9 SIMPLE MOVIE TIPS NOLLYWOOD CAN LEARN FROM.

#1- Lesson 4 Nollywood: A stand-alone film should make sense without a sequel or parts. i.e part1,2,3

#2- Nollywood movies got No drama, no edge of your seat tension and no character investment in my opinion. And this can ruin audiences taste to want to see it

#3- There is NOTHING worse in a movie than when the. drama feels empty, soulless, and predictable. Nollywood and even "Hollywood" needs to make a change ASAP

#4- Over the past few years, two very different methods of handling film franchises have emerged: "Tell the audience everything at once" and "Take it one movie at a time."Why not stick with an original tale instead

#5- I was really surprised in How To Train You Dragon when the main character lost a leg at the end of the movie. Now I'm going into the next installation knowing anything can happen. Make your work less predictable

#6- Actually you don't have to kill off a character to create some tension. Creative writing is all that's required.

#7- Destinations are trivial, what a character does on the journey in-between can be much more important in a story.

#8- Unpredictability is a useful tool in a storytellers toolbox, but it's really just a one time thing. Once you've seen a movie, you know how it ends. But if the story is done well, you'll want to keep coming back to it.

#9- For most movies that identify with any particular genre the audience has to suspend disbelief to invest in the world already, despite knowing what outcomes are standard for the genre.

#Digest
Destinations are trivial, what a character does on the journey in-between can be much more important in a story.
Unpredictability is a useful tool in a storytellers toolbox, but it's really just a one time thing. Once you've seen a movie, you know how it ends. But if the story is done well, you'll want to keep coming back to it.
So, does knowing the outcome beforehand hurt dramatic tension?
for most movies that identify with any particular genre the audience has to suspend disbelief to invest in the world already, despite knowing what outcomes are standard for the genre.
Likewise it is the creators' job to craft a journey that is rewarding, weather the destination is expected or not.

Compiled By : Idris Focus Sagir ( For more movie news visit www.focusthoughts.wordpress.com )