I got this article from a friend so I decided to share it here..pass it to any movie maker you know in the industry.
Dear Nollywood.
You have come a long way in making a whole lot of crap you mostly call movies, don’t get me wrong some are okay[only in terms of story]
but mehn!! Una no dey try at all!!!…for an entertainment industry that
isn’t up to 50 years yet you sure know how to recycle a lot of shit and
feed it to the same people who you should give back something better [Yeah am talking about all those 100 love movies with the same story/plot]
That’s why am not mentioning any movies right here. Anyway am not here
to talk about the things you did or still doing wrong I just want to
share some little tips on movies I hope you can learn from [just some tips nothing more YET!].
So without plenty talks here are 9 simple Movie tips I hope Nollywood can learn from.
#1- A stand-alone film should make a
great deal of sense in its plot and overall narrative without a sequel
or parts. i.e. part1, 2 or 3. [Or a trilogy: even though I doubt Nollywood has anything remotely close to being called a trilogy]
Most of why many movies are expanded into parts are mainly for monetary
purpose and not really for the continuation of the initial story in
which it should build on.
The 1st Star Wars Trilogy is a good example.
#2- Nollywood movies got No Drama, no edge of your seat tension and no character investment and this leaves the entire narrative flat and boarder line predictable in my opinion.
#3- There is NOTHING worse in a movie than when the Drama feels empty, Soulless, and lacks the necessary depth. Nollywood (and even Hollywood)
needs to make a change ASAP. I had to include Hollywood in this because
they are beginning to have a more Nollywood feel in most of their
movies of being empty and soulless giving their constant sequels reboots
and remakes.
#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”.
Now if you want to follow the former the movie might end up cramping
plot details and compromise a coherent narrative all for the sake of
making it just ONE movie while for the latter it might give good room to
establish needed plot point and even proper character development when
it comes in sequels or parts…But this also has it issues.
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And this just doesn’t fall on having more screen time but how well
the character enhances the plot and his emotional relation to both the
audience and his fellow characters too.
I was really surprised in How To Train You Dragon when the main character lost a leg at the end of the movie. I went into the next installation knowing anything can happen.(and surprisingly it did )
#6- Actually you don’t have to kill off a character to create some tension.
Creative writing is all that’s required. I’ve seen some Nollywood
movies that killed off characters simply because they feel it would flaw
audiences emotional connection with the character just to create some
screen tension, but these moves end up backfiring because some of these “supposed” characters have almost no development at all and this just ends up messing the movie…so like I said Creative writing is all that is required.
#7- Destinations are trivial, what a
character does on the journey in-between can be much more important in a
story. This still falls under character development, we don’t just need
to know that this is he Good Guy and this is the Bad Guy…how
much do we know about these characters?? What have they done that
classified them as what you say they are?? What are they doing (the ones we get to witness). If you bring these character in these various lights trust me [because I’m Batman] we would end up seeing some of ourselves in the characters on screen.
#8- Unpredictability is a useful tool in a storyteller’s toolbox, but it’s really just a onetime thing. What I mean here is “The Element of Surprise”
Always make a movie like magicians box that is full of surprises…but
not always like I said above it should be a onetime thing [see The Empire Strikes Back]. 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.
I know Nollywood have no superhero movie record of any kind (giving the nature of Comic book movies today)…so we all know how these movies end, Good guy [Hero]
always wins and gets the girl But other genre of movies like thrillers,
Comedies, Horror can still make the audience suspend disbelief in other
to invest in the world of these movies.
So there are my few movie tips Nollywood can learn from, if you
notice I was a little bit more on storytelling, characters and plots…I
didn’t delve into other aspect like acting, effects, costume e.t.c…those
will be coming when I feel I have the energy to talk about Nollywood
stuffs, but until then Live, Love and Enjoy Movies.
Sincerely
Yours
Focus: The
Batman
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