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Claire Foy onset of 'Unseen' Have a great content idea and a limited budget why not consider using your smartphone? There have been hundreds of movies, skits and music videos shot entirely on smartphones, like Tristan Pope's 'Romance in NYC' movie (2014), Sean Baker's 'Tangerine' movie (2015), Steven Soderbergh’s 'Unsane' movie (2018). Chance The Rapper’s ‘How Great’, Lady Gaga’s ‘Stupid Love’, Selena Gomez’s ‘Lose You To Love Me’ music videos were all captured on a mobile phone. Today 90% of world mobile phone productions are camera enabled, with more than two thirds accommodating at least a 32G Secure Digital (SD) card, thereby storing 20 to 50 minutes of recorded content depending upon the phone's pixel size per frame. A Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) report released in March 2019 said Nigeria had 114,725,357 million mobile internet data subscribers as at February 28, 2019. Considering that people here use more than o...

'We are nothing but pencil in the hands of the creator' Wale Adenuga Production made sure we read this every thursday evenings after super story. Whether to tap our conscience or to remind us of eternity, it may as well mean Nollywood Film industry as a child of circumstance has been in the hands of caregivers for far too long. It need proper parenting (creator), a well structured Nollywood will boost investors confidence.  This is why we today argue if the worlds second largest film producing industry, with over 50 movies weekly, raking in about $590 million revenue annually and contributing 2.3% to Nigerias GDP in 2016 according to NFVCB is evolving or not. Almost every filmmaker in Nigeria agrees that Nigeria's film industry is urgently in need of structure. It is why close to 90% Nigerian filmmakers peg their budget limit even before the script is ready. Some even go as far as telling the writer to make a four character, one scene and less props movie. This...