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.