YouTube Channels Making Unique Movies
I want to be a movie producer, but I don’t have money. No problem, the internet makes it possible but there’s a good and bad side.
YouTube has taken the means of production from Hollywood, Nollywood or Bollywood, CBC, BBC or Netflix to you and I, simply by having a YouTube channel.
The bad side is that ordinary people like recycling old stories about love at first sight, candle lit dinners, donating kidneys, maids that sleep with the boss, or friends that steal husbands.
How many music videos are on YouTube? Millions. The ones that stand out have made money for musicians. You can also make unique movies without a bar scene or bedroom scene like Nollywood and Hollywood. Here are the basics:
l Script, which is the story .e.g. women barbers like The Barber, a Nigerian movie from Uchenna Mbunabo Productions.
l Camera, a good video camera. Cellphones are good but sound has an echo.
l A powerful mic. Electronics stores will give you advice.
l Lights. Things you already have at home: candles, white sheets, torch light, bedside lamps but buy white bulbs from hardware stores. Don't forget good old natural light from the sun.
l People who will act in the movie, usually friends and family.
l Food for everyone working in the movie.
Now you are ready to make your own movies. Start with stories that do not need more than five actors. It must be in one room which can be dressed into ‘different rooms.’ It must not be at night on the road. What’s the point? We can’t see anything.
Tell unique stories on your YouTube Channel. Viewers will appreciate them.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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