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Hello everyone, hope you had a great weekend? I love this great week of my birthday which is full of activities. I am glad to tell you that I share thesame day with some great men like Shola Mike Agboola and Kunle Adepoju, check them out, they are wonderful people. Today is not my birthday, it's on power night's day, so please don't let me start receiving birthday calls and messages from today but you can send me chickens. Drama ministers power night is coming up this Friday at Jogor center ibadan, oyo state nigeria. If you are outside the country you Can watch it online through Paul-Esupofo Oriade.
The video clip below is just a short clip I asked one of my people to put together. Inside that clip you can see that the last one was different because I showed you the raw version likewise the treated one. Today, I will like to share the importance of color grading which I will love to dwell on for a while. I was introduced to color grading basics some years back when Soji Ogunnaike was treating kunle Afolayan's film titled figurine. Then I saw this my boss using a software called color to painting the picture to interpret the story in a beautiful way. I saw how he enhanced the smoke coming out of the cigarette and creating mask to relight the set. I was impressed and I opened up my mind to grab more.
Color grading is now popular in Nigeria music videos and movies. Lots of editors are now colorists even some who do not know what it means though there are great people with great brains in nigeria film industry. Despite our limitations with electricity and evil politicians we are still trying. I saw a show reel of a Nigerian animator and I was impressed, if such a guy had been in a better situation than the one we are since independence he would have become a great name in the media world. I respect Nigerians, we can endure lots of things. Economy is in recession officially and our leaders salaries are not affected at all, rather, banks and insurance companies slashed workers salary, minimum wage is 18,000 naira and a bag of rice is around the same price but instead of this wicked leaders to stop borrowing money to pay their own salaries and wicked allowances they keep inflicting more pain on our economy. Sorry I got carried away by my feelings as a patriot. I know millions of Nigerians are also feeling thesame but not knowing what to do, action group of Nigeria and other activists are also silent, I just don't understand what's going on.
Color grading is good, if done by a professional who knows his tools. However, there are lots of errors being done in the name of colour grading. I will teach it in my own little way, I will try to explain how you can do it even if you are not using my type of software which is davinci resolve. Fire dancer will be brought to an end tomorrow, so it's really going to be long. After which it will go to the person who will turn it to a novel though the guy will be given more details than what you have read.
Feel free to share, if you have missed any of my past post please visit Christian film institute page and like our page or visit xtianmovie.blogspot.com
Till next week Monday when I will be coming your way again, keep your God-given dreams alive and remain blessed.
Monday, 5 September 2016
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
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Remy got to the prison after a little attempt of his attorney to reduce the jail terms he was given 15 years. In the prison cell, different creatures started appearing to him, saying multiple things at the same time, he started screaming get out of my head while raining curses and abusive words. He started losing his mind, then degenerated to hitting his head on the wall, he was declared demented and was sent to the psychiatric hospital.
The news spread all over the world that he had lost his mind. His mother saw it on the TV and went to the hospital with his daughter to see him. He was brought out to them in chains, his mother busted into tears likewise his daughter who was seeing her biological father for the first time. Remy was sober, he recognized his family, his mum told him he can’t fight the devil in his court and expect a win. His mum led him to Christ.
In Oklahoma City, Tina was about to mount the stage to perform before thousands of audience, she had lost her joy because of the news about Remy which she saw on the TV. She was feeling guilty for her role in his downfall. Her doppelganger showed up and told her it wasn’t her fault, that he was stubborn and that he knew the repercussions and still went for it. Tina was not interested in all she was saying, suddenly, the doppelganger entered into her. Her face lit up and glow, she mounted the stage and performed while some fans were crying because of their love and loyalty to her.
At the end of the performance the doppelganger came out of her at the back stage and asked her if it was fun or not, she didn’t respond, the doppelganger hissed and walked away. Joanne rushed to her with excitement. That was amazing she said, I have never seen you so fearless and powerful before, whatever you took that gave you the performance of your life must be taken before the next show. Tina didn’t respond, Joanne was surprised, common girl, snap out of this, what’s your problem? Are you seeing things again? Will you go to church or something? Tina said nothing.
