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.