₦airaland Forum

mysteriousman:
An indication that the industry in Nigeria is crap. I have never heard an actor/actress go off the screen in Hollywood claiming movie producers cannot afford her fee

I swear, I've seen Meryl Streep in low budget productions, Van Damm, Julia Roberts and Sylvester Stallone still act in low budget movies but this over hyped Dangote call girl is talking what I don't know. That's why I can't sit down and watch the garbage they make.

If movie producers cannot afford you then it's obvious you've unofficially gone into retirement. You, Genevieve, Jim Iyke and the rest from your generation should take the needed hiatus. There are a lot of young hungry faces ready to do anything to ensure they take your spot from the public eye.

At least men like RMD, Segun Arinze and Ramsey Noah are always there to interprete fatherly roles or love interests to this generation's actors. Only affordable people are prone to steady employment.

safarigirl:
when last did you watch a Nigerian movie? Because your words are similar to someone who is only watching from a distance

Oh well aunty safari with all due respect , movie quality is sometimes subjective, hence what is quality to me may not meet your quality standards. But there has to be a basic minimum, that's why if a movie is soo good to be rated 7.5 by imdb, it's very rare for Rotten Tomatoes to rate that movie below 50%.
I would give a decent appraisal of a movie if I see a good one , and though there are some nice nollywood movies around, but a better number of our movies wouldn't get a 4/10 on imdb.

Omotola does not offer anything to Nollywood that another actress cannot bring and even better

My dear let's not go down this lane pls, before this Sunday rice I took time to prepare loses taste in my mouth

SoNature:
My brother, those movie makers don't have financiers

You will spend millions of naira from personal pocket to fund your films, even pirates will be enjoying the dividends. That's why Kunle Afolayon was mad about Alaba boys sometime ago

The private sector is supposed to move and fund Nollywood since it has huge prospects

Even the US government, through the DoD, supports Hollywood films by allowing them to use expensive military hardware like machine guns and helicopters

Jonathan tried for Nollywood but I don't understand Buhari

Well, we can look at it through a different prism. One problem with our movie financing is that one man would be the producer, the director , marketer and distributor. Ahn Ahn, what kinda Jack is that?
If our movie makers go into contractual partnerships with recognized marketers and distributors including online retailers just the way Netflix and Own network runs their stuff, the burden of financing a movie would be less.
Movie production is a business, division of labour brings efficiency.

EsotericMonk:
Oh well aunty safari with all due respect , movie quality is sometimes subjective, hence what is quality to me may not meet your quality standards. But there has to be a basic minimum, that's why if a movie is soo good to be rated 7.5 by imdb, it's very rare for Rotten Tomatoes to rate that movie below 50%.
I would give a decent appraisal of a movie if I see a good one , and though there are some nice nollywood movies around, but a better number of our movies wouldn't get a 4/10 on imdb.


My dear let's not go down this lane pls, before this Sunday rice I took time to prepare loses taste in my mouth

lol at your self-glorification.


Did you watch Omotola's Alter Ego? I bet no, but you rate her based on? Past movies?

Like I said, she offers nothing the listed actresses cannot bring. And since you have probably never seen any of these actresses I mentioned, what with your apathy for Nigerian movies of recent, you can't really say, now can you?

While I agree that a lot of Nigerian movies are not it (including high budget movies), you cannot say that the same movies that have beat many Hollywood movies in Nigerian cinemas are too little for Omotola. She has just lost her relevance and like someone opined, her face doesn't draw a lot of movie watchers these days.

Enjoy your Sunday rice

Bluezy13:
An example of someone that has a valuable price tag and knows her worth... Knows she is above the level of anything goes.

so shes more expensive than old Hollywood actors like al Pacino, Robert de Niro and co who keep acting or directing or advancing the art in one way or another...Nigerians so greedy and mediocre...

EsotericMonk:
Well, we can look at it through a different prism. One problem with our movie financing is that one man would be the producer, the director , marketer and distributor. Ahn Ahn, what kinda Jack is that?
If our movie makers go into contractual partnerships with recognized marketers and distributors including online retailers just the way Netflix and Own network runs their stuff, the burden of financing a movie would be less.
Movie production is a business, division of labour brings efficiency.

At the emboldened, it's so because all these people u listed are not willing to invest in it

If u know a producer, ask him

Mimee803:
so shes more expensive than old Hollywood actors like al Pacino, Robert de Niro and co who keep acting or directing or advancing the art in one way or another...Nigerians so greedy and mediocre...

Dear Mimee, we are discussing Nollywood, not Hollywood.

ControG:
Know your worth

I hope this is not pride

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Anything get “worth” for Nigeria?
Even athletes, they cannot pay.
See all the professionals leaving Nigeria for greener pastures?

If you want to get your “worth” by any measure, YOU MUST LEAVE NIGERIA. Only CROOKS survive in Nigeria.

Nigeria does not value good work ethics.

lol, lucky you dear.


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That was one of the most boring movies so far. I slept off .
To me, the story was all over the place,even Wale Ojo couldnt save it.
Thankfully, I watched it on Africa Magic...I would have been very upset to watch that movie in a cinema hall.
I am surprised the movie is getting so much acclaim.[/quote]

EsotericMonk:
Well, an industry which prioritises quantity over quality would never get the heights it ought to. There's no way I'd pay to watch the tripe being churned out hourly. We have to address the quality of our movies as its pretty obvious many of the actors take cuts to re-read their scripts and even at that, they still fumble the roles.
Many of us spend our data to watch Hollywood movies on YouTube or download from the net. We would rather spend N500 to download a Hollywood movie than spend N150 to buy a naija movie . It's always gonna be quality over quantity.
Even Ghana that used to be in our shadows now produce movies that have some semblance of quality.