Remy was taking back to the prison after he became stable, he accepted his daughter and started growing in faith through constant visit of his mother. The spiritual warfare started, inmates were sent by the cults to beat and torture him, officers of satan also started tormenting him. The more the pain he endures, the more the Lord helps him to grow. He kept saying it is better to die chasing God than to be comfortable with the devil .
Thanks for your time, the final saga comes up next week, it will be long, so be prepared. The screenplay won’t follow this trend, it will be much more intense and intriguing. If you have missed any part of this story, please go to Christian film institute page and like our page or visit xtianmovie.blogspot.com
Till next week Monday when I will be coming your way again, keep your God-given dreams alive and remain blessed.
https://youtu.be/KzCMSVspah4
Remy got to the prison after a little attempt of his attorney to reduce the jail terms he was given 15 years. In the prison cell, different creatures started appearing to him, saying multiple things at the same time, he started screaming get out of my head while raining curses and abusive words. He started losing his mind, then degenerated to hitting his head on the wall, he was declared demented and was sent to the psychiatric hospital.
The news spread all over the world that he had lost his mind. His mother saw it on the TV and went to the hospital with his daughter to see him. He was brought out to them in chains, his mother busted into tears likewise his daughter who was seeing her biological father for the first time. Remy was sober, he recognized his family, his mum told him he can’t fight the devil in his court and expect a win. His mum led him to Christ.
In Oklahoma City, Tina was about to mount the stage to perform before thousands of audience, she had lost her joy because of the news about Remy which she saw on the TV. She was feeling guilty for her role in his downfall. Her doppelganger showed up and told her it wasn’t her fault, that he was stubborn and that he knew the repercussions and still went for it. Tina was not interested in all she was saying, suddenly, the doppelganger entered into her. Her face lit up and glow, she mounted the stage and performed while some fans were crying because of their love and loyalty to her.
At the end of the performance the doppelganger came out of her at the back stage and asked her if it was fun or not, she didn’t respond, the doppelganger hissed and walked away. Joanne rushed to her with excitement. That was amazing she said, I have never seen you so fearless and powerful before, whatever you took that gave you the performance of your life must be taken before the next show. Tina didn’t respond, Joanne was surprised, common girl, snap out of this, what’s your problem? Are you seeing things again? Will you go to church or something? Tina said nothing.
Remy was taking back to the prison after he became stable, he accepted his daughter and started growing in faith through constant visit of his mother. The spiritual warfare started, inmates were sent by the cults to beat and torture him, officers of satan also started tormenting him. The more the pain he endures, the more the Lord helps him to grow. He kept saying it is better to die chasing God than to be comfortable with the devil .
Thanks for your time, the final saga comes up next week, it will be long, so be prepared. The screenplay won’t follow this trend, it will be much more intense and intriguing. If you have missed any part of this story, please go to Christian film institute page and like our page or visit xtianmovie.blogspot.com
Till next week Monday when I will be coming your way again, keep your God-given dreams alive and remain blessed.
https://youtu.be/KzCMSVspah4
Tuesday, 30 August 2016
https://youtu.be/KzCMSVspah4
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Hello everyone, hope you had a great weekend? I am so sorry for the delay, it was due to Nigeria peculiar mess.
The video is the first Trailer cut of Prime Suspect as announced last week.
A conference was held in Los Angeles not too long, it was majorly for movie editors all over the world. Some questions were raised during the interviews of some of the participants. Like, what software do you like using most? What is the greatest challenge you usually face as an editor?
I was impressed and encouraged by the answer provided by almost all of them. The major challenge they have is how to cut down the contents they have meaningfully without leaving out any important thing. Based on my observation, foreign stories are often more than they need in order to make it tight and so nice without dull moments.
