Lighting Utilization in the Nigerian Home Video
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2010
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Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Press
Abstract
Lighting is a vital part of the key ingredients needed to bring to life
the dream of the writer and the producer of a film. When creatively
used along with the other elements of film production, a feeling of
reality is often established. This indeed is an important index of the
modern film industry. In the Nigerian film industry, however, the
technical handling of lighting, to a large extent, presents obvious
ineffective approaches. It is for this reasons that this essay discusses
the quality of utilization and effectiveness of lighting in three
Nigeria home videos as an evaluative process of the technical
efficiency oi the Home video industry in Nigeria. The descriptive
and analytical research methods are deployed in the technical
examination of the four Nigerian Home Videos. The essay, amongst
others discovers that the technical efficiency of the Nigerian Home
Video industry is suspect, with grossly under equipped resource
base, and that the industry is still saturated with non-professionals,
especially in the area of lighting. Suggestions and recommendations
are proffered for the improvement of film lighting in the Nigerian
Home Video industry.