This is Nollywood featured in Post Magazine
Industry standard Post Magazine interviewed Director Franco Sacchi for a feature article on HD production in their September issue. The article, “HD Tastes on a DV Budget”, highlighted the production of This is Nollywood in Lagos, Nigeria, as an example of the empowering advantage of affordable HD.
Claudia Kienzle writes, “Carrying two Sony-HVR-ZIU 3-CCD HDV camcorders, a tripod, Sennheiser mics on booms, lavaliere mics and other basic production gear, the three were able to move unobtrusively around Nigeria, and capture 36 hours of 10801 HDV native footage documenting the making of Nigerian films.”
I don’t know that much about digital technology but I am very interested in translating this system to American filmmaking. As a Nigerian-American, I see promise and potential in taking Nollywood to the next level. My current book out ‘Mound Bayou’ has done this somewhat but I want to branch out even beyond this.
Daniel Asamota
June 17, 2007 at 3:06 am
Really inpsiring and exciting to hear about this. I am from India, whose film industry is wrongly represented by something called “Bollywood” whereas the reality is 70 per cent of the country’s film output comes from the South where extremely succesful, technically pathbreaking films are made in four languages. Anyway that is another issue, which people outside India need to be made aware of.
This digital way of film making in Nollywood is really exciting. One of them in the trailers says that it is for the masses and not for the elite – I didnt get what she meant. Is it about the content or about the form? (production values). Some discussion on that will be useful. I have also heard about a new JVC camera with progressive 24 frames per second. More informaton on emerging digital imaging technology will be very useful
Pramod
July 15, 2007 at 4:09 pm
i really, really, love nollywood, and i hope to be one among them, and you know what i don’t have a role model all the actors, director producers and actresses are performing well,all i have to say is for you to keep it up, and tiredy till i meet you thanks.
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boni
July 22, 2007 at 7:23 pm
This is for Pramod. I think what she means is it’s not made with the elite in mind as in the rich. It’s mostly the poor who are buying the movies. Most of the movies are bought cheaply mostly on vcd.
Amanda
October 25, 2007 at 1:41 am
I invite all Nollywood films and directors to send me e-mails and I will promote your movies on my site. My next book will be out soon, “Cricketman”, and I am looking to make it into a film soon. So let the spirit of cooperation prevail so that we may all prosper.
Daniel Asamota
September 16, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I’m calling on all Nigerians living here in America. Hey why is there so little response on this site? This involves us! Comeon now, lets not get here to America and get caught up int the b/s rhetoric that goes on here. We need to support our own film industry. Now I implore all to log onto this site and give us your input! We need you! Thanx.
Daniel Asamota
January 17, 2009 at 7:32 am
We have set up an event and party site to showcase mainly the African talent. 9ja artists are now a force to be reckoned with…for where the fun is in Nigeria, Uk, Oregon (more cities are been added) please visit or join oxzzie.com. It’s informative, definitive and full of fun. You can also meet and network with friends, actors, musicians, politicians, party-people and colleagues. See you there.
ozav sheidun
January 26, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Thanks for coming out with the info. Now comeon people, there are some twenty thousand or more Nigerians living here. We need to hear from you! Comeon everybody, lets get more info out and lets organize more events to help promote the films of our homeland so Nollywood can become as big as Bollywood, and bigger than Hollywood! Unity all! Thanx!
Daniel Asamota
January 30, 2009 at 4:45 am
I don’t hear you Nigerian bruthas’ and sistahs’! Where you at?
Daniel Asamota
April 1, 2009 at 2:31 am
To Daniel Asamota: you are not promoting Adequetley. You have to do more than just post a message on a Nollywood Blog. You should try advertising the movies at a club, museaum,or restaurant by inviting people to come to view for little or no charge. That is just one way to promote the Nollywood films. Just doing it this way is not enough because a lot of people may not know about the website. Just food for thought.
dawn
October 6, 2009 at 11:28 pm
thank you Dawn for your comments but figure this that if I could do those things I would have. We Nigerians must interact and get involved on this Nollywood blog so hopefully it will become a vehicle that will point others to those premiers and the like. And I’m not downing you, I’m glad you at least took the time out to check out the blog. Now if one hundred others would do like you did, then we would finally be on our way to doing something.
Daniel Asamota
October 22, 2009 at 4:30 pm