Often times, our stories maybe sincerely 30 to 40 minutes content which we then stretch and make it 2 hours film, some group of people will even make their own part one and two. Then you will see such space being filled with meaningless elongation, then you need to watch it with your remote control, then you start fast forwarding. I have seen two hours movies in 5 minutes before. I know you must have seen such movies both secular and gospel films.
Some of those things I know as the reason for this are lack of exposure, laziness, ignorance and pride.
Exposure: If you are so restricted by the doctrines of your church and your pastor, you may not reason deeper before you write. If you are not watching the news, going to other people's programs it will affect your world view which will in turn affect your reasoning.
Laziness : If you are too lazy to read you maybe very shallow. Read read and keep reading. Read novels, newspapers, writeups, and different literatures that can help you soar higher in knowledge. If you read other people's opinion in their books you will learn one or two things which will energize you, and encourage you to reach deeper. The Fire Dancer was started like a joke, I wanted to show us what horror story should feel like, after the first one, I made some research and decided to add a pending story I have for some years now, then it started getting bigger and better. Then I started making research online on the theme, I went on YouTube and Foreign TV stations for the life of the celebrities and their vanities. I read literatures in line with my theme and that enlarged the story in my heart through the inspiration from the holy Spirit of God.
IGNORANCE : Under the law, ignorance is not an excuse. Some people produce movies believing that their stories are much more powerful than Agbara Nla, Emi Fun Emi and The Story of My Life in their mind. When it is out and others see it, then they will face the reality that they have no story to tell. Get wisdom, in all thy gettings get understanding.
PRIDE: This goes before a fall. When you hear that someone made a serial film and he is known for it then you decide to produce yours, you then patch some things together which shouldn't be more than one hour story, and made it 6 hours, this is not right. It is not a must to write your own movie, you can produce other people's story.
The Fire Dancer story continues later tomorrow in another post.
Please feel free to share. If you have missed any of my past post please visit Christian film institute page and like our page or visit xtianmovie.blogspot.com
Till next week Monday when I will be coming your way again, keep your God-given dreams alive and remain blessed.
Filming Tips :
Hello everyone, hope you had a great weekend? I am so sorry for the delay, it was due to Nigeria peculiar mess.
The video is the first Trailer cut of Prime Suspect as announced last week.
A conference was held in Los Angeles not too long, it was majorly for movie editors all over the world. Some questions were raised during the interviews of some of the participants. Like, what software do you like using most? What is the greatest challenge you usually face as an editor?
I was impressed and encouraged by the answer provided by almost all of them. The major challenge they have is how to cut down the contents they have meaningfully without leaving out any important thing. Based on my observation, foreign stories are often more than they need in order to make it tight and so nice without dull moments.
Often times, our stories maybe sincerely 30 to 40 minutes content which we then stretch and make it 2 hours film, some group of people will even make their own part one and two. Then you will see such space being filled with meaningless elongation, then you need to watch it with your remote control, then you start fast forwarding. I have seen two hours movies in 5 minutes before. I know you must have seen such movies both secular and gospel films.
Some of those things I know as the reason for this are lack of exposure, laziness, ignorance and pride.
Exposure: If you are so restricted by the doctrines of your church and your pastor, you may not reason deeper before you write. If you are not watching the news, going to other people's programs it will affect your world view which will in turn affect your reasoning.
Laziness : If you are too lazy to read you maybe very shallow. Read read and keep reading. Read novels, newspapers, writeups, and different literatures that can help you soar higher in knowledge. If you read other people's opinion in their books you will learn one or two things which will energize you, and encourage you to reach deeper. The Fire Dancer was started like a joke, I wanted to show us what horror story should feel like, after the first one, I made some research and decided to add a pending story I have for some years now, then it started getting bigger and better. Then I started making research online on the theme, I went on YouTube and Foreign TV stations for the life of the celebrities and their vanities. I read literatures in line with my theme and that enlarged the story in my heart through the inspiration from the holy Spirit of God.
