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.