LOVERS CREEK Ajayeoba Mayokun

WRITTEN BY: Cajetan Ugwuegbu
DIRECTED BY: Ikechukwu Onyeka
PRODUCED BY: Samuel Aghanti
Great favor productions, produced in the year 2009
MAIN CAST
JENNY AS RITA DOMINIC, UCHE AS DESMOND ELLIOT, GREG AS MIKE EZUORONYE, ESTHER AS NADIA BUARI, OLU JACOBS AS CHIEF, FUNKE AS EBUBE NWANGBO……………………
SUMMARY OF THE FILM
Jenny has just been jilted by mark her boyfriend, which lands her in the hospital, because of this incidence her father, banned her from going out and became over protective of her.
She later met uche who was a journalist in a filling station whom she became very close to, because of her father’s over protective nature uche was locked in a cell for 8 days. The part one ended where uche’s mum Mrs. Evelyn came to beg for her son’s release.


Chief (Jenny’s father) agreed to release uche on one condition he sign an undertaken that he will never come close to jenny again.
Jenny and Uche started seeing each other secretly after uche’s release in uche’s friend house Greg who also has a girlfriend Esther whom is also jenny’s friend. Uche suggested that they all go to an island where they can express their love very well without any opposition which he tagged the lover’s creek, which they all agreed to including jenny without her parent’s consent. The part2 ended where they embarked on the journey to the lover’s creek, they were joined by Greg’s friend Jeff.
Garden of Eden
The title of the movie was changed in the part 3. When they got to the island they decided to have a picnic, they were later joined by three people Olu, his girlfriend funke and funke’s friend Christy they mingled with the 5 people that got there earlier, they paired themselves into two and started chatting happily. Later on jenny decided to go and ease herself uche also followed her while jenny was easing herself uche heard a noise and decided to take a look, there he saw four people trying to extract oil illegally from a pipeline, he called on the others to come and look but they warned him that it is non of his business but Uche insisted that been a journalist it is his business and that such a news can win him the journalist of the year award, then uche and Jeff climbed a tree to get a closer look and also to snap the people, unfortunately Jeff fell down from the tree and the four bandit heard the noise of Jeff’s fall and they traced the noise with a telescope and found that some people were trying to take pictures of them, they decide to kill all of them no matter how many they are so that they would not get implicated. They set out on their killing mission and the first set of people they killed were Greg and his girlfriend Esther, the other still running for their dear life left Jeff whose leg was paining him due to his fall. The second set of people was Olu and when they wanted to kill Funke the camera wiped off the scene. They later killed funke’s friend Christy that was when Uche got angry and killed one of the bandit that killed Christy. It remained 3 lovers and 3 bandits in the island. The three continued the run for their lives, from behind one of the bandits killed Jeff and shot jenny on her arm, Uche took the gun of the first bandit he killed and killed the second one that was where he dropped his camera and carried jenny to a hiding place. The two remaining bandits seeing their colleagues dead concluded that the remaining two has absconded so they went back, remaining uche and jenny in the island where he proposed to her and promised to take her home the next day but before the next day jenny had died in his arms.
Uche got to the city later in the day and went straight to jenny’s parent’s house where he was arrested for the murder of jenny, he tried to explain what happened but without any evidence which was the camera he dropped in the forest no one believed him. It happened that Funke Olu’s girlfriend was not killed, she heard of Uche’s ordeal and decided to go as a witness to the police, and on getting there she narrated everything to the police and told them that one of the bandits was her uncle and he secretly spared her live, the police later arrested the two remaining bandits through the help of funke and found out that it was chief, jenny’s father that sent the bandits to go and extract oil and illegally and also ordered them to kill the people that where taking snapshots of them not knowing that his daughter was among them, he was arrested and that the end of the film.
LESSON OF THE FILM: If you live in a glass house don’t throw stones
GENRE: Romance Tragedy/ Adventure
CINEMATOGRAPHY

• C camera shots: Medium shots- medium shots were taken when the lovers were paired in twos in the island. It was also taken when the lovers were travelling to the island in the car.
• Long shorts- Long shots was taken when all the five friend were in putting some stuff they needed for the picnic inside the car they five of them were shown( full image) with the environment an d when Mrs. Evelyn came to beg for her son’s release, her full body was shown with the environs of jenny’s house.
• Extreme long shot was taken when an emphasis was made on the binoculars the thieves were using to trace the lover only the binocular was shown.
CAMERA PLACEMENT Subjective or point of view, we were made to see what the thieves were seeing through the binoculars, the camera was showing what the bandits were looking at, and also when funke got to know that Uche was imprisoned for the crime he didn’t commit she got to know through the news on TV.
Camera movement The camera zoomed in through the binoculars when the thieves were tracing the lovers.
My opinion on the movie
I think the movie is not the normal love story we see everyday and I like the transition of the movie from a love story to an action movie the script writer did a good job, but I doubt if the director has ever directed a movie before cause it is a poorly directed movie because the part 2 of the movie ended where they got to the creek and they shown the whole journey in the movie for like a whole 30minutes which was so annoying the part three started from the beginning of the journey again which took another 30 minutes of the movie, and during the journey they were not doing anything but just playing soundtracks which makes no sense, the movie was like a replica of a Shakespeare work a love turned tragedy(Romeo and Juliet) and I don’t know if they were trying to imitate the movie by quoting poems throughout the movie which was totally unnecessary and unrealistic even when Uche was thanking his friend for his support he was still quoting poems which is very unrealistic. The bandits were just shooting around even when there was no one in view and they were also making unnecessary noise and jumping around like hippos which made the whole action part look fake. Jenny in the film was shoot in the arm and she died, who die from a shoot on the arm? When Uche killed the first bandit he hit him on the head with a big stone 5 times and blood neither splashed on Uche’s shirt or on his head the blood was only shown on the floor which made it very fake, there was only one soundtrack for the movie and when I thought the movie was a love story they the soundtrack was telling another story which gave ma a possible hint of what might happen eventually, but overall the movie was not really predictable ,so I rate the movie a 40/100.