IGNORANCE : Under the law, ignorance is not an excuse. Some people produce movies believing that their stories are much more powerful than Agbara Nla, Emi Fun Emi and The Story of My Life in their mind. When it is out and others see it, then they will face the reality that they have no story to tell. Get wisdom, in all thy gettings get understanding.
PRIDE: This goes before a fall. When you hear that someone made a serial film and he is known for it then you decide to produce yours, you then patch some things together which shouldn't be more than one hour story, and made it 6 hours, this is not right. It is not a must to write your own movie, you can produce other people's story.
The Fire Dancer story continues later tomorrow in another post.
Please feel free to share. If you have missed any of my past post please visit Christian film institute page and like our page or visit xtianmovie.blogspot.com
Till next week Monday when I will be coming your way again, keep your God-given dreams alive and remain blessed.
Friday, 26 August 2016
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
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As the blindfold was removed, they each saw their beloved in tears before them, they were so scared, their beloved then disappeared as the congregation continued with their chants. Tina passed out! She opened her eyes several hours later in Celina’s apartment, she asked if what she just was a dream or not, Celina told her not to be hard on herself, 'your mum is only going to fall sick as a result of the seal, that’s all!' What seal? She asked with astonishment. 'The seal of the covenant' she replied. What covenant? I didn’t agree to sign any covenant that will get my mama sick; she said angrily. 'You signed your soul to Lucifer the day we went to the first party you attended, besides, nothing goes for nothing my dear; Presidents, Congress men and women, entertainers and famous people you can think of signed the same document followed by a seal.' Tina got up angrily, ‘nothing must happen to my mama, okay?’ Celina walked to her gently, 'I assure you that nothing will happen to her but you must not say anything about this to anyone for your own good.'
Tina was extremely happy when she got home and met her mum healthy and hearty; she hugged her mum specially. The woman kept wondering what has come over her, and what it was with all these excitement. Three weeks later her mom had cold, it was not taken serious by anyone until the situation degenerated. Three months after, her mother died! She tried to convince herself she wasn’t the cause of the death.
Back to the present day, so I killed my mother Tina said with tears, her doppelganger then told her she didn’t like tears and disappeared. Joanne came backand saw her cryin; 'What is it, are you still burdened with your nightmare?' She asked. 'I just remembered some things but don’t worry’ she said as some radiance returned to her face like she had a solution to her problem which she just realized. She took her phone and went to her room to call Remy but the line has been blocked, so she called another friend who gave Remy’s current number. Tina asked Remy whether there is a way out of the evil covenant which they had signed.
Remy told her he got tired of the fame and so called wealth since the day they took my first love in a covenant sealing sacrifice without my knowledge, then the next girl friend I managed to love after that was also killed because I was trying to warn you not to make the same mistake I made. Then they both started lamenting the days of odd sacrifices and ritual sex with animals and illegal meetings in odd times. ’People envy us for our fame and glamour, we envy them for their freedom' Tina said . Remy told her they’ve been told there is no way out since they control the system that governs this world but 'I will rather die chasing God than to be a king in the kingdom of satan' he said meaning every word with great determination!
Remy refused to attend any meeting, black Friday or black moon, Tina couldn’t stay back for the fear of her doppelganger. Some fellow rappers came to visit Remy to find out the reason for his absence, he told them he was done! He was made to understand that it is not possible to be freed from the owners of this world but he said he would take his chance. The visitors left after making him realize he was on his own from that day on. Few hours later, a demonic spirit appeared in his bedroom and told him to prepare for war after which he will come back to beg. Remy confidently said Jesus would help him, the spirit left, then he heard a still small voice, “go to your mother”, it’s been 5 year since he saw his mum, he was angry with his mum because she took a baby whom he considered to be a bastard from a girl he didn’t love.
