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Friday, April 05, 2019

Actors Seek Other Means Of Take Home Pay As Nollywood Becomes Less Lucrative

Nigerian actors have meandered to other means of keeping afloat because Nollywood,their mean source of income is no longer Lucrative....
You find them now in Politics,fashion,Restaurants and Amala joint,Real estate,Fish farm et al.....E no easy at all.










An Example of one who has quietly ported from Nollywood include Desmond Elliott,he still supports his colleagues but he is no longer there....


I wonder what happened to Nollywood!!...It is so bad now that No Producer can assemble up to five Veteran actors in a movie because their fees are really high.......
To use Genevieve Nnaji,Rita Dominic,Kate Henshaw,Zack Orji and RMD;you need to be really prepared financially.....

The Producers themselves have ported to cheaper actors in Asaba and elsewhere to interpret movies roles for them and the Alist Veteran actors ow source for monies to shoot their own movies and then allegedly hike up the figures they made at the Cinemas to generate sales.

How do you think Nollywood missed it and how do you think that they can get back on track?Or are you also of the view that the emergence of the social media has killed the Nollywood market and it will never be the same?
Lets discuss this!

39 comments:

  1. Hmmm....this would be interesting

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    1. All I know is that Emeka Ike warns us so many times about this when African magic started, did we listen no. We ignored him and called him names.

      It is so bad that most actors and actresses work for free. I am telling you the truth.
      All these cinema movies, they also work for free for their colleague just to keep their face around.
      Netflix didn't pay what you people though for Lionheart you can quote me anywhere but it did give the movie exposure.
      Stella it is really bad, social media and African magic spoilt the market. Why pay for big stars when you would not even make anyoney.
      All the people from abroad that invested in the industry have all left it because of fraud and not getting back their funds.
      I don't see any point of return to be honest.

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    2. My husband invested in Nollywood movies,he couldn't even get gis capital,that place is dead and i heard some actors too spoilt it cos they agreed to collect peanuts and act for freee,that is bad.

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  2. The economy is bad, the nollywood cabals are part of the problem, they don't get funding anymore. That's why our female stars now have big amadiohas bankrolling their lifestyles

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    1. Actresses have been bed-hopping and garnishing it with juju for many years, even in the 90s. It only looks like a new thing cos of social media and they're more shameless about it now.

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  3. I believe the emergence of social media took Nollywood by surprise.while the world was going digital Nollywood didn't prepare for it.

    When other countries like Hollywood and bollywood were already taking their films online for streaming Nollywood were still hustling CDS in the market and once Nigerians get the hang on downloading movies online, we neglected their cds.

    To get back on track Nollywood needs to look into how they can earn more from video downloads and live streaming online, infact they should stop printing CDS as that would finally kill piracy in nigeria.

    Also the govt needs to step up and put strong cyber laws on illegal uploading of nigerian films online without consents of the movie owners...once people can start going to jail for illegally having websites for posting nigerian films online and Nollywood can find a way to start earning through online means then am sure poverty will be eradicated from Nollywood.


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    1. Omg!!! you have so many strong points and I agree

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    2. you have said nothing but the truth dear. strong points.

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    3. Gbam!
      Well highlighted.

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  4. "all the places to find them including amala joint?"
    Laugh wan finish me πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
    Okay yarn us how many of the Nollynku sisis wey dey cook amala sell?
    Them get hot hot goodies wey the Nolly ATUresses dey sell, the one wey
    dey carry them go Dubai and hotel rooms... ?
    See as all them ears don stand like fan blades?
    Una wan hear from me say sheet dey (side) chicken nyansh?
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    1. πŸ™„In a bid to sound funny, you flopped πŸ˜πŸ˜’

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    2. @White enchantress (meaning winch?)
      Flopped?
      Na ya new name be dat?
      You dey amala joint?
      Ya spell no go work at all at all.

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  5. Piracy is killing nollywood imperceptibly, same as that brought Chollywood to its knees in the 80s.

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    1. Why didnt it kill Hollywood?

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  6. So what's funding their life style?
    The designers bags, clothes, shoes, vacations, cars n houses?

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  7. Piracy is the measure problem in nollyhood,if they can wipe out piracy they will start making money again...

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  8. Big Brother naija also didn't help them . most of the endorsements now go to Big Brother naija participants

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    1. They need to consider partnering with the cable TVs. Their movies should first be shown in boxes at a fee for a period of time to enable them making some money and create more awareness. In between all of these, They need to be very reasonable in negotiations because they definitely will not make back all the money but it will be a step in the right direction for years to come.

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  9. for me they killed nollywood with their fake lifestyle.how can you live above your means of income.?
    packaging ...everyone wants to earn much forgetting growth is constant.small lady of today goes to package and so wants to earn same witg likes of geneviev.doesny work that way.you kill the reward system and the system itself.piracy another factor and no proper well managed body to pilot their affairs and create long term policies that benefits all and accomodate all.no plan.