COMFORT MY SOUL

Story – Chinedu Nwani
Screenplay – Amechi Ukeji
Director – Afam Okereke
STILL PHOTO: GENTLE SOUL
WELFARE: AUGUSTINE OKEKE
MUSIC: SEIGHA SMOOTH EBIDE
CO-ORDINATOR: DAVID AGINWA
LIGHT/SOUND: UCHE UWAJU
PRODUCTION MANAGER: IFEANYI NDOKWU
GRAPHICS: JAHBLESS UKAEGBU
POST PRODUCTION: ULZEE DIGITAL STUDIO
ASST. EDITOR: SAMUEL EMMANUEL
EDITOR: JAHBLESS UKAEGBU
PRODUCER: AZUKA ODUNUKWE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: AZUKA ODUNUKWE AND ULOMA ODUNUKWE
DIRECTOR: TCHIDI CHIKERE
CONTINUITY: CHIJIOKE OKEKE OGUNO
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: EFE EPHRAIM
MAKE UP ARTIST: KINGSLEY GODWIN
COSTUME DESIGNER: CHIEMELA NWAGBOSO
RELEASE DATE: 2010
GENRE: MELODRAM DURATION:1hr,26 mins
Themes:
Love
Battling adversity
LOCATION: NIGERIA REVIEWER: OPARA OKWUCHI DOMINICA
09BE08985 Starring:
Mercy Johnson – Amarachi
Clarion Chukwurah – Monica
Olu Jacobs – Chief Kalu
Van Vicker – Henry
Camilla Mberekpe – Rose
Chukwuma Uchegbu – Father
Ofili Ugbor – Doctor
Emma Emordi – Nonso
Akanchowo Okoro – Chima
Stanley Ekwedike – Chinedu
Paul Umoh – Obi
Osodebe Chike – Operation Man
Austin Okafor – Personnel man
Rita Daniels – Accountant
Esther Ugwu – Secretary
Themes:
Love
Battling adversity
My Rating – 60%
Synopsis:
Amarachi is an orphan whose sole carer her grandmother has recently died. As well as coping with her grandmother’s death she is also receiving unwanted attention from a boy at school called Nonso. Nonso has been chasing Amarachi around school but she is not interested. His clique have threatened to throw him out for being a coward if he does not succeed in having his way with her. The situation turns from him simply trying to toast her into his friends organising for him to set her up into being” taken by force”.
One day she is confronted by Nonso and his clique, taken to the bush and almost raped. Nonso is on top of her when she saves herself by grabbing a sharp tool that she finds in the grass. She stabs him in the neck and escapes. Nonso dies as a result of the stabbing and Amarachi is banished from the kingdom.
Now a lowly and struggling orphan her luck improves when she comes across a kindly priest who takes her into his parrish and organises for the parrish to pay for her education to any level she should wish to study to. Can Amarachi overcome the problems of her past and find comfort in her new life?
SPOILERS
Henry is the son of Chief Kalu and his wife Monica. Now in the movie they come across as a perfectly nice and reasonable couple. I found that the discord created because Henry had chosen to follow the career path of becoming a doctor highly unconvincing. A doctor is a reputable and prestigious profession in any part of the world, so the way they treated him for becoming a doctor seemed a bit over the top.
After all did they not send him abroad to study?. If they didn’t want him to become a doctor they could have thrown him straight into the family business or withdrawn support when he first attempted to embark on his medical studies. His mother calls his choice “medical madness”.This disdain would have made more sense to me if he had chosen to pursue a career in art, writing or acting. I mean seriously what educated and exposed parents would frown upon their kid being a doctor?
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I love Clarion Chukwurah but am so used to her playing wicked roles that I kept waiting for her to break into evil mode. At first it seemed like she was possibly jealous of her husband’s admiration for Amarachi, and so I thought the movie was going to continue along that vein, but instead we see her genuine care and love for Amarachi and she takes on a surrogate mother supportive role. I am not sure if it was meant for her to be shown as jealous in the beginning or I misconstrued it this way?
I feel the movie lacked some clear focus on what Henry’s parents’ problem was with him. It was made out that it was his career path that was the problem, but then a little later in the movie it appears to be his attitude that is an issue. In one scene Monica thanks Amarachi for positively changing Henry and the relationship between Henry and his parents improves under Amarachi’s influence. However he is still a doctor so what is really the issue? It also seemed to me that any issues between them were solely the fault of his parents.
Is Amarachi an angel or a witch? LOL She is the saviour of everything in the movie. Anytime there is a problem from business to personal family problems she is called upon and she always produces good results. There is one instance in which she actually convinces Van to join the business. Her reasons did not seem compelling to me. Chinedu (story) and Amechi (script) should have come better than that. We then see Henry apologising for following his dreams WTF??? As if he was off being an armed robber. I found this highly unconvincing. There needed to be a valid reason and clear focus on what the bone of contention between parents and child was going to be for the movie to really make sense.
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At the beginning of the movie we see Mercy’s grandmother on her death bed. Now what I want to know is what was that stuff on her face supposed to be? It looked like she dunked her head in a bucketful of vomit and left it to dry. What was she supposed to be dying of? A skin condition? The way she was coughing you would think it was a lung disease! Why do the movies always have someone coughing before they die?
A funny scene to look out for is at the end of the movie when Amarachi is beating herself up over falling in love with Henry. She is full of fear and apprehension that Henry’s family will think her a gold digger. It is funny because we the viewers have seen that his parents are wholly behind the union and so we know that she is worrying about nothing. Mercy is very convincing and the slow build up of attraction between her and Van is very believable and lovely to watch.
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Conclusion:
Despite its moot points I did like the movie. Mercy Johnson is such a versatile actress. She can sex it up with the best of them but when she is playing miss prim and proper she can do that to perfection too. Although predictable, (it was obvious she and Van were going to hook up) it was a nice feel good movie about a downtrodden individual battling against the odds and coming out on top. We see Amarachi lose her parents, her grandmother, almost get raped, get banished from the only life she knew, to becoming a Masters degree holder, General Manager of a multi-billion Naira company and finding a man who truly loves her.
PERSONAL ASSESMENT: Not bad! I’d recommend watching this.Nollywood P
SOUNDTRACK: My heart will go on by Celine Dion
TITLE SEQUENCE: At the beginning of the movie before the title was revealed the main casts were shown from scenes of the movie with their names written underneath then the title was revealed on a black background.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
SHOTS: medium shot, close up and extreme close up (the extreme close up when henry proposed To mercy In the presence of amarachi, there was more emphasis on Amarachi’s face to show the hurt when his wife said yes).
ANGLE: Medium angle was foremost in the movie though the extremely high and low angles were also used.
TRANSITION: at the beginning of the move there was a zoom out from Debo's shoes to show that he was preparing for an interview, also along the line of the movie there was a zoom in to the wall clock to emphasize how late it was and Subuola had not returned home.
COSTUME: Kofoworola Onifade; the costumes were fit for all the parts played.
MAKE-UP: Regina Chukwu; the make-up for some of the casts was a little too much.
REFLECTION: I was really impressed with the line to which the story took and also the end I myself couldn’t believe I could settle down to finish a Nigerian movie not to speak of a Yoruba one oduction W
PERSONAL ASSESMENT: Not bad! I’d recommend watching this.

OHUN OKO SOMI DA

OHUN OKO SOMIDA
DIRECTOR: LASUN RAY
WRITER: sola sobowale
PRODUCER: SOLA SOBOWALE
LINE PRODUCER: ADEBAYO SALAMI
SCREEN PLAY: ADEBAYO SALAMI,TAIWO SOBOWALE, KEHINDE SOBOWALE, LASUN RAY, FEMI OLAGOOKUN.
GENRE: TRAGEDY
NAME OF REVIEWER: SUBI JOY CHIOMA
THE REVIEW(PLOT SUMMARY)
The movie started with a scene of MR DAIRO, a barrister(ADEBAYO SALAMI) and MRS DAIRO(sola sobowale) in their bedroom preparing to go for an occasion, they bid their children farewell. Getting home the couple begins a discussion in their bedroom and MRS DAIRO(sola sobowale) tells her husband MR DAIRO(ADEBAYO SALAMI) about a house she found, but her husband tells her that they would not buy the house because they have more than enough house already. The next day the couple goes to the office of a friend of MR DAIRO, and there he sees a young lady clarion(mercy aigbe) who works as a secretary. He persuaded his friend into making clarion work for him as his personal assistant, along the line clarion and barrister DAIRO gets involve in an affair. MRS DAIRO(sola sobowale) finds out and tries everything in her power to stop the affair, but with everything did she ended up losing her marriage, her children to her husband and her closest relative aunty subomi (lanre Hassan).
THEME:
SETTING: the movie has a setting based in Nigeria, precisely Abeokuta.
MAIN CASTS: SOLA SOBOWALE, ADEBAYO SALAMI, MERCY AIGBE, MISTURA ASUNRAMU,FATHIA Balogun.
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
LANGUAGE: YORUBA
Sound track: the theme song was written by fatai Izebe
TITLE SEQUENCE: the background of the movie was black and the names were written in purple, and there was a background sound music.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
SHOTS: the long, medium shot and close up were done perfectly
TRANSITION: sharp zoom-in out was done when MRS DAIRO was having a conversation with her aunt.
Camera speed: medium camera speed was maintained throughout the movie.
Costume: the costume manager in the movie were afeez eniola, sodiq Adebayo and there did a perfect job with the use of everyday wears and corporate wears.
Finale
I think the crew that worked together in making this movie a success did their very best, not only did they cover the reality of most African marriages they also left the audience a moral lesson of having patience when it comes to dealing with thing

strength to strength

A film review by: philip kenny eyiyemi
Matric no: 09be08992
Title of the movie: strength to strength

