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This blog will go indepth to analyze the Nollywood industry and how the internet has influenced its spread. The Nollywood movie industry developed in 1990, and has been producing more movies than the U.S. and India since then. The Nollywood movies usually contain morals about life, like the ones heard in oral stories. They are characterized by the voodoos and evils in our society, and the exaggeration of everyday situations that make the best dramas for T.V.
Before the popularity of the internet, the Nollywood industry remained low scale. But the emergence and popularity of the internet has popularized it and has connected the indigens of Nigeria and fans of Nigerian movies to watch Nollywood movies via the internet.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Nollywood gurus online- PART 2

As a result of Nollywoodlove domineering the broadcast of Nigerian movies, they have partnered with Youtube and have ordered that movies posted illegally on Youtube be taken down. So lately, most movies not belonging to other Nollywood movies posters have been taken down, and more and more continue to be removed from Youtube. Other websites, apart from Youtube, either include a fee, like http://www.nollywoodmovies.tv/allsubscriptions, or they are free but include pop ups that make you wonder if they are legal, for example, http://videos.onlinenigeria.com/index.htm.
... Ok, so there is this guy called Pieter Hugo. He thinks, just like I do, that Nollywood movies aare so exaggerated. The story line and everything is stressed. He has pretty much mastered the Nollywood industry, and I consider him a guru. Here is his website http://www.pieterhugo.com/nollywood/ . He is an artist and some of his work on Nollywood are based on unusual looking people on the street, unusual incidents, and every other thing that would make you want to scream if you saw it laying on your street side. The image added is one of his works creating a sort ofmetaphor of how Nollywood movies are like.

P.S. Here's this inspiring TED video I saw online, it will notbe a waste of your time, I promise! http://www.ted.com/talks/franco_sacchi_on_nollywood.html
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2 comments:

  1. trshsrtjyrtjApril 7, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    Hmm. What exactly do you mean by the storylines being stressed/exaggerated?

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  2. JulietApril 7, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    It is sort of like the soap operas. They do not represent the everyday situations. They are too dramatic, and the people scream alot.

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