He was packing his luggage the next day when the police came into his house with a search warrant, he was further shocked when they brought out some guns from his closet with a bunch of drugs. They said he was reported to be a drug Lord and that his drug shipment from Cuba has been found with illegal weapon importation. TV stations and journalists filled his street. The defamation has just begun…!
If you have missed the past post please visit Christian film institute page and like our page or visit xtianmovie.blogspot.com
Feel free to share
Till next week Monday when I will be coming your way again, keep your God-given dreams alive and remain blessed.
As the blindfold was removed, they each saw their beloved in tears before them, they were so scared, their beloved then disappeared as the congregation continued with their chants. Tina passed out! She opened her eyes several hours later in Celina’s apartment, she asked if what she just was a dream or not, Celina told her not to be hard on herself, 'your mum is only going to fall sick as a result of the seal, that’s all!' What seal? She asked with astonishment. 'The seal of the covenant' she replied. What covenant? I didn’t agree to sign any covenant that will get my mama sick; she said angrily. 'You signed your soul to Lucifer the day we went to the first party you attended, besides, nothing goes for nothing my dear; Presidents, Congress men and women, entertainers and famous people you can think of signed the same document followed by a seal.' Tina got up angrily, ‘nothing must happen to my mama, okay?’ Celina walked to her gently, 'I assure you that nothing will happen to her but you must not say anything about this to anyone for your own good.'
Tina was extremely happy when she got home and met her mum healthy and hearty; she hugged her mum specially. The woman kept wondering what has come over her, and what it was with all these excitement. Three weeks later her mom had cold, it was not taken serious by anyone until the situation degenerated. Three months after, her mother died! She tried to convince herself she wasn’t the cause of the death.
Back to the present day, so I killed my mother Tina said with tears, her doppelganger then told her she didn’t like tears and disappeared. Joanne came backand saw her cryin; 'What is it, are you still burdened with your nightmare?' She asked. 'I just remembered some things but don’t worry’ she said as some radiance returned to her face like she had a solution to her problem which she just realized. She took her phone and went to her room to call Remy but the line has been blocked, so she called another friend who gave Remy’s current number. Tina asked Remy whether there is a way out of the evil covenant which they had signed.
Remy told her he got tired of the fame and so called wealth since the day they took my first love in a covenant sealing sacrifice without my knowledge, then the next girl friend I managed to love after that was also killed because I was trying to warn you not to make the same mistake I made. Then they both started lamenting the days of odd sacrifices and ritual sex with animals and illegal meetings in odd times. ’People envy us for our fame and glamour, we envy them for their freedom' Tina said . Remy told her they’ve been told there is no way out since they control the system that governs this world but 'I will rather die chasing God than to be a king in the kingdom of satan' he said meaning every word with great determination!
Remy refused to attend any meeting, black Friday or black moon, Tina couldn’t stay back for the fear of her doppelganger. Some fellow rappers came to visit Remy to find out the reason for his absence, he told them he was done! He was made to understand that it is not possible to be freed from the owners of this world but he said he would take his chance. The visitors left after making him realize he was on his own from that day on. Few hours later, a demonic spirit appeared in his bedroom and told him to prepare for war after which he will come back to beg. Remy confidently said Jesus would help him, the spirit left, then he heard a still small voice, “go to your mother”, it’s been 5 year since he saw his mum, he was angry with his mum because she took a baby whom he considered to be a bastard from a girl he didn’t love.
He was packing his luggage the next day when the police came into his house with a search warrant, he was further shocked when they brought out some guns from his closet with a bunch of drugs. They said he was reported to be a drug Lord and that his drug shipment from Cuba has been found with illegal weapon importation. TV stations and journalists filled his street. The defamation has just begun…!
If you have missed the past post please visit Christian film institute page and like our page or visit xtianmovie.blogspot.com
Feel free to share
Till next week Monday when I will be coming your way again, keep your God-given dreams alive and remain blessed.