Cast: patience ozokwor, mike ezuruonye, mercy Johnson, tonto dike, michelle ikegulu.
Writer: Monday edoki.
Setting: urban
Language: English.
Country: Nigeria.
Rate: i will rate this movie 4 out of 10.
Costume: Deborah davids.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
CAMERA SHOTS: the close-up shot and the extreme close-up shot was used. The medium shot was used. The extreme long shot was used at the introductory part of the movie. The different types of shots were used in many scenes in the movie ,especially the medium shot.
CAMERA ANGLE: the high angle, the mid angle and the low angle were regular in the movie but there was no extreme high angle.
MOVEMENT: no visible camera movements. The camera was static in most of the scenes.
CAMERA SPEED: normal motion i.e. it was recorded at 24 frames per second. No slow motion and no fast motion.
TRANSITION: fade(in and out) for most of the scenes.

PERSONAL ASSESSMENT
I must comment on the shortcomings of this movie I don’t like the idea of costumes, they are poorly used..Also, there was Poor graphics(throughout the movie) and poor sound and visual quality. The viewers would hear the background noise. The camera movement at the beginning was poor.
Some of the scene are so not realistic, the actor recited it like a poem.


Synopsis: the movie open with the scene of two young lovers who are ready to do evryting to make it work, but the young lady’s mother will not allow her, because the boy is jobless, it went to review her, ( the young lady) pregnant, and how she deal with it without her mother’s knowledge making it known to just her younger sister, the young man later get a job and they decided to tie the knot. At the end of everything love finds it way.

OTUYEMI IDOWU TEARS OF A PRINCESS

MOVIE TITLE: TEARS OF A PRINCESS
PRODUCER: PAUL AFUBE
MAIN CAST: OLU JACOBS( Chief Emmanuel Marshall), NGOZI EZEONU( Emilla Marshall), INI EDO (Irene), TONTO DIKEH(Annabelle)
LENGTH OF THE MOVIE: 1 hr 44mins
PRODUCER: PAUL AFUBE
DIRECTOR: AFAM OKEREKE
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
GENRE: MELO-DRAMA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: PAUL EJIKE
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: IFEANYI EZEH
STORY LINE/PLOT
The film “tears of a princess” is about two rivaling sisters, Ini Edo called Irene in the movie, and Tonto Dikeh called Annabelle. Annabelle envies Irene success, Irene was in love with Edward; due to the jealousy Annabelle planed with an unknown man to destroy their relationship. Irene finally accepts her hope and her sister the way she is. Irene, the opposite of Annabelle, has a high sense of morals, humility and manner.
Five years later Irene found new love, after rejecting men’s proposals past the years. The new relationship grew stronger and it blossomed. As the relationship grew stronger it brought about planned marriage which is the climax in the movie.
In the planning process of the marriage, Annabelle became jealous because her boyfriend which was supposed to proposed to her gave her the shocking news that he can’t marry her because of her lose manner and attitude. Annabelle’s jealousy was rooted to the fact that Irene would get married before her, Irene would be the next queen of their community which their mum would never want. Irene’s mum, Emilla, thought of a way to stop the marriage so to prevent Irene from being the queen.
Emilla brought up Irene’s history as a source of threat. Irene’s Fiancé, is the prince of Ogboko community soon to be king when he gets married. Irene was never the biological daughter of Chief Emmanuel Marshall, she was adopted by his first wife, Helen since she could not have children, and Helen died childless.
At the end of the day, Irene married the Prince when it was revealed that Chief Marshall was her biological father.
THEME: cultural hindrances, jealousy and hatred.
SETTING: NIGERIA
SHOTS AND ANGLES: The movie is a mixture of different shots and angles. However the medium shot was more dominant. Preference was made for focus on a main object. There were series of long shots and about one or two extreme long shots where they showed the house in which the couple lived. The angle mostly used was the mid-angle. Subjective angles were also used to show what the actors were looking At when Chief Emmanuel got into his house.
LANGUAGE: English. The language and diction of the characters were encouraging, appropriate use of words and diction enhanced the beauty of the movie.
CONCLUSION: The movie title tears of a princess do not go with the story line because there was never a princess in the movie. Irene’s father was only a chief which does not make her a princess.
CHARACTERIZATION: The characters interpreted their role well, they were into the movie which made it look real. Olu Jacobs (Chief Emmanuel Marshall) is known to be the father of Nollywood, even in his 70’s would still fit into any role.

BY : OTUYEMI IDOWU ADETAYO
TITLE: A MOVIE REVIEW
MATRIC NO: 08BE07349
(IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE OMEGA SEMESTER REQUIREMENT FOR THE COURSE INTRO TO FILM CINEMA AND LITERATURE)
DEPARTMENT: MASS COMMUNICATION
LEVEL: 300
COLLEGE: DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES

OMOTAYO ABIODUN DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

TITLE: Desperate Housewives 1 & 2
CAST: Emelda: Stella Damasus
Frank: Jim Iyke
K.K: Desmond Eliot
Lizzy: Tonto Dike
Amaka: Annie Macurley
Acheta: Johnson Anthony
U.K: Chinyere Wilfred
Mama: Ebee Okaro
James: Kalu Ikeagwu
Producer: Christophet Oziemene
Director: Emeka Johnathan
Charles Inojie
Camera Angle: Predominant angle is the mid camera angle
Camera Shots: Predominant shot is the medium shot.
Genre: Tragedy
LEAD: “I’m about to enter my menopause, when will God answer my prayers”
SUMMARY: As reflected in the lead above, the film is about a couple that has been childless for ten years and have been waiting on God until the wife (acted by Stella damasus) begins to take advise from a bad friend of her’s who doesn’t have a home and prostitutes for a living. One of the major highlights for me was the scene Stella discovered that her husband was infertile, her acting was so good, she conveyed the real emotion of a woman finding out such heartbreaking news. After this she decided to sleep with her husband’s driver, k.k (Desmond Eliot) who happened to be her sister’s boyfriend and got a set of twins whose presence turned her mother in-law totally in her favor . Unfortunately her sister, Amaka(played by Annie Macauley) found out and blew her cover to her husband. This threatened to destroy her marriage and so she planned on the advice of her friend U.K(Chinyere Wilfred) to eliminate K.K who by some wicked twist of faith is her friends son-in-law who cannot have a child considering his wife, Lizzy(Tonto Dike) lived a promiscuous life and destroyed her womb in the process of her countless abortions.
Eventually, the husband, James(Kalu Ikeagwu) becomes fertile and is able to impregnate his wife while Lizzy’s marriage is destroyed and she cannot get any man willing to marry a wombless woman all thanks to her mother who discouraged even the most loving man, Frank from wanting her daughter.
THEMES EXPLORED: Love , Desperation, Betrayal, Immorality, Patience.
RATING: A 3 star out of 5
SPOILERS: As good as the story line is I can’t help but comment on the flops in the movie, for i. For Desmond I was quite impressed because he acted his lover boy role well and it seemed natural except for the fact that he looks pathetic when he lies or attempts to lie. I must confess that I am always swept off my feet with kalu Ikeagwu’s diction, he didn’t disappoint in this one either. Jim iyke wasn’t playing his usual lover boy or big, rich kid role but a poor lowly kid begging to get a chance in a girls heart(the scene in which he bring Tonto flowers and gets beaten up with them is so good because his face looked very beggarly). The beauty of her performance was in the small subtilities like the raise of an eyebrow that can be so easily overlooked, however I felt she was overdoing the sexy girl thing to the extent that at some point it became downright annoying.
Regardless of all these flaws the movie is a good one and an original story that I would recommend the plots being well placed even though the ending was a bit rushed it was a good attempt at bringing something fresh into Nollywood.