It is easy to blame. I think rather than blame one needs a sympathetic understanding of the problem.
Quality means money and investment which is lacking in Nigeria.

The main problem is how to get money back after investing.

That revenue extraction process is a weakness in poor countries and there is no easy solution.

The obvious "solution" which is the Cinema model requires investment.

Regardless of movie quality when you are dealng with a population that is as poor as many Africans are then you will struggle to get them to pay. With the VCD model . Piracy dominates and the money does not return to investors.Sadly government is not willing or able to take action

Jakumo:
I throway salute my brother. I dey kaka-raka like hunter-dog when meet fowl for bush.

We old-cargo of Nairaiand, we still dey wait any royalty and dividend-share when Oga Seun chop remain, but Oga Seun never call we till now o.

If to say na hundred naira per post dem share give us for dis awa Nairaland writer-work, I for don build small house put for my village by now.

I agree with u baba agbalagba...see u at the top bro

See this Old Woman, when we already have Adesua which director will even call you sef

aribisala0:
Regardless of movie quality when you are dealng with a population that is as poor as many Africans are then you will struggle to get them to pay. With the VCD model . Piracy dominates and the money does not return to investors.Sadly government is not willing or able to take action

Well, as we have pointed out here, the problem with our movie industry is multifaceted and successive govts have dealt with it as per priority levels. I know the past administration paid some attention, offered some ease of obtaining credit facilities and COSON or whatever they call themselves made a push, but we know how it ended, political will is a bane.
But I disagree with the bolded, we're a very passionate people, known to invest in our passion despite the fact that we're below the poverty line. The average youth spends 200 naira per weekend to watch EPL games & spends multiples of that on nairabet, movie club owners would tell you that youths stream in all the time to borrow and buy movies esp WWE, Asian and Hollywood. The point is , if we make our movies appealing with proper production and marketing, people wouldnt mind spending #150 per weekend to buy it.
Serious producers can take credit facilities to produce quality movies - I know this is a huge risk but then would we just continue being average and keep making up excuses for not moving forward, yet bash those who are tired of mediocrity for being ungrateful?

SoNature:
At the emboldened, it's so because all these people u listed are not willing to invest in it

If u know a producer, ask him

I agree with you, it's the same problem that faces all sectors of the economy. We can't all wait for a govt which clearly doesn't prioritise the movie industry to help them.
They can come together under an umbrella and obtain credit from the bank.
The sad part is that it's the same actors and actresses who you would soon see on your TV screens, endorsing and campaigning for politicians, same politicians who aren't willing to help the industry.
What does that tell us? It makes us realize that lots of them are self serving and contented with being local champions.

EsotericMonk:
Well, as we have pointed out here, the problem with our movie industry is multifaceted and successive govts have dealt with it as per priority levels. I know the past administration paid some attention, offered some ease of obtaining credit facilities and COSON or whatever they call themselves made a push, but we know how it ended, political will is a bane.
But I disagree with the bolded, we're a very passionate people, known to invest in our passion despite the fact that we're below the poverty line. The average youth spends 200 naira per weekend to watch EPL games & spends multiples of that on nairabet, movie club owners would tell you that youths stream in all the time to borrow and buy movies esp WWE, Asian and Hollywood. The point is , if we make our movies appealing with proper production and marketing, people wouldnt mind spending #150 per weekend to buy it.
Serious producers can take credit facilities to produce quality movies - I know this is a huge risk but then would we just continue being average and keep making up excuses for not moving forward, yet bash those who are tired of mediocrity for being ungrateful?

The average youth spends.....bla bla bla

Let us not go there. There is no data source for such grandiose claims. Let us not get into unfounded data claims about movie clubs
Do you equally have data for those who source movies from clubs? You are talking from your own experience but producers complain all the time of two things Piracy and no efficient channel for selling their product without leakages.
I used to buy VCDs but no more since YouTube. In fact I have thrown all those I have away to clear room in my house

Why should I pay when I can Cast from YouTube?
Even Hollywood does not make much money from DVDs Rather t is at Cinemas which we don't have in Nigeria on a scale that can make mokey for movie makers
Have you worked out that 150 a week is what would make our movie industry sustainable?
Without Serious Capital our movie industry cannot grow.

Currently the industry is fragmented when it needs 2 or 3 Studio companies with deep pockets. Like MGM, Paramount,Sony
The current state of cheap productions is what our people and economy can sustain. No one is willing to invest 10 billion Naira in one movie because there is no way to make the money back. There are too many leakages and The money will not get to those who invested

Bluezy13:
Dear Mimee, we are discussing Nollywood, not Hollywood.

ok thank u for clearing that up for me....I was confused...why should anyone aspire 2 so better?

Mimee803:
ok thank u for clearing that up for me....I was confused...why should anyone aspire 2 so better?

You are welcome.

Jakumo:
I throway salute my brother. I dey kaka-raka like hunter-dog when meet fowl for bush.

We old-cargo of Nairaiand, we still dey wait any royalty and dividend-share when Oga Seun chop remain, but Oga Seun never call we till now o.

If to say na hundred naira per post dem share give us for dis awa Nairaland writer-work, I for don build small house put for my village by now.

The terrorist and failure called Buhari that you supported in 2015 didnt pay?