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  10. The movies aren't very good. Most of them are just okay. Every producer shoukdbe posting his own movies on youtube and their association should be more serious about piracy

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  11. Nollywood should be digitalized. They should stop printing CDs. And as for the producers, they don't need to use Genevieve, Jim Iyke they can opt for cheap actors that will interpret the role well. It's not about using veteran actors.It is about having a good storyline and good actors that can interpret the role with professionalism. Movies of high budget like A. Y's A trip to Jamaica,Mo Abdul's Chef Daddy are crap and senseless. Even the so called lion heart does not have a good storyline.I can only give kudos to the cinematography.

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  12. I thought I was the only one that didn't find Lion Heart and Chief Daddy worth the hype!

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    1. Both films were average compared to the rubbish we are watching these days.

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  13. How many of these actors are willing to stand for their job? They dine with politicians to beg for crumbs when they should be living large if the right policies are in place to make their jobs worth it.

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    1. What are you even saying? If the jobs were worth it or lucrative will dey be looking for other source of income

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  14. stelle let me help you name few of them
    Fathia - opens restaurant
    iyaboojo- lounge, boutique, spa etc
    meryaigbe- boutique
    toyinaimaku- own and sells cosmetics
    omoni- youtube kitchen tinz

    i cant remember again.

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  15. What we know as Nollywood actually started as an accident cos there was no plan and no structure. It was literally about talent and technique, but not a lot of technology or training. Yes, people did Theatre Arts but they were very few, that came later, and acting for the stage is so different from acting for the screen. If you look, you'll see that many of the veterans either weren't university graduates, or they studied things like Banking & Finance or Mass Communication. It was about talent (in this context, the people) with a genuine love for what they were doing.

    Private investors and distributors started to see it as a gold mine, so the technology got better and training opportunities increased. But the talent and the technique actually became worse instead of better. So, you'd see someone shuttling between four different movie sets (holding up production), yet acting basically the same thing and bringing nothing new to each role. They became complacent and entitled to the point where an actress would know she's booked to play a village girl but will go and fix nails but nobody can talk to her cos she's so-and-so. From actors, they became celebrities who could do & undo. I think this was one of the things that ban was supposed to address. When Adenuga did that endorsement deal, the crase came out fully.

    Then, people started travelling abroad (NYFA) and buying into the lie that our stories weren't good enough till they fit into a narrative. And the scripts started to reflect this foolishness. That's when we started hearing things like, "We need to tell the African story." Someone like Mo Abudu is a huge disappointment cos Nigerian actors and actresses have ALWAYS told African stories. "Tales by Moonlight", "Behind the Clouds", "Speak Out", "Isidingo" (a South African TV series), "Osuofia in London", "Checkmate", "Maggi Kitchen", "Living in Bondage", "Violated", Mount Zion films, even "Moments with Mo" were all parts of the African story. Those stories of being the chosen one, ritual murders, how widows were treated, university love, jealous siblings. Even the way Frank Olizie, Tokunbo Ajayi, Siene Razak Lawal, Ruth Benemesie Opia and co presented the news was a different way of African storytelling. But some people travelled abroad, got a few pieces of paper and a seat in a roomful of oyibo people just so they could come back and act like we haven't been telling African stories. Just cos you can now have pain au chocolat for breakfast doesn't mean you can pretend the memshai on the same street doesn't exist or like you're more relevant than the customers of the Agege bread seller. That's why someone like Mo will keep churning out trash. It's like the format is now weak script, actors with fake accents, a few bleached actresses, a lot of noise on social media and claim it was a box office hit.

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    1. You have my respect. You are so sound!

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    3. Alternative Facts6 April 2019 at 09:06

      Please add South Africa’s “Generations “ to that list. It was brilliant!

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  16. Biggest issue: PIRACY! It's getting more blatant and commonplace now. Even before a movie has been officially released, you'd already see sweaty boys hawking them in traffic.
    Problem number 2? YouTube. You'd see all assortments on Naija movies on YT so why should I pay to see a movie when I can see on for free on youtube?

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  17. Industry is dead and many of them are buying houses and cars?

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  18. The biggest problem with Nollywood is that they cant develop new ideas in the changing time. They need new ways to market their films. What is most lacking is GOOD STORY TELLING. All what we see is the same face and the same pattern of story telling. Africa has a very deep culture with millions of good story to take away. They should delve into our rich spiritual stuff in terms of WITCHCRAFT, SPIRITISM, LIFE AFTER DEATH,MARRIAGE and a lot more. This should go hand in hand with having good equipment to produce Hollywood like quality pictures. I doff my HAT for few film makers like Omoni Oboli, Kunle Afolanya, Mo Abudu and Shirley Frimpong Manso from ghana. These people are doing their best to make Nollywood not to become a LAUGHING STOCK.If you watch latest Bollywood movies, they are at par with Hollywood. So Nollywood should not be left behind. Quacks are too much in the industry

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  19. Buhari is the reason. No institutional support. The economy is struggling. That's why

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  20. Buhari is the reason. No institutional support. The economy is struggling. That's why

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