What caught your interest in this project?
What got my interest was the story. It involved a local village comedian getting
married to a white woman and both of them didn't understand themselves. I really
liked the idea of the story and saw it as an opportunity to interpret my own
point of view.
How was your communication with the producer and the crew?
Lovely people! From the executive producer, to the AD,
editor, sound, gaffer, welfare, costume everybody. They were very cooperative.
We were like a family. Some I had worked with before, others was for the first
time. They respected each other and ensured the project moved on.
The producer saw me as someone who could actually interpret
the script. We brought an actress in from Ghana, Juliet Ibrahim who didn’t
understand hausa and at a point in the story she was supposed to speak hausa, so
the producer really needed someone who could help her speak the language and
culture in a short period of time and make it a reality on screen.
He is also quite serious minded. He takes all his projects very seriously so He was always hands-on to give the project all that it required.
My camera operator was able to follow my instructions, creative vision as I played both the director
and director of photography of the movie which was a big task but we were able
to pull through.
You were also the cinematographer on this project, what was your approach?
The central them of the story is comedy, so I was aiming to bring out the
pictures and colours so that audience can move with it. We wanted to make the colours
pop out from the lighting, set design right down to the costumes.
What was your lighting strategy?
We went to for motivated lighting. Most of the set lighting
were motivated from theactual sources, especially because about half of the film
were exteriors. The sun was our main source however we still used some additional
light fixtures and reflectors to fill in the shadows especially when we had to
shoot against the sun which turned out quite beautifully.
Did you strive to achieve the final 'look' of the film in camera or in post?
In post. We shot on the Sony A7s on a flat log profile, so much of the
look came in post. We just had to ensure we nailed the exposure and colour
balance while filming.
Did you use any visual references?
We used a lot of visual references from hindi movies because
most of their comedy movies are quite colourful with the colours popping out,
which was exactly what we wanted. I can’t remember the name of anyone right now (laughs).
Any current or future projects?
We have a number of projects lined up, we have a TV reality
show coming up called ‘Kannywood Next Movie Star’ – It’s a talent show
and will be launching this year by the grace of God. We also have two movies
coming up which will be produced by our production company BIDBit Multimedia. They are still ‘working titles’
We are currently producing
a tv reality show Song and Sound
Contact Mr. D'Mej
BIDBit Multimedia
+234 8136831001
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