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.