Nollywood

Quiz

Question Round
1. What makes the Nigerian film industry different
from Francophone African country, such as
Algeria?
2. Why is the Nigerian film industry called the home
movie industry?
3. What makes New Nigerian Cinema films different
from Nollywood films?
4. What is the main method used to distribute to
international audiences?
5. How do New Nigerian Cinema films get financing?

Answers
1. Nigeria's film industry is profitable and self sufficient or the
Nigerian film industry has grow without the support of the
government.
2. The films are not usually shown in Cinema houses but are
made for home consumption distributed via means such
as VCD.
3. New Nigerian Cinema places a new emphasis on
production value and attempt to have international appeal
while still reflecting contemporary African culture and
themes.
4. Internet
5. Sponsorship e.g. Phone Swap: BlackBerry, 7up, Glo

True or False
1. The Mirror boy was filmed in England,
Nigeria and Gambia
2. Sequel plays a limited role with the
Nigerian film industry
3. All films produced in the Nigerian film
industry are based on English
4. Don Pedro Obaseki stated that in the
Nigerian film industry cinema isnt an
art, it is something like an assembly line
5. IrokoTV is a subscription only website

Answers
1. False England and Gambia
2. False help recoup cost of production and
minimise potential loses as a result of
piracy
3. False There are language based films
such as Yoruba
4. True
5. False IrokoTV no longer requires
registration to watch free films but
IrokoTV+ is a subscription based ($5 per
month)

Facts and Figures

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

How many cinema did The Mirror Boy get

show?
How long does it take to shoot a film in the
Nigerian film industry?
What was the budget of Phone Swap and what
percentage was obtained through sponsorship?
How much does a VCD featuring a Nollywood
film cost to buy?
How many registered users did IrokoTV have in
its first six months after was launched in 2011?

Facts and Figures

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

10
3-7 days
250,000 and 30%
$1-3
500,000

Odd One Out

Odd One Out

Typical Nollywood film
and not an example
of New Nigerian
Cinema
Did not get a
cinematic release in
the UK

Question Round
1. What is the role of the marketer?
2. What was the first Nollywood film produced?
3. Why does the Nigerian film industry use digital
technology in the production of films?
4. How long is the average shelf life of a
Nollywood film on the market before it is
pirated?
5. NollywoodLove demonstrates synergy through
it symbiotic connection to what websites?

Answers
1. Finance film, provide the equipment to reproduce the
films such as DVDs and CDs and distribute the film to
retail outlets
2. Living in Bondage (1991)
3. Celluloid is expensive, technological proliferation
means that producer have access to cheaper
equipment and spends up the production process
4. 2 weeks
5. YouTube and DailyMotion

Facts and Figures

1. How many films does Nigerian film industry
produces per week?
2. How often does IrokoTV upload a new film unto
the website?
3. What is the percentage of films in the Nigerian
film industry produced in English?
4. What was the opening box office takings for The
Mirror Boy?
5. How much did it cost to rent the camera used for
The Last Flight to Abuja?

Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

30
Weekly
44%
$31,353
N650,000

Which production house produced these

films and why is it significant?

Production House: Royal Arts Academy

IrokoTV owns exclusive rights to distribute to Royal Academy Arts films

Question Round
1. Why are films from Nigerian popular among
Africans in the continent and diaspora?
2. Why are Nollywood producers opting to exhibit
their films in the cinema first?
3. Name two cinema (chain) that partook in Film
Africa 2012
4. What cinema chain exhibited The Mirror Boy?
5. Why is production value able to be sacrificed in
Nollywood films?

Question Round
1. Taps into the consciousness of the Nigerian people
through the films themes and genre. Nollywood is a
vehicle to tell African stories.
2. Combat piracy and obtain official box office records,
which will aid future funding.
3. Hackney Picturehouse, The Ritzy, Rich Mix, BFI
Southbank, The South London Gallery, Screen on
the Green: Everyman Cinemas
4. Odeon
5. Producers do not anticipate that their films will be
shown in cinema, as they are meant for home
viewing.

True or False
1. The premier of The Mirror Boy took place in
Leicester Square
2. The channel Nollywood Movies bought the rights
to distribute Phone Swap in the UK.
3. IrokoTV does not have an android app
4. New Nigerian Cinema films usually do postproduction in Europe
5. The Technical crew of many Nollywood films are
usually not professionally trained i.e. study film

Answers
1. True
2. False OHTV (Sky Channel 149)
3. False - IrokoTV android app is free download but
in order to watch movies on phones individuals
must be an IrokoTV+ subscriber ($5 per month).
4. True Phone Swap colour correction, grading
and sound was done in London.
5. True

Question Round
1. What are the most viewed films on NollywoodLove?
2. What news channel aired a programme called
African Voices about The Mirror Boy that featured
Genevieve Nnaji?
3. What were some of the benefits the production of
The Mirror Boy had filming in Gambia?
4. Why are websites like IrokoTV and Nollywood Love
appealing for producer in the Nigerian film industry?
5. Besides the speed, what is unique about the
distribution of Nollywood films?

Question Round
1. Mad Sex and BlackBerry Babes
2. CNN
3. The president of Gambia provided 17 hotel rooms for
three weeks, 15 fuelled vehicles and other logistical
support. Moreover, they benefited from freedom to
shoot anywhere
4. It is the first legal online source of Nollywood films,
as Iroko Partners purchase the distribution rights to
films
5. A film is simultaneously released on TV, DVD, VCD etc.

Bonus question
Nollywood films often display technical
deficiency and poor production values
List three things that contribute to this:
1.
2.
3.

Possible Answers

The quality of the sound

Poor lighting
Repeating shots
Overly dramatic acting