_161197.jpg

Here's my result after messing around with crowd simulation. I used Lightwave and HD Instance.

http://www.mayhemproductions.org/Video/Warrior_Charge.wmv

Seun:
I think it's wrong to encourage people to study a course like architecture if they are interested in 3d modeling and animation. This is like asking someone who is interested in medical technology to study medicine. Courses like architecture and medicine should only be studied if you are interested in in architecture or medicine.

Thanks a lot for that Seun. It is rather unfortunate that people view the worrld of 3D animation as single thing. It hasso many fields laced in one, there's modeling, there's rigging, animation, textures, effects (like simulation). It takes a lot of guts to be proficient in these fields and most people pick up only a few and perfect it very well, some cling to modeling and do it pretty well while some stick with modelling. I remmeber when I was doing that jack of all trades nonsense years ago and was a master of none, now i had to scratch off a lot of things and focus, that was the only way I got to a higher level especially in modeling.

If you are VERY GOOD, you can make a decent living but the problem is a lot of people try to do many things at a time and end up not perfecting any section. There are some good 'generalists' out there but they are rare. I know a girl who worked on movies like king Kong and Sky captain simply because she was good with textures, not modeling, not animation, just textures, and she is still kicking it with X-men and did work on the Lord of the Rings in the capacity of a texture artist, sure she can model and do a little bit of animation but she focused on textures and well, guess who's laughing now?

perhaps people feel uncomfortable with their doctrine. I am not here to condemn any church but if people avoid deeper life like you said, there's gotta be a smoke somehwere.

With that said, I believe some churches are getting more violent thses days 'cause i remember some 'prayer warriors' screaming out their lungs yelling, ' God destroy AMORC, fire them! Burn them! Ayakatayakamamamachachaaaaa! let them die.dieeeeeeeeeeeeee! yachaaaaaaaaaaadatatatyamangazabanazagada! Kill grail movement,kill,kill, father kill,kiiiiilllllllll!

I happened to know one of the prayer warriors and kindly approached him and told him i was deeply disturbed by their violent prayer. I wanted to know exactly what he knows about the two groups and he said they suck blood and do human sacrifice, I was completely shocked because I know almost everything about the two groups and have froends and relatives who are members,

goes a long way to show the ignorance of some Christians, and this guy is well educated.

Make una shine una eyes o, church is all good but that wouldn't take you anywhere if you pay no attention to other inportant things like bearing false witness against your neighbour,

@ Afeni, while I am not in anyway a religous person, the way you beat about how 'God is corrupting the minds of people' leaves less to imagination, why not practice your 'agnos, wetincall and leave the 'foolish' Christians and muslims alone? I am sure you will be one of the first to cry foul when there is any case of muslims trying to impose their crap sharia on us, I see you trying so hard to shove the whole 'do away with God' down the throat of everyone that believes in God, where is your tolerance, man? Where is lies your tolerance

I personally do not believe the world will be a better place if we take 'God' away from our existence. Please do not forget that it is the same 'God of the Europeans' that your ancestors worship, through the lesser gods. I f you are no aware of this, you have to dig deeper into the concept African traditional religion.

The most important thing in life is to share in your neighbour's dispair, the sacrifice of your safety and comfort for the benefit of others, the unfeigned urge to pull out a sinking brethren from the quagmire of misfortune, whether you are a Christian, Atheist, Agnowetincall, Bhuddist, Rosicrucian, Cross bearer of the Grail Movement, deeper life, Mommon, etc, those simple laws of nature will make or break you, we should not waste our energy on 'My God is good and yours is wack' debate, because it has never resulted in a conclusive outcome.

Live and let live, respect other people's differences, make the world a better place.

It is not an easy task but if you are dedicated like you said, you will get there. Juat visit some forums and learn the basic, and RTFM, lol it is called Read The F**** Manual. Asa beginner, do not concern yourself with so many apps since that will easily confuse you and slow your progress, for instance go for photosho and maya if you are going the 3d route istead of going for Lightwave,3D Max, Softimage XSI and Cinema 4D. Trim down on the apps and you will get there pretty soo, you're gonna need a lot of patience.

Here are a link that will help.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/

Go to Maya and Photoshop forums and do a search on turotials.

I'll try to provide you links to basicconcept tutorials.

I do not take alcohol but I vehemently disagree with those who believe that satan will be carving your ass with his three pronged pitch fork if you drink even a drop of alcohol. Alcohol should be taken in moderation, it only becomes a 'sin' when taken to the point of intoxication, bearing in mind that even drinking Mountain Dew or Sunkist soda could be a 'sin' if moderation is flushed down the toilet.

Drink responsibly.

ON CIGARETTE smokin': I see no benefit in that even if when taken in moderation, you kill yourself with every inhalation, not the samerate alcohol, so let us not compare the two.

I don't know about boring but I am pretty sure the total absence of women will turn the world into a gay factory.

[quote author=gbade. x link=topic=5445.msg315610#msg315610 date=1146040186]going through the website, i saw or should i say read that George Lucas shot "Star Wars II" in High Definition (HD) camcorders!!! so he still shot it with a bloody camcorder!! !! only this time, it was a High Definition Camcorder !!!!![/quote]This is just worse than beating a dead horse, go ahead and get your low end $200.00 camcorder and start shooting a movie, we will be glad to see the blocky pixels at the end of the day.

