₦airaland Forum

jennykadry:
@seun
how is air travel safer dan road travel?

About 7000-10,000 people are reported killed in road accidents each year. See:
http://www.roadsafetynigeria.com/information.html
http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/default1.php?recordID2=27%20&recordID3=79

How many people are killed in air crashes on an average year? Sometimes zero.

Your girlfriend is safer as an air hostess than as an executive going to work by road every day. Gbam.

If you can't support your girl's dreams, you don't deserve her.
Life is too short to spend it being held back by people who claim to love you.

Every educated person knows that air travel is safer than road travel.
So what's the problem?

the problem is everyone is trying to make her decision for her,

Exactly.

did you congratulate her? the screening process is quite vigorous and you should be proud that she made it through
be happy for her first and worry about her later!

Please tell him. Teach him.

If you are not married, she can tell you to go to hell. Would you abandon a job for her? No.

How silly. What is our regular tax supposed to fund? It will be passed on to the consumer anyway.

A flawed marriage can be more painful than remaining single.

You can do business with untrustworthy people. You just have to keep your eyes open all the time.

I hereby propose a Nairaland short film competition.
You are to make a film between 2 and 5 minutes long, including title and credits.

The theme for this edition is "one actor and a phone".
Your story should revolve around one actor talking on a phone in one location.
(No supporting actors or extras are allowed on screen)

The movie should be performed in English or properly subtitled.
You should submit your entry as a properly encoded flash video (I'll teach you how).

We will decide the winner by voting. Each contestant who submits a film gets one vote.
The winner gets to be recognized as a talented filmmaker, among other benefits.

Deadline: 6th of June. Anyone interested, or am I going to win this one easily?

Next time wear jeans.

Attacking him will definitely make him less shy. Better still, why not insult and debase him?

He's just trying to make a movie. How is that a big deal; it may fail anyway. And where the hell is the source of this tale?

The people that said God commanded these various acts didn't know those things were wrong.

It's now illegal to spray the naira, so they have to spray dollars obviously.

250 computers. You can't get 250 computers from one person, so you must set the price.

China did it by killing all corrupt officials.

Oh shut up. Using murder to solve theft? A murderer is worse than a looter.

What do you think about documentary filmmaking as an alternative to making fictional movies?

(1) It's cheaper: you don't have to pay your 'performers'.

(2) Unlike a film, you can sell a documentary to a school or library. It's 'educative'. Also,

(3) Being independent is not a problem for a documentary. It's the norm.

So is documentary film-making a more limiting art-form? Is it equally rewarding? Is it under-rated?``

Isn't it ironic that after using pirated software to develop our programs, we don't want others to pirate our own?

A screenwriting competition is not out of the question.

Every locked thread is or should be linked to a thread where it may be legitimately discussed.

Aero Contractors.

If you can sleep with her, eating her food should not be such a big deal.

It can be useful in a big house with lots of children, especially if the person cooking is a hired hand.
I don't understand why a new table can't be drafted for each week or meals chosen a day in advance.

The reason Bollywood is so successful: they generate so much money from their movies locally.

The only protection you have is your willingness to walk away the first time he lays a finger on you, whether or not you are just dating or married with kids.

Hmm. An interesting way to look at things. Makes sense.

because in Nigeria there is no media machine to create hype and anticipation for movies anyway.

The confusing thing is that I have something like a mini media machine. It has as much reach as an average Nigerian newspaper, but I don't know that it can sell 10,000 copies of a movie.

if you're looking for "star power," then you cast star actors.

I seem to be facing some internal resistance in this area. The idea of devoting 50% of my budget to stars who are not sharing any of the production risk is somewhat hard to swallow.

Actually PAL is 25 frames per second and the the technique was meant to be used with photocomics.

I don't understand why people have to fight over 'love'. If he doesn't want you, just leave him. Gah.

Oh come on, the so-called record is from his own website. Why not use unbiased newspaper records?

I find the lady unwise partly because of what everyone else is saying, but mostly because of her decision not to press charges. Makes no sense. Why are you disturbing us here if you have no intention of doing what you can to re-educate the brute? What stops him from hitting someone else tomorrow? That's why I don't really care anymore when women are assaulted or treated bad. It's a waste of time trying to help people who will never lift a finger to help themselves. Feel free to continue suffering intimidation and accepting it with lots of meaningless, actionless 'outrage'

It appears as if there are three types of movies:

1) "Anticipated" movies - Movies you make because people want them to be made. Usually adaptations of popular novels or comics (Spiderman), sequels to really successful movies (Spiderman 2), biopics of iconic celebrities (Elvis, Fela, Awo), etc. A movie falls into this category if people start talking about it the moment it is announced. This sort of movie is a guaranteed hit, if executed competently, because people actually want to see them.

2) "Passion" Movies - When you make a movie on a topic that means a lot to you personally. The creator of Edwards Scissorhands felt isolated during his childhood, so he created a film about a character who was isolated because he looked different from everybody. I think a good reason to make a movie, but also very risky; probably best done when one is firmly established as a filmmaker.

3) Commercially risky and personally un-fulfilling movies (i.e. garbage cinema?)

The current version of my superhero story - as it exists today - doesn't fall into category one or category two. It's not something that people are dying to see. It does not necessarily address issues I would like to talk to the world about. It is just the first concept I was able to impress a complete stranger with. No, it's nice. 100% execution and cast dependent, but nice.

This project has maybe half a dozen well-wishers, and I appreciate them greatly , but ibkaye's question about DVD pricing made me realise how many copies I'll have to sell to make a profit. And I'm wondering whether to look for a category (1) movie; a movie based on a concept so popular and meaningful to millions of people such that, once I tell people I'm making it, they'll not allow me to rest until I tell them where to get a copy. A movie that will sell 15,000 copies even if Ini Edo's face is not on the cover.

And then one day when I've achieved some recognition I'll start making Category (2) passion films.

I'm just wondering, that's all. If someone announces a Fela/Awo movie today, we would all pay attention.