BY : OMOTAYO ABIODUN SAMUEL
TITLE: A MOVIE REVIEW
MATRIC NO: 08BE07347
(IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE OMEGA SEMESTER REQUIREMENT FOR THE COURSE INTRO TO FILM CINEMA AND LITERATURE)
DEPARTMENT: MASS COMMUNICATION
LEVEL: 200
COLLEGE: DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES

ROYAL MADNESS 1 AND 2

ROYAL MADNESS 1 AND 2
DIRECTOR: Nonso Ekene Okonkwo
WRITER: Kingsley Idhemohs
PRODUCER: Nwegwu Chineweike,
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Paul Obiekewe
SCREEN PLAY: Nonso Ekene Okonkwo
RELEASE DATE: 2009
GENRE: Melodrama
NAME OF REVIEWR: USIDAME .O. LOVELYN
THE REVIEW: The movie started with a scene where the king(Jim Lawson) was being advised by his special adviser (Jim Iyke) and he was served a glass of water and there was fly in it and he asked for the head of the maid that served him to be cut off, and the adviser made it known to the king that, that was the mark of the god of anger. Then a supposed messenger from the gods of anger came to give a message thereby cursing the king that the prince (Majid Michael) and the heir to the throne was going to go mad because of his pride and anger and that the prince must be taken to another kingdom and only affection and love from a stranger can cure him of the madness. Truly the prince became mad and the conclusion was to take him to a neighbouring town and always be fed and also wait for a stranger to come , fortunately for him a girl(Mercy Johnson) in another city but of the same village was always seeing him in her dream while where she was staying with her mums sister and brother, she was molested by her uncle and maltreated by aunty she got angry and left for her village back and on her way she saw the mad prince that she was always dreaming of. And she became more scared and told her mom about it.
To cut the long story short, back in the palace the king was still devastated about the state of his son abut was also getting advice from his nephew who is also his special adviser not knowing that he was the brain behind the whole madness thing, he also went to bring a girl from a poor family to come and pretend like she was a princess from another village and that she was going to love the prince and cure him of the madness with her love, but when she was taking to the mad prince he rejected her, mean while mercy Johnson who was (Edna) called in the movie was already going to see him and giving him food then he became well and returned to the palaces to expose his supposed fathers adviser and cousin and also the girl he brought in claiming to be a princess and all other cohorts in the palace, finally he introduced Edna to his father and he was crowned king and they all lived happily.
THEME: Love , Desperation, Betrayal, Immorality, intrigue
SETTING: In a town called mamumba, the palace, basically in abia state.
MAIN CAST: Jim Lawson, Majid Michael, Jim Iyke, Mercy Johnson, Rose Ofusim, Miracle Ese
COUNTRY: Nigeria
LANGUAGE: English
TITLE SEQUENCE: While the names of the casts were being shown and the music was playing at the beginning of the movie, I noticed that the central image shown on screen was blurry, changing into different colours as the names change.
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Shots: effective use of medium shots, long shots and close up shots
Angle: use of low and mid angle. Some parts include extreme high angle.
Transition: use of cuts and dissolve
Camera movement: uses horizontal, interior and vertical movement
Camera speed: effective use of normal and slow movement
COSTUMIER: Chiemela Nwagbaoso
LIGHT AND SOUND: Onyeka Okoli
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT: The film is not that interesting as its just there for me I just feel its okay.

ENIKEJI

MOVIE TITLE: ENIKEJI
DIRECTOR: Kunle Afod
WRITER: Kunle Afod
PRODUCER: Kunle Afod
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Olumide Adedayo
SCREEN PLAY: Kunle Afod, Shola Olaibi, Kola Amusan
RELEASE DATE: 2008
GENRE: Drama
REVIEWER: Osilowo Adunolaoluwa

THE REVIEW (PLOT SUMMARY)
The movie begins at the home of Mr. Debo Oluwatoyinbo, here he is preparing for a job interview when his wife subuola comes in and requests for money to buy supplies for both the house and for their son, before she is able to finish asking he lashes out at her that he has no money and there is little tension in the air, but his wife does not provoke any farther and the tension dies down where after he leaves the house for his job interview kissing both his wife and son goodbye. After his departure from his house, he waits at the road side to alight a bike; while he was waiting he was approached by a supposed lunatic who pestered him for his pen until he (daddy bolu) gave up and gave him the pen. Unfortunately for him the job had already been reserved for someone else. While reminiscing at home he receives a call from a friend of his who was coming back from the states (America), who would be arriving, at his house the next day. The next day when his friend Seye arrives they lodge at a hotel and Seye tells debo his purpose for coming was to find a proper Nigerian wife. Debo then introduces him to a lady named shade and Seye is very pleased with what he sees him (Seye) then gives debo a sum of money and debo then excuses himself. However the following day Seye complains profusely about the girl Sade to debo. After the call debo settles down to think and comes up with a plot to squander money from his friend Seye involving his wife, he informs his wife Subuola of the plan for her to pretend to be single and interested in Seye so as to suck out money from him (Seye), at first she refuses but he manipulates her thinking and then she agrees but only to please her husband. The day Subuola meets Seye, Seye is taken in by her beauty and wifely features that he wants her to spend the night with him, making both Debo and Subuola uncomfortable, but Seye is persistent and therefore Subuola stays the night. At home Debo becomes agitated because it is late and Subuola is not yet back, he storms about calling her with no reply constantly staring at the time’, by the time she arrives in the morning he is both angry and happy that she is back (happiness brought about by the money she brings back and also the fact that she was not touched).the charade continues until Subuola begins to fall in love with Seye and debo is becoming uncomfortable with the present situation, to add to his confusion the supposed lunatic at the beginning of the movie finds him again and reveals to him his(Debo) plot and warns him to stop it before it is too late. Unfortunately for him Subuola has confessed the whole plot to Seye, so while Debo argues with Subuola telling her that the plot was off Seye walks in scolds Debo and there after proposes to Subuola of which she accepts. Debo then goes to his mother and tells her all that has taken place. A meeting is then held with everyone present and it is concluded that Debo out of his greed and irresponsibility is at fault for all that had happened. Debo unsatisfied with the present verdict takes the case to court but is also at the loosing end there, but Seye on the other hand seeks to retain his friendship with Debo, he then goes to visit Debo, compensates him and requests that Debo be his best man of which Debo accepts. Unknown to Seye, Debo has hired assassins to kill Seye on the day of his wedding but while the assassins were on their way to the location taken to they were stopped by the police and forced to a confession, after confessing the police officers were taken to Seye’s home where Debo was arrested.
THEME: Greed and Deceit
SETTING: Nigeria, Lagos
COUNTRY: Nigeria
LANGUAGE: Yoruba subtitled in English
SOUNDTRACK: My heart will go on by Celine Dion
TITLE SEQUENCE: At the beginning of the movie before the title was revealed the main casts were shown from scenes of the movie with their names written underneath then the title was revealed on a black background.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
SHOTS: medium shot, close up and extreme close up (the extreme close up when Seye proposed To Subuola In the presence of Debo, there was more emphasis on Debo’s face to show the hurt when his wife said yes).
ANGLE: Medium angle was foremost in the movie though the extremely high and low angles were also used.
TRANSITION: at the beginning of the move there was a zoom out from Debo's shoes to show that he was preparing for an interview, also along the line of the movie there was a zoom in to the wall clock to emphasize how late it was and Subuola had not returned home.
COSTUME: Kofoworola Onifade; the costumes were fit for all the parts played.
MAKE-UP: Regina Chukwu; the make-up for some of the casts was a little too much.
REFLECTION: I was really impressed with the line to which the story took and also the end I myself couldn’t believe I could settle down to finish a Nigerian movie not to speak of a Yoruba one