I am glad I have made my point, and also proved it that SHOOTING ON CELLULOID IS NO FREAKING BIG DEAL.

I am outta this thread.

Genevieve, I guess.

[quote author=gbade. x link=topic=5445.msg313724#msg313724 date=1145975321]Which movie did George Lucas shoot recently in HD? Either ways, at the end of the day he converted it for theatrical release later (celluloid of course).

okay they may not have shot 30 days with a camcorder but why the schmuck can't they combine HD and celluloid and isht like that?[/quote]30 days will be playing in selected theatres, so how did you come to the conclusion they didn't tranfer the HD Film for theatrical release?

You may as well call Gearge Lucas a schmuck. You really have to dig into the info out there to figure out that Hollywood studios don't always shoot on celluloid. The Film/HD flame war is just worse than beating a dead horse because there's hardly anyone who can notice the difference between film and HD transfered to film, hardly anyone. Shooting on celluloid is no freaking big deal.

Check this out:

http://www.bealecorner.com/trv900/sw24p.html

I heard Tupac's father is a Nigerian from Benin, yeah an excavation team recently dug up a bronze bust in Benin with a likeness of the hip hop star. On the bronze bust was the inscription; " I represent the West Coast Now"

chichimma:
The thread of this forum is about the largest movie industry, I was revering to Nollywood as the 3rd Largest and not the 3rd best!!!!!!!!! As for the name Nollywood, it can still change when things improve with the movie industry. I think the revolution of Nollywood its emerging "30days" is a evidence of it. Who knows maybe then a new name will come up! I do not have a problem with the name rather more with the quality and the standards, I kind of got use to it but for the people who do like you Grafikdon, I say start brainstorming of new names for the industry

Yup, it's all about the 3rd largest. I don't know why people mix it up with '3rd best'.

Yay! I have a new name, and it shall be called 'WAZOBIA' or Naijawood, noooo we must get rid of the wood, not cool, hmmmm, maybe Lasgidi.

I don't get the joke and it definitely isn't funny.

Some people hate the Igbo tribe so much they could make crude jokes out of it. I really wonder why, and when the Igbos want their own country, everyone will cry foul, yet, they are made the butt of every joke. I thought  enlightened Nigerians have grown past tribal intolerance and the sickening hatred of the Igbo tribe.

Very funny,  and we all open our mouth and laugh like it is a rib cracker, yeah cut off the Igbo man's head and everyone will be laughing off their ass.

Very pathetic, I must say.  A lot of people on this site don't even bother to mask their hatred. You see them laughing at every misfortune of the Igbo man.

Yeah, One Nigeria.

Bullshit.

Family Guy is freaking hilarious, I like the Simpsons better. King of the Hill is also very good.

[quote author=gbade. x link=topic=5445.msg311643#msg311643 date=1145897437]abeg, i no dey watch am jo !!!

goddamn, i can as well carry my camcorder and start doing "movies" *grumbles*


celluloid is big bloody deal!!! [/quote]You really want me to give you a low down on HD Cameras huh? George Lucas (You know him right?) shot a recent Hollywood block buster in HD and did the conversion for theatrical release later and nobody even noticed because the visual quality was top notch.

No they didn't shoot 30 days with a comcorder, please do a little research before stomping a well made movie. Bear in mind that some of the crew have worked in Hollywood flicks in different capacity so they know exactly what they are doing.

[quote author=gbade. x link=topic=5445.msg311449#msg311449 date=1145894187]YOU ALL STILL HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY QUESTION, DAMMIT!!

WAS THE MOVIE SHOT IN CELLULOID!!!!!!![/quote]I don't think so. It shouldn't be a big deal though 'cause a lot of high profile Hollywood studios shoot in High Def and do the film coversion afterwards.

ghinikha:
Ginikanwa (Ibo) - What is greater than Child?

I think the word is IGBO

You should be showing the world the real spelling instead of joining hands with the butchers of the word

Orikinla:
Have you seen "90 Degrees" by Mak Kusare?

Nope, I haven't. Is that a good movie? Got any link where I can see it or any info on the movie?

Bwahahahahaha, they think they banned her and look how dfar she's gone without them knucklehead marketers. I don't think she needs the marketers' bullshit and she owes nobody no apology. as far as I am concerned, the marketers can kiss her gluteus maximus and also do same to RMD. They want to pay the actors peanuts after ripping off directors and film makers. It's like they have poop in their asses and waste their time looking for the putrid stench that fills the room.

Let the marketers wipe the poop in their arse before crying foul, yeah, and they got lots of poop to wipe.

Obinna - The will of God (The will of the Father)

Orikinla:
How can you be impressed with what you have not watched.

I have seen a lot, from clips to production still, it is not really difficult to tell it is a good flick. Just pay attention to the sound quality alone, the crew, I don't even want to go there, or is it the time spent in post production? These are perfect indication the movie makers aren't bent on compromising quality.

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