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The common wisdom on film-making forums is that as a budding director or producer you need to make lots of short films to get yourself known so you can make feature length films later. Is this true in Nigeria?

I wrote a short movie recently for promotional purposes but the vibe I'm getting is that no Nigerian will act in a movie for free just because it's a noncommercial movie. Even those that can't act want to make money right away!

In such a climate, do shorts make sense? (One tip I got recently is to make short films that are really, really short and simple: one location, 2 actors, and about 5 minutes long. That makes the short film-making much more affordable.)

Who is Charles Novia?

Can you post the address of the web page you copied this from?

Women don't really care about equality. They only bring it up when it suits them.

In addition, it also seeps some stored battery charge in the case of laptop systems. If you're not going to be using for a long while (days) it's best to just shut it down completely.

That's complete nonsense by the way.

get 2GB.

Great idea

How about Amazon.com, the largest e-retailer in the world? Self-publish your DVD with www.createspace.com and it can be listed on amazon.com. You'll have to convert to NTSC, though.

Hello Ndidi. You are a model, but are you an actress? That takes some training, you know.

Alcohol[b]ism[/b] is destructive.

We don't have world-class health facilities. We have Africa-class health facilities.

Why waste your time getting angry with someone that has no regard for you? Just leave him.

Obviously he was removed in a 'dignifying' manner.

How much?

Am thinking of doing my masters in design science(digital media) where i can learn how 2 do splendid animations like shrek and bee so as 2 bypass all this whole mess of no quality cameras , lightning, and all

The camera issue is not it at all. Under proper lighting, you don't need a great camera. The cameras they use have more resolution than your typical 21 inch TV set. But they have to reduce squeeze it down for VCD; maybe that is the real problem.

Animated film production using 3D isn't easy. You have to write a very good script. You have to assign facial expressions and physical gestures to each word or action in your movie. You have to get good voice actors, and that requires almost as much skill as actual acting. You have to add music, believable sound effects. Any one of these tasks alone can take years to master, but you have to be proficient at all. Not easy!

So it's not really easier than live-action movie production. Animated Hollywood movies cost about the same to make as blockbuster movies. Nothing in movie-making is easy. That's why we want suggestions and not condemnation.

bibiking1:
The end ALWAYS justifies the means!

naijaking1:
@bibiking1
thanks for the informed opinion.

You call it "informed opinion". I call it "terrorist manifesto".

I was far from tripped sha. . . . . Considering d way our dear ol' RAZZ raises hell & runs her mouth all over N'L, i was xpecting quite an earful in her unique, hair-raising, garrulous fashion. . . . . But not so, sadly not so!

Heh. Many people who are wild on the Internet are rather tame in person. Although, I don't think Razorr is one of those people. She just needs time to get used to the camera and we'll see red.

Where can I find Razorr on STV? What day and what time?

You should definitely not be in a relationship just because society expects you to. You should be in one only because it's better for you.

Why can't you have an affair with an unmarried man? Why must it be a married man?

This is not a romance problem. It's a career problem. Forget about the girl for now.

Does PEFTI train actors too?

If that's true, then freedom fighters are over-rated. This has always been my belief,
but it never occurred to me to despise the famous Nelson Mandela as one of them. Sad.
Wasn't the struggle against apartheid won by non-violent means at the end of the day?

Wikipedia:

Guerrilla activities

In 1961, Mandela became the leader of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (translated as Spear of the Nation, also abbreviated as MK), which he co-founded. He coordinated a sabotage campaign against military and government targets, and made plans for a possible guerrilla war if sabotage failed to end apartheid. A few decades later, MK did wage a guerrilla war against the regime, especially during the 1980s, in which many civilians were killed. Mandela also raised funds for MK abroad, and arranged for paramilitary training, visiting various African governments.

Mandela explains the move to embark on armed struggle as a last resort, when increasing repression and violence from the state convinced him that many years of non-violent protest against apartheid had achieved nothing and could not succeed.[6][2]

Mandela later admitted that the ANC, in its struggle against apartheid, also violated human rights, and has sharply criticised attempts by parts of his party to remove statements supporting this fact from the reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

Terrorism, in the modern sense,[1] is violence, the threat of violence, or other harmful acts committed for political or ideological goals.[2] Most definitions of terrorism include only those acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed to a lone attack), and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians). Many definitions also include only acts of unlawful violence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist

I stumbled upon this post on the Internet:

Nelson Mandela was a terrorist. He used arms struggle for making his point. He wanted the ruling British to talk with nationalist fighters – for peace. But British never agreed for a one-to-one dialog and the mayhem of anarchy, atrocity and violence continued for more than half a century.

- Was Nelson Mandela really a 'terrorist'?
- If so, does this mean being a 'terrorist' isn't such a bad thing?
- In the future, will people like Asari Dokubo be perceived as 'heroes', just like Mandela?

Nigerian bakers here have to contend with rising cost of flour and other materials, crazy import duties and related fees on foreign baking machinery and equipment, and last but not the least, our very own dismal power supply

Don't the Chinese bakeries in Nigeria also have to contend with these same problems?

Let's face it. We may have crashed out of this competition!

Did anyone watch this movie? I've been hearing about it.

Glad you changed the title. I'm sure he did not actually say "Lagos is evil"

I think it's ridiculous. Sorry.

Nigeria will forever remain the giant Of Africa - because of our enormous population.