NATIVE SON 1&2

DIRECTOR- Tchidi Chikere
WRITER- Tchidi Chikere
PRODUCER- Chinedu Nathaniel
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER- Tchidi chikere
SREENPLAY- Tchidi chikere
RELEASE DATE- 2008
GENRE- Melodrama
NAME OF REVIEWER- Sappor Mary Olaoluwadunni
THE REVIEW (PLOT SUMMARY) –
The movie basically is about the western way of living, due to our colonization. So here in this movie we see an African girl, Merissa (Tonto Dikeh) who was brought up in the city and has the western lifestyle.
We also have the village boy, igwe (Mike Ezurounye) and village girl, tochukwu (Ini Edo) who were both engaged and lived happily until the girl (tonto dikeh) from the city came for the holidays. Due to her appearance and mode of dressing she was seen as a slut and members of the village said she should be ashamed and it was absurd for a member of their village to be dressed illicitly.
In summary, the educated girl, Merissa (tonto dikeh) from the city came, fell in love with the village boy, igwe (mike ezurounye) which caused a conflict between the village girl,tochukwu(ini edo), her and the village boy, igwe (mike ezurounye). She was framed up by one of the elder,chijoke (ifeanyi ikechukwu) who was supposed to create peace between the village girl,tochukwu (ini edo) and the girl from the city, Merissa (tonto dikeh). He (chijoke) also wanted to frame the village girl, tochukwu (ini edo) up but she decided to put heads together with the city girl and put the elder to shame and this was accomplished and punishments given to them earlier due to one of their so many conflicts was granted mercy by the igwe of the village.
Merissa (tonto dikeh) asked igwe (mike ezurounye) to come with her to the city but tochukwu (ini edo) convinced him to stay that she was a city girl but they are villagers who would remain in the village and insinuated that they can’t be like the city people. So Merissa left but she still had feelings for igwe and igwe also felt the same way and decided to go to the city in search for Merissa and Merissa also came to the village to see igwe, thereby missing each other. Igwe out of neglect from Merissa’s sister, Portia (adaigbo okafor) had no where to stay and was harbored by a stranger, a secondary school teacher, Julia (sylvan ugwumadu) who sheltered him and decided to put him through school along the line she fell in love with him and they both got married at the end.
In conclusion igwe (mike ezurounye) got an education and a good job, married the teacher and they had 2kids. Merissa also got married to her boyfriend and had a son but nothing was heard of tochukwu after igwe had dumped her.
THEME- Intrigue, betrayal, desperation, jealousy, love
SETTING- the movie basically had two settings; they were set in Lagos and an eastern state, where they used the rural areas in the village.
MAIN CASTS- Ini Edo, Mike Ezurounye, Tonto Dikeh, Ifeanyi Ikechukwu, Adaigbo Okafor, And Sylvan Ugwumadu.
COUNTRY- Nigeria
LANGUAGE- English and igbo
QUOTES-“I fell in love with a dumb, uneducated, village boy, a typical NATIVE SON”.
SOUNDTRACK- there was no definite soundtrack but the soundtrack was sung in igbo precisely love mo, by Tchidi Chikere
TITLE SEQUENCE- the marketers and owners names came up of first before the title of the movie which was followed by the crew of the movie.
CINEMATOGRAPHY-
Shots- effective use of medium shots, long shots and close up shots.
Angle- use of low and mid angle. Some parts include extreme high angle.
Transition- use of cuts, dissolve and fade.
Camera movement- uses horizontal, interior and vertical movement
Camera speed- effective use of normal and slow movement
COSTUMIER- Chiemela Nwagboso
MAKE UP- Kingsley Godwin
FINALE- in my own opinion I would suggest a better film quality, proper use of grammar and costume. But I must recommend the good story line because unlike most Nigerian movies where u can tell the end, here the end is not predictable.

ROYAL MADNESS 1 AND 2

DIRECTOR: Nonso Ekene Okonkwo
WRITER: Kingsley Idhemohs
PRODUCER: Nwegwu Chineweike,
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Paul Obiekewe
SCREEN PLAY: Nonso Ekene Okonkwo
RELEASE DATE: 2009
GENRE: Melodrama
NAME OF REVIEWR: USIDAME .O. LOVELYN
THE REVIEW: The movie started with a scene where the king(Jim Lawson) was being advised by his special adviser (Jim Iyke) and he was served a glass of water and there was fly in it and he asked for the head of the maid that served him to be cut off, and the adviser made it known to the king that, that was the mark of the god of anger. Then a supposed messenger from the gods of anger came to give a message thereby cursing the king that the prince (Majid Michael) and the heir to the throne was going to go mad because of his pride and anger and that the prince must be taken to another kingdom and only affection and love from a stranger can cure him of the madness. Truly the prince became mad and the conclusion was to take him to a neighbouring town and always be fed and also wait for a stranger to come , fortunately for him a girl(Mercy Johnson) in another city but of the same village was always seeing him in her dream while where she was staying with her mums sister and brother, she was molested by her uncle and maltreated by aunty she got angry and left for her village back and on her way she saw the mad prince that she was always dreaming of. And she became more scared and told her mom about it.
To cut the long story short, back in the palace the king was still devastated about the state of his son abut was also getting advice from his nephew who is also his special adviser not knowing that he was the brain behind the whole madness thing, he also went to bring a girl from a poor family to come and pretend like she was a princess from another village and that she was going to love the prince and cure him of the madness with her love, but when she was taking to the mad prince he rejected her, mean while mercy Johnson who was (Edna) called in the movie was already going to see him and giving him food then he became well and returned to the palaces to expose his supposed fathers adviser and cousin and also the girl he brought in claiming to be a princess and all other cohorts in the palace, finally he introduced Edna to his father and he was crowned king and they all lived happily.
THEME: Love , Desperation, Betrayal, Immorality, intrigue
SETTING: In a town called mamumba, the palace, basically in abia state.
MAIN CAST: Jim Lawson, Majid Michael, Jim Iyke, Mercy Johnson, Rose Ofusim, Miracle Ese
COUNTRY: Nigeria
LANGUAGE: English
TITLE SEQUENCE: While the names of the casts were being shown and the music was playing at the beginning of the movie, I noticed that the central image shown on screen was blurry, changing into different colours as the names change.
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Shots: effective use of medium shots, long shots and close up shots
Angle: use of low and mid angle. Some parts include extreme high angle.
Transition: use of cuts and dissolve
Camera movement: uses horizontal, interior and vertical movement
Camera speed: effective use of normal and slow movement
COSTUMIER: Chiemela Nwagbaoso
LIGHT AND SOUND: Onyeka Okoli
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT: The film is not that interesting as its just there for me I just feel its okay.

