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Film
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer
Abuja, June 4, 2017 (NAN) Movie Producer, Ms Josephine Abraham, popularly known as “Aunmbor’’ says decent and better content in home movie would bring about positive orientation and make the society a better place for all.
Anumbor in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, said values such as care, love, decency and discipline in film could bring about positive change in the country.
“As a movie producer, the world is our classroom, so we have a responsibility to ensure production of movies that would better the orientation of the people.
“Whatever content you put up in a film will certainly have an effect on the lives of the people, therefore, positive and patriotic contents will generally help the country move forward,’’ she said.
Anumbor, however, said that the Nigerian movie industry popularly known as Nollywood had done so well.
She maintained that the industry had attained a remarkable level of success.
“Today, Nigerian movies have gained international acceptance and are making wave, people are watching Nigerian movies, so we have done very well.
“Though we are not where we are supposed to be in terms of production quality, but the fact is we have improved greatly.
“Some of the movies from Nollywood can actually compete with foreign movies, we are improving and getting better by the day,’’ Anumbor stressed.
On challenges in bringing out a movie, she explained that film production was like a project, but expressed concern that many movie producers do not have good technical team.
According to her, some technical teams are not knowledgeable about project and time management in the production of movies.
She noted that such could lead to a situation where a producer would intend to shoot two or three scenes in a day, but eventually shoot only one thereby spending more time and resources.
“It is important for technical crew to be knowledgeable in time and project management for us to get the very best that we can have.”
The talented actress and singer highlighted some challenges encountered during the production of her movie, “Searching: the Story of a Girl-Child.’’
She noted that the first team of people she worked with didn’t speak the same language with her, adding “there were lots of misunderstandings.
“What I was looking forward to in the movie was different from what they thought I was looking forward to; there were just clear misunderstandings.
“Having written the story long time ago and of course, every story teller who wants to produce a movie has already seen the movie in his or her brain.
“So working with someone who will want to twist the story into what you do not have in mind is a challenge that will no longer be your story. It was tough but God helped me,’’ she said.
Anumbor also said that even though some movie producers had learnt a lot of skills over the years, there was still need for training and retraining.
On piracy, the actress who is also the Chief Executive Officer of “Love the World Initiative’’ a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) said the Federal Government was doing the very best to curtail the menace.
She added that the frequency of complaints by movie producers and artists had considerably reduced.
The actress called on Nigerians to cooperate and support the government in its efforts to eradicate piracy so that artistes could reap the fruit of their labour. (NAN)
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Edited by Ese E. Ekama