Monday, 22 August 2016
https://youtu.be/sZr1kMGfsMw
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Hello everyone, hope you had a great weekend? Mine was a busy one with more work on Prime Suspect color job. Regarding the issue of close captioning which was mentioned last week, there is a software that makes it easier which I just learnt through YouTube, it is called Maccaption. I met a friend who just came in from the United States, he is into production like myself, he told me about this great software but it's only for big production studios because it's from 2000 dollars upward but it will enable you to do a month's job in a day.
"The Ignition" movie by Damilola Bamiloye actually fell under three different genres and they are: Drama, Romance and Comedy. "The Tribulation Night" by Mike Bamiloye fell under horror and thriller. "My Conclusion" by Shola Mike Agboola fell under Drama and so on, to mention but a few.
I mentioned these people because their films are well known. I remember the day I raised the issue of writing other genres other than just drama, a brother commented that I was right but surprisingly said that youths of nowadays love to see romance. He went further to say that as a means of meeting the needs of the youths, he will cast married couples to make it real on screen.
I want to believe that I didn't understand what the brother meant by doing things real. I know he could not have said that couples should do a pornography in the name of the Lord. I love making things as realistic as possible but not to the extent of causing anyone to stumble and no one can ask me to do anything stupid with my wife on screen. Please, we should be careful of what we dish out to people in the name of the Lord. We shouldn't place a stumbling block and stain the heart of those who are still struggling to stand.
The video below was put together by one of my guys, you will see the full version on MZTV and Redemption TV North America later. I also promise to dish out first trailer of Prime Suspect next week. The horror story titled the Fire Dancer continues tomorrow. It is written for the American audience and the people of the western world. You know the targeted audience will determine a lot in any screenplay, I have had this in mind for a while now with a little feel of real life story, just read along and you will understand, see tomorrow on that.
Feel free to share. if you have missed any of my past post please visit Christian film institute page and like our page or visit xtianmovie.blogspot.com
Till next week Monday when I will be coming your way again, keep your God-given dreams alive and remain blessed.
Filming Tips :
Hello everyone, hope you had a great weekend? Mine was a busy one with more work on Prime Suspect color job. Regarding the issue of close captioning which was mentioned last week, there is a software that makes it easier which I just learnt through YouTube, it is called Maccaption. I met a friend who just came in from the United States, he is into production like myself, he told me about this great software but it's only for big production studios because it's from 2000 dollars upward but it will enable you to do a month's job in a day.
"The Ignition" movie by Damilola Bamiloye actually fell under three different genres and they are: Drama, Romance and Comedy. "The Tribulation Night" by Mike Bamiloye fell under horror and thriller. "My Conclusion" by Shola Mike Agboola fell under Drama and so on, to mention but a few.
I mentioned these people because their films are well known. I remember the day I raised the issue of writing other genres other than just drama, a brother commented that I was right but surprisingly said that youths of nowadays love to see romance. He went further to say that as a means of meeting the needs of the youths, he will cast married couples to make it real on screen.
I want to believe that I didn't understand what the brother meant by doing things real. I know he could not have said that couples should do a pornography in the name of the Lord. I love making things as realistic as possible but not to the extent of causing anyone to stumble and no one can ask me to do anything stupid with my wife on screen. Please, we should be careful of what we dish out to people in the name of the Lord. We shouldn't place a stumbling block and stain the heart of those who are still struggling to stand.
The video below was put together by one of my guys, you will see the full version on MZTV and Redemption TV North America later. I also promise to dish out first trailer of Prime Suspect next week. The horror story titled the Fire Dancer continues tomorrow. It is written for the American audience and the people of the western world. You know the targeted audience will determine a lot in any screenplay, I have had this in mind for a while now with a little feel of real life story, just read along and you will understand, see tomorrow on that.
Feel free to share. if you have missed any of my past post please visit Christian film institute page and like our page or visit xtianmovie.blogspot.com
Till next week Monday when I will be coming your way again, keep your God-given dreams alive and remain blessed.
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