DEEPEST OF DREAMS 1 AND 2

STORY/SCREEN PLAY: TCHIDI CHIKERE CASTING: AZUKA ODUNUKWE AND TCHIDI CHIKERE
STILL PHOTO: GENTLE SOUL
WELFARE: AUGUSTINE OKEKE
MUSIC: SEIGHA SMOOTH EBIDE
CO-ORDINATOR: DAVID AGINWA
LIGHT/SOUND: UCHE UWAJU
PRODUCTION MANAGER: IFEANYI NDOKWU
GRAPHICS: JAHBLESS UKAEGBU
POST PRODUCTION: ULZEE DIGITAL STUDIO
ASST. EDITOR: SAMUEL EMMANUEL
EDITOR: JAHBLESS UKAEGBU
PRODUCER: AZUKA ODUNUKWE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: AZUKA ODUNUKWE AND ULOMA ODUNUKWE
DIRECTOR: TCHIDI CHIKERE
CONTINUITY: CHIJIOKE OKEKE OGUNO
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: EFE EPHRAIM
MAKE UP ARTIST: KINGSLEY GODWIN
COSTUME DESIGNER: CHIEMELA NWAGBOSO
RELEASE DATE: 2009
GENRE: MELODRAMA
NAME OF REVIEWER: OLAYEMI AIYEDEHIN
LOCATION: ASABA
MAIN CASTS: MAJID MICHEL, OMOTOLA JALADE EKEHINDE, TONTO DIKE, GEREDINE EKEOCHA
THEME: BEAUTY, BETRAYAL, INTRIGUE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
THE REVIEW
Catherine (Omotola Jalade Ekehinde) and Deborah (Tonto Dike) are sisters; they live with their mother (Geredine Ekeocha) in a small town (the name of the town was not mentioned in the movie). They lost their father in a ghastly motor accident when they were young, Catherine the older sister was also in the car when the accident occurred, although she survived the accident her left ankle got broken and some weird moles started growing on her face because of the injuries she sustained on her face from the accident. The moles on her face made her very ugly; people always avoid her, her sister Deborah on the other hand is very beautiful and men always flock around her, she feels she is better than Catherine, she uses hurtful words on her and treats her like an outsider. When it was almost time for Catherine and Deborah to go back to school, their mother decided that to get money to pay their fees they would have to sell call credit card, she set two tables for them beside each other where they were to sell the credit, people always went to Deborah’s tent nobody ever used to buy credit from Catherine and this made her devastated. It was during the process of selling the credit that she met a very rich man named Omar (Majid Michel) who in his own case just got heart broken by a very beautiful woman a few days to their wedding, because of this he tried to despise beautiful women and wanted to rebound with an ugly woman, he treated Catherine well and Deborah and their mother thought he needed a housemaid because he was really nice to her, they were all in shock when he proposed to her, Omar found out that even though she is very ugly outside she was very beautiful inside, he loved her and treated her like a princess, her sister Deborah was envious of her because she had no man to call her own. People made Omar feel bad because of the decision he made, when he could not take it anymore he decided to do for Deborah. When Catherine found out, Omar and Deborah eloped. Omar’s conscience could not let him go free so he assigned Dr Orkah (Prince Eke) to take care of Catherine and he gave her 50million to satisfy his conscience. Meanwhile Deborah was giving Omar a hard time so he ran away from her. Dr Orkah and Catherine travelled to London for Catherine to undergo a surgery, when they got back six months later she looked really beautiful and her leg was good again, their mother was so happy. Dr Orkah and Catherine got married and lived happily ever after. Deborah could not go back home when Omar left her so she became a prostitute and Omar continued to live in riches but never had a woman to call his own.
CINEMATOGRAPHY: MEDIUM SHOT (MS) IS THE MOST USED; THEY ALSO USED MEDIUM LONG SHOT (MLS), CLOSE UP (CU) AND MEDIUM CLOSE UP (MCU).
ANGLES: MID ANGLE IS THE MOST USED, THEY ALSO USED LOW ANGLE AND HIGH ANGLE.
CHALLENGES: THE MAKE UP IS WEAK, AND THE COLOR WAS POOR.

DANGEROUS BEAUTY 1& 2

DANGEROUS BEAUTY 1&2
DIRECTOR: Ikechukwu Onyeka
WRITER: Eriobi Chibuzor Sunday
Nwegwu Chinweike
PRODUCER: Eriobi Chibuzor Sunday
Nwegwu Chinweike
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Tee boy Chibueze
Ben Chucks Aneka
Okechukwu Nwafor
SCREEN PLAY: Chidi Chijioke
RELEASE DATE: 2009
GENRE: Melodrama
NAME OF THE REVIEWER: Ozuligbo Cynthia Uzoma
THE REVIEW (PLOT STORY)
The movie started with a scene on campus with two beautiful young ladies who are best friends Tonto Dike (Mercy) and Chika Ike (Anita), they have been close since childhood and their friendship was said to be one that lasts forever. Mercy decides to live a fake life saying that her father is the ex commissioner of information only because she wanted to fit into the society, a young man Van Vicker (Fabian) who had wicked intentions to exploit Anita because she had connections with big men in the society, he also used to have a relationship with Mercy, he used her as a sex doll leaves her and goes for her friend Anita who is good, and serious in her dealings in school, this creates war between the two friends.
Anita received a call from an anonymous call telling her to meet him in a restaurant, she went there and there she met a man who is very wealthy and offers her a job which she accepted and this job really helped her in school, Mercy was one day visited by her parents who were poor but she embarrassed and denied them saying she did not know them and that they were paid to embarrass her, she then thought it was Anita so she decided to do the same to her by going to her mother to tell her lies about her daughter this made the woman come to school dressed in rags cause Mercy told her to. Fabian set Mercy up with the murder of Udolisa Uzoma (Morris) Anita’s ex boyfriend.
Anita took her mother to the chief that helped her only for her to see Desmond Eliot (Raymond) a man she fell in live with, she was perplexed because she did not know he was rich and that his father was the minister of information. After the whole long talk Raymond proposed to her which she agreed to, Raymond was sitting in his house when Fabian enters holding a knife treating to kill him cause of Anita as faith would have it the police enters and arrests Fabian.
Theme: Betrayal, love and intrigue
Setting: The movie setting was set on a university campus Nnamdi Azikwe Ukwa Anambra state Nigeria.
Main casts: Desmond Eliot, Van Vicker, Chika Ike, Tonto Dike, Halima Abubaka, and Princess Eugoda
Country: Nigeria.
Language: English.
Quotes: Wealth is nothing but thoughts, the ability to make money is just a state of mind said by Desmond Eliot (Raymond).
Sound track: The theme song was written by Shedrack John.
Title sequence: The title appeared in bold and colourful letters so also the casts.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Shots: Long shots were also used but there seems to be an inclination of close up shots (references when Mercy went to visit Anita’s mother)
Angle: Medium angle was used mostly.
Transitions: Fade in fade out was the order of the day, when the lecturer wanted to sleep with Anita so that she will get her marks that was at the beginning of part two, it was mainly used in many parts of the movie
Camera movement: The crane and dolly were made use of for outstanding performance in movement.
Camera speed: Normal motion speed was maintained throughout the movie.
Costume: Uche Nancy
Make up: Alice Ndukwe
REFLECTIONS
I was impressed with the story line and the role of Desmond Eliot and Chike Ike but there were a lot of faults like the costume Tonto Dike wore just one shoe, the police men failed in their duty example they were not audible enough for the viewers to hear. Apart from these the movie was wonderful I really enjoyed it.
FINALE
I think the main point of the movie of the climax was when Anita met Raymond. I would like to say do good at all times because it pays.

