Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in Personal Observations on Aug 24th, 2010
This article was written by Tony Iwuoma. “For over 30 years, Mr. Adenuga had held Nigerians spellbound with his hilarious productions on television or on the pages of magazines. He has endeared himself to Nigerians who have come to rely on his witty productions as antidote to crisis in the polity. In fact, to underscore [...]
Posted in In The News on Feb 6th, 2010
This article is from NGR Guardian News. VICTOR Okhai is an independent producer and one of the few intellectuals in Nollywood, who feels saddened with the failings of the movie industry. Yet he maintains a positive posture with the belief that Nollywood will soon get out its dark tunnel with the emergence of a new [...]
Posted in Personal Observations on Oct 9th, 2009
“Professional skills, a well-thought-out socio-cultural policy, training and capacity building are basic to the development of a film industry anywhere in the world. The human mind is difficult to just change. But it is not beyond correcting considering the fact that, over the course of Hollywood’s history, regulatory systems evolved around film development agencies in [...]
Posted in Film Festivals on Aug 16th, 2009
“Over the years, practitioners in Nollywood have participated in different film festivals in and outside the country. However, the concern now is whether these festival have impacted on Nigeria’s movie sector even as India and Nigeria plan a maiden film festival January.” Read this article from This Day Online. ———- Sign up now for your [...]
Posted in In The News on Jul 2nd, 2009
“The Nigerian Film Industry (popularly referred to globally as Nollywood) is one of the fastest growing sector of the Nigerian economy. It is less than 20 yrs old but it is now ranked third in the world after Hollywood in the USA and Bollywood in India, in terms of volume of output, productivity and profitability. [...]
Posted in In The News on May 29th, 2009
“The Nigerian film industry has overtaken Hollywood and closed the gap on India, the global leader in the number of movies produced each year, according to a new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization report released on May 5, 2009.” Read rest of article from Sociolingo’s Africa. ———- Sign up now for your own [...]
Posted in In The News on Mar 14th, 2009
This article is from Road Junky. “Bollywood is almost as famous as Hollywood now but since when did the Africans make movies? Not much really comes out of Africa. Salad for European supermarkets in winter (sorry about those dwindling local water reserves), models for Hunger Porn ads for the Western charities and every now and [...]
Posted in In The News on Dec 30th, 2008
This article is from the website, The Black Box Office. December 28, 2008 “Until few years ago, the world knew only two flourishing film blocks. Then it was Hollywood of the United States and Bollywood of Indian. The Nigerian Nollywood joined the fray 16 years ago and showed much promise. Over the years, Nollywood grew [...]
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