Last Celeberity -Abibat Bello

MOVIE TITLE: LAST CELEBRITY

DIRECTOR: LANCELOT ODUWA IMASUEN

SCREEN PLAY BY UCHE JOMOB

PRODUCED BY: SYLVESTER OBADIGIE

ASSOCIATE: KUNLE ADENLE (EDITOR) AND STANLEY C. EBONINE (PRODUCER)

GENRE: TRAGEDY

RELEASE DATE: 2009

SETTING: LAGOS

THEME: LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH AND PIGIN

PRODUCTION MANAGER: CHINEDU EJIKE

STORY: SYLVESTER OBADIGIE

MAIN CAST: INI EDO, OMOTOLA JALADE KEHINDE, MIKE EZURUONYE, UCHE JOMBO, DESMOND ELLIOT

REVIEWER: BELLO ABIBAT BOLUWATIFE

RATING: 4 STARS

QUOTES: BIG MESS UP, MESS UP BY MIKE EZURUONYE WHEN EVER THINGS GETS WRONG OR MESSED UP WITH AN AFRICAN IGBO ASCENT MAKING IT FUNNY.

PLOT SUMMARY:
The movie was about three friends and their lives as working class ladies what they went through and how they dealt with their relationships with their families, employees, and boyfriends. The cast connected to issues affecting the youths in relationships.
The movie titled ‘Last celebrity’ began with Gift (Ini Edo) taking her sister to the hospital during labor pain. She was informed that her sister died during labor, leaving the baby to be catered for by Ini Edo as they had lost their parents during Ini Edo’s graduation.
The movie gave its viewers an insight into the world of relationships, through its characters; Uche Jumbo, Ini Edo and Omotola Jalade Ekehinde, who were having problems in their respective relationships. In the first scene, Omotola Jalade Ekehinde (Jess) was shown angrily shouting her boyfriend’s name,” IYK” (Desmond Elliot).
Gift (Ini Edo) in the movie lost almost all she had with regards to relationships (parents, sister and boyfriend). She went through it all and overcame her travails with the baby she was saddled with and a man she could rely on, proving that truly in every thick cloud, there is silver lining.
Jess, popularly known as Omotola Jalade Ekehinde, a character in the movie, had to learn to differentiate business from pleasure the hard way as she discovered that her boyfriend, whom she helped build a career, was having an affair with her Personal Assistant. Although, he eventually broke all ties with the Personal Assistant, Jess had already wised up to the fact that he didn’t love her but only loved what she could give to him. This is a sheer indication of the materialistic mentality of most people in relationships.
Reserving the best for last, Nene (Uche Jombo), a working class lady, also lost her relationship to a nonchalant football player, Dike (Mike Ezuruonye) whom she caught having an affair with three girls at the same time. All he could utter was “big mess up, mess up, Ooo, mess up”. He didn’t even run after her when she left his hotel room in disappointment. He shrugged the situation saying “what have happen has happen.”
All the setbacks in these relationships prompted the ladies to have a rethink on their relationship state and this gave them a chance to redefine RELATIONSHIPS.
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Shots:
Long shots: this was observed during Omotola’s (Jess) presentation at the end of the movie where she spoke on relationships.
Close shot: this was observed at the beginning when Jess was having a quarrel with Iyk and the camera was concentrated on her lips to her eyes then to her hair. It was used to emphasize the emotion she was feeling at that time.
Extreme long shot: this was seen at the beginning of the movie when a view of Lagos busy road at night giving the introduction to the movie.
Camera Angle:
Point of view: in the first scene when Jess (Omotola Jalade Kehinde) first entered the house of Iyk (Desmond Elliot) the camera showed the proper view of the house through the sight of the Jess.
High Angle: this can be seen in the beginning when Gift (Ini Edo) was crying at the hospital; sitting on the fall and we could see the whole view from the top of her head to her feet.
Camera movement (Vertical Movement)
Tilt shot: during her (Jess) talk show about relationship this movement was observed as the camera took a good view of her from her feet to her face
Camera Speed:
Slow motion: this form of speed used for effect was noted at the end when Jess (Omotola Jalade Kehinde) was walking away from her compound.
REFLECTION:
Every good thing must come to an end. It was a good movie in general as the story line was one every one could relate with across all gender and age. Flaws are, in most cases, inevitable, even in well reckoned productions. The movie overemphasized the flaws of guys, leaving the ladies spotless, which isn’t true. There are two sides to every coin but in all, it was worth the viewing.