ASIRI OWO

Movie title: asiri owo(the secret of money making)
Director: ibukun Abimbola
Story/screenplay: fathia balogun
Makeup: wande ojulape
Location manager: wasiu adedeji
Assistant producer: Hassan ajayi
Release date: 2009
Name of reviewer: omoregie osarieme.
Setting: village and town setting.
Main casts:
Funsho adeolu: oluwole
Kunle adegbite: yemi
Fathia balogun: iyawo wole
Bisi komolafe: Abeke
Country: Yoruba, English subtitle
Quotes’: o makpami
Sound track: ikonbe

The review/story line (asiri owo) the secret of money making).
This movie is about a girl (Abeke) who has a bad hunch back and no one spoke to her in her village, she is from a poor home, her mum sells akara while her dad does nothing so one faithful night her dad sent her on an errand where her mum was selling her usual and she went there, her mum dint appreciate the fact that she came out because of her condition, she was attending to her customers i.e.: two men(oluwole and yemi).the next day those two men who were friends were at their house discussing and one of them(oluwole)brought up the topic of the girl that had the hunch back(Abeke)and he came up with an idea to take her to the city and marry her notwistanding his wife in the city, kidnap her and use her for money ritual she dint know he was rich. On one faithful day she was on her way to the steam he followed her and stopped her and told her his intentions to marry her and she fell for him and told him to come and see her parents the next he came with his friends to her parents’ house and they finalized everything and the both of them got married. After some times he kidnapped her to use her for more money and lied to her parents that they had a little misunderstanding and she ran away, they were worried so her parents went to seek for help and the native doctor (yinka quadri) told them that her daughter is missing and would be away for a long time and come back dead or alive. That same day her mum went to look for her in-law (oluwole) and behold he ran away to the city with his friend (yemi).there the man (oluwole) kept her in a secret room.

Scene 2:
In that secret room he wore her a red cloth and when he wants to get money he puts on the same thing and he would sleep with her any time he needs more money. He became very rich in a little time and people were suspecting him. His wife needed a maid so his friend (yemi) went to the village and got her the sister to Abeke. Her mum looked for her everywhere went to different native doctors they were telling her different stories but nevertheless she was she was persistent and she kept holding on to God. on one faithful day he left the secret door opened and she came out of the room because her sister saw her and ran to call her mum from the village, the native doctor and they all went to his house and they found her in the sitting room the native doctor caused the two men oluwole and yemi and they became mad and the girl died.

Title sequence: it was blurry and it wasn’t colorful.
Genre: tragedy

Challenges in the movie: the movie at some point dint make any sense there was no proper title for the movie and the movie dint have a good sound track.

FOUR SISTER PART1,2& 3

FOUR SISTERS 1, 2&3.
DIRECTOR: SIMI OPEOLUWA.
WRITER: AJAYI OLANIPEKUN
PRODUCER: AMOS ONWE
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: EMMANUEL EHUMADU
SCREEN PLAY: JANE A. OMETSETE
STORY: SIMI OPEOLUWA.
RELEASE DATE: 2008
GENRE: Melodrama
NAME OF REVIEWER: Okere Chisorom Favour
THE REVIEW (PLOT SUMMARY)
The movie is a story of a man called Mr Martins Dike (Obi okoli) and his four daughters namely Jossy (Muma Gee), jasmine (Uche ogbodo), Angela (Adora okoh) and harmony (Stella damascuss). His wife was killed and raped by his step brother Alfred (Pete Edotchie) who was the protagonist in the movie. His brother was greedy wicked and selfish and he wanted to take over his company and assets and he will do anything to anybody that tries to get in the way. He succeed in killing his brother who came to confront him in his house after he was told that his wife slept with Alfred to get money and he later killed her. After covering everything up he wanted to persuade his four daughters to sell off their fathers company but the last own disagreed because she wanted to keep the last legacy of her father.
When Mr Martin`s will was read he gave his last child harmony 50% of the company & half of his estates. The remaining property he shared it with the remaining three other girls which created hatred and calamity between them. They tried all they could to sell the company but the last sister with the highest share hold of the company refused. They tried all they could but finally one day Angela fought with her, pushed her and her head hit the wall. That fall made her unconscious and she was blind. They now used it as an opportunity to make her sign bills that on a normal day she won`t sign, they hired kelechi from the village to fake Jim’s voice so that harmony would believe, marry him so that he`ll take her out of the house so they can be in charge whish they succeeded in doing. On the other hand uncle Alfred hired Jim to work for the company and make harmony fall for him sell all the company shares to him and take over but that didn`t work out well as aunty Helen the cousin to their mother came back. Every single thing happened in her eyes and she came back to say the truth. But before then harmony was taken to the village, she was maltreated as instructed and she later got pregnant but still in that blindness & [pregnancy she still did so many things that made kelechi amazed that he later changed, told her the truth and they both fell in love. He promised her that he would save her and the baby. They were both living peacefully as married couples should be and on the day of her delivery Kelechi forgot the babies clothes so he went back to bring them but before he came back she gave birth to a boy and she could see properly but uncle Alfred sent his men to kill them so they shot him but he managed to get to the hospital were harmony saw him in a pool of blood and she saw him die but he told her to run that they were after her life so she ran with the child but the caught her. Her aunt came with police in search for her and when they found her they killed the assassins& they brought them back to the house where the whole truth was told but Alfred shot Aunt Helen on her shoulder after she said the truth but a policeman later shot him. Then Jim was arrested with all Alfred`s men and the company was not sold. Harmony was restored and everybody was safe.
THEME: BETRAYAL, WICKEDNESS, LOVE FOR MONEY, GREEEDINESS
MAIN CAST: STELLA DAMASCUSS, PETE EDOCHIE, OBI OKOLI, EMMA EHUMADU, ADORA OKOH, UCHE OGBODO, MUMA GEE, RITA ATUM, YUL EDOCHIE.
COUNTRY: NIGERIA (OWERRI)
SETTING: RURAL& URBAN SETTING
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH AND IGBO.
QUOTES :( RURAL) Nna mennnnn!!!!! God damn it!!(URBAN)
TITLE SEQUENCE: it started in dolly in and dolly out and finally, fade out.
THEME SONG: STANLEY OKORIE
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
SHOT: Long shot, medium shot, close up shot (when Pete edotchie brought out cocaine for jassy ).long shot was used at the beginning of the movie, medium shot was mostly used, extreme close up shot was used when harmony(Stella Damascuss) heard that her father died.
ANGLE: Extreme high angles was used in the beginning of the movie, mid angle was mostly used, low angle when the three other sisters were drunk.
Transition: Sharp zoom-in and out was used in different areas like when harmony was shouting at her sisters when they told her to sell the company.it was also used for flash back when the aunt remembered all that happened before they gave birth to harmony. Cut was used at the end of the three parts; dissolve was used when harmony was running with the baby. Fade in fade out was used in different areas like when harmony said that she would not sell the company and part 2 started.
Camera Movement: pan was used when harmony came back to the house. Dolly in and out was used when they were reading her fathers will and suddenly the camera came straight to her and it went out again(dolly -out). Tilt shot was used when she was crying in the village it started from her leg to her face (tilt up). Zoom shot were also used to show harmony in so many instances like when she was blind and she came to her office they started from her face & they moved slowly out to show her sister.
Camera Speed: Medium camera speed (normal) was maintained throughout the movie.
Costume: Done by chiemella designs. They used the day-to-day contemporary urban dressing of big society ladies and they tried in using village dresses to portray the rural setting. They changed a rich high class lady to a mere village housewife with the dressing and headscarf’s.
Make Up: Straight make up was used nearly throughout the movie and natural makeup was used when she was in the village. Done by JUST ICE.
FINALE
Personally I believe the climax of the movie was when the truth was revealed to everybody and Pete Edotchie shot Aunt Helen and the police man later shot him. We should always note that no evil person will go unpunished. We should learn not to be greedy or selfish because it brings sudden punishments& also we should be contented with what we have. Lastly i want us to learn that “THE LOVE FOR MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL”. Thank you & God bless you.
Labels: OKERE CHISOROM`S REVIEW.

ALTER OF SACRIFICE by Obadote Esther Oluwabunmi

ALTER OF SACRIFICE

Movie title: Alter of Sacrifice (one part movie)
Director: Lekan Asikhia.
Screenplay: Lekan Asikhia
D.O.P: Kayode Alao
Continuity: Tolu Olakanipekun
Makeup: Akinsola Emmanuel
Light: Tunde Owa
Eludipo Bode
Sound: Femi Odunsi
Locations: Busayo Asikhia
Location driver: Soga Olaniyi
Welfare: Wumi Ojuolape
Toyin Olanrewaju
Popoola Aanuoluwa
Music: Samuel Epetimehin
Wumi Ojuolape
Editor: Thomas Adetunji
Graphics: Wumi Ojuolape
Release date: year 2009
Name of reviewer: Obadote Esther Oluwabunmi
The review: the movie is about a man Mr. Talabi (Rotimi Akinlesi), who is a Christian and a worker in his church, but was blinded by money. He wanted riches at all cost and did not mind what he was doing. Several revelations came as a warning concerning the business which he turned deaf hears too, it landed him in the police cell. He got a contract from the United State of America but couldn’t attend to it because the fire underneath his ‘Alter of Sacrifice’ was out. His son Kevin (Seyi Oluwadare) faced same situation with his studies but wasn’t adamant like his father. He received the corrections his pastor, Bro. Teju (Lekan Asikhia).
However, Mr. Talabi had been attacked by the evil power of the Baale (Sunday Ogunwole) of the village where he was sent to preach the gospel of Christ. Pastor Obisesan went there and things did turned around in the village.
Setting: Village and contemporary Nigeria setting.
Main casts: Mr. Talabi (Rotimi Akinlesi), Mrs. Talabi (Busayo Asikhia), Kelvin (Seyi Oluwadare), Bro. Teju (Lekan Asikhia), Past. Obisesan (Stephen Eniayewu), Baale (Sunday Ogunwole), Emeka ( Obi Pius Chioma).
Country: Nigeria.
Theme: love, good will message, obedience and disobedience to God.
Genre: tragedy and adventure.
Language: English and Yoruba.
Quote: Je ebo aye mimo (Your alter of fire must keep burning).
Cinematography: medium shot, two shot, long shot.
Transition: dissolves, fade in and out.
Angle: high angle, mid angle.
Camera movement: horizontal movements, crane shots.
Camera speed: fast and normal motion.
Reflections: I don’t like the pictures and the sound (It was a little bit blurry and the voice, coarse. Another thong I do not like is that just one person played about three roles among the crew. And that might probably be the reason for the blurry and coarseness of the movie. Also the film was to be rated Parental Guide not 15 ears upward. This is because there are not obscure scenes, and the movie is good and lesson generating for all ages.
Finale: The pick of the movie was when Mr. Talabi was lured by two other associates into a bad and costly business that almost robbed him of his alter. I learn that we should have a listening spirit. We should be obedient especially when we know that the person giving us the advice is higher than us in wisdom and understanding God’s purpose for us life.
Duration: About two and a half hours.

COMFORT MY SOUL 1 & 2

FILM TITLE: COMFORT MY SOUL 1 & 2
REVIEWED BY: ADO – IMOISILI OLUWATOSIN D.
GENRE: COMEDY – BECAUSE IT HAS A HAPPY ENDING
TRAGEDY – THE FILM ALSO HAS AN ELEMENT OF TRAGEDY.
PRODUCER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: CHINEDU NWANI
STORY: CHINEDU NWANI
EDITOR: FIDELIS EWATA
DIRECTOR: AFAM OKEREKE
PRODUCTION MANAGER: CHIDI CHIDIOKE
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: WALE ADEDIRAN
CONTINUITY: OKEKE STEPH
DURATION: 1HR 15MINS
PLOT: The movie opens with Amarachi (Mercy Johnson) in her village home tending to her sick grandmother. Amarachi’s grandmother knowing she was about to die charges amarachi with some words of wisdom, advising her never to give up in anything she does. According to the movie amarachi is a brilliant and smart poor girl whose parents died of food poisoning when she was just two years old. Ever since then, she lived with her grandmother who is now dead.
Amarachi’s grandmother dies before she finishes her basic education, but she finds favour in the sight of a couple who offered to sponsor her to any level of education she wishes to reach. While in school, amarachi is approached by a male senior prefect – Nonso – whose main purpose was to seduce amarachi to sleep with him and his friends, but she strongly refuses, and in an attempt to rape her she stabs him in the neck with a biro and nonso dies. As a punishment for her actions she was banished from her birth land and was expected to be escorted out of the village by two men. Nonso’s mother is not pleased by this and she pays the men expected to escort amarachi out of the village to kill amarchi. In an attempt to kill amarachi, amarachi was able to talk herself out of the horrible situation.
Amarachi arrives in the city and after wondering round in despair she walks into a catholic church to spend the night by the altar and was awakened in the morning by a priest in the catholic church – father (Chukwuma Uchegbu ) – while he was going to say his morning prayers.
Amarachi spends the next 12 years of her life with the priest during which she obtained a First-class degree in Business Management and was afterwards appointed as the General Manager of Global Holdings limited (a multi billion Naira company).
The chairman of the company – Chief kalu (Olu Jacobs) is married to Monica (Clarion Chukwura) and they both have a son – Henry (Van Vicker). Henrys refusal to join his father’s company because of his love for medicine caused a huge gap between him and his parents and the war between them had been going on for three years.
Amarachi joins the company and takes the company to a whole new level. With her diligence, integrity and morals, she wins the heart of Chief Kalu and his wife and she was invited to Mrs Kalu’s birthday party to replace their son. Instead Amarachi talks to their son, Henry and is able to restore the lost love and peace back into the family.
Global Holdings discover that a land they had once purchased in Portharcourt had recently been discovered to have oil in it. They intend to lease the land out to an oil company, but they needed the consent of the indigenes of the land. Henry and Amarachi were sent to Portharcourt to gain the consent of the indigenes of the land. They win the consent of the people but in the process they develop feelings for each other.
Amarachi is convinced she loves Henry, but she believes that falling in love with Henry- her boss- is against everything she stands for as a Christian, and she is also scared of what people might say, thinking they might just call her a gold digger. So she decides to resign.
Henry on the other hand also loves Amarachi, but is careful so as not to make amarachi think he is just taking advantage of her because she works for him. As amarachi tenders her resignation letter to her boss (Henry), Henry asks her to marry him.
THEME: LOVE
MAIN CASTS: OLU JACOBS (CHIEF KALU)
CLARION CHUKWURA (MONICA KALU)
MERCY JOHNSON (AMARACHI)
VAN VICKER (HENRY)
LOCATION: CHINEDU ARINZE
SOUNDTRACK: CHIMERE EMEJUOBI
LIGHTNING: CHUKS NWANI
MAKE-UP: GABRIEL OKORIE
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The movie opens with a fade-in transition and the uses the pan movement which is accompanied by a long short. The movie makes use of the medium shot on a large scale. The movie also consists of the dolly movement especially during the board meetings. In the movie scenes move from one to the other making use of the dissolve transition and cuts. The movie ends with a fade out.
REFLECTIONS: I believe the story line of this movie is a brilliant and interesting one and I was simply impressed that Mercy Johnson was able to carry out her roles well as well as the rest of the actors. The use of camera however, was just OK. Flaws: there was a part of the movie where shadows of the camera crew were showing on the wall as they performed their duties.