KUMAWOOD FILMMAKERS NEED TRAINING - David Dontoh

Veteran actor and host of TV show "Agro-fie" has made a clarion call on all amateur film sundries to undergo training to activate their skills. He made this call last Thursday when was invited on the spotlight's show on TV3.

When one has the talent, he must be trained to sharpen his skill in dispensating it, that is what we call professionalism, David Dontoh had opined.

As for him, good movies are not determined by the language spoken but the highest sense of its delivery.
The film itself has a "language", that is why we don't understand Chinese but we enjoy their movies yet in Chinese.

A movie should even be understood by a deaf person when watching. It's not just the mere expressions of words but the body gestures; facial expression.etc makes the movie a reality.
He again stated that the Kumawood movie-makers should not limit themselves by using poor equipment, locations, costumes and others just because it's a local movie. They should resort to making their movies in the cities and big towns using good film-making items.

He did also state that Kumawood producers try to cut down cost, hence resort to using cheap labor rendering shoddy results. There are instances where Kumawood stars like Lil Wayne and Kwaku Manu are old men and in other times are school boys.it's not right!

It doesn't make meaning at all, if it's good works they want; two or more producers can come together and produce one good movie either than those independently bad produced ones.

On an end note David Dontoh says; he is around and ready for any production but "don't bring me Ghs 200 cedis and say, this is your first time".

_Merci Beaucoup_
  Felix Acquaye

ATAA SKOLO AND THE JUST ANOTHER DAY TV SERIES.

A comedy series making airwaves on GhOne, Saturdays at 4pm is one to look at. The series is endowed with talents running on simple themes including; Robbery, Rape, Sakawa, Boys Abr3 and the likes. It is also in bout to pull up the derailing ghanaian comedy.

Led character and Executive Producer of "Just Another Day" Alphonse Menyo, has explained that he derived the name "Ataa Skolo" from the Osu community. Ataa Skolo was once a name of his neighbour in Osu. The man Ataa Skolo was a type with an "awkward lifestyle". Little did he give heed to situations around him yet he was always the "talk of the town" he stated. Skolo is a person who always had an excuse for any mishap. For that matter, he was viewed as an outcast. In the peak of admiration of his personality, his whereabout became futilous. Alphonse, as a film maker and an auditor of characters, realised the need to play the exceptional Skolo style.

"Since the name was rare, I googled it but no vital information was given me". After countless efforts of gaining no link with the name, decided to transform the Skolo life into drama.

That ushered us into the experience of this millenium "Just Another Day" TV series.

Though such a dream has been able to come to the limelight it hadn't being easy at all. Producing, Acting and assisting in Directing was not a class one job afterall. It was challenging having an oversight of everything as a young producer cum director. Attitudes of artistes was also another factor. "It only takes a stoic person like myself to deal with it". I wouldn't allow the problems kill my dream he had said.

In an open question about his battling to win sponsors he has reiterated that "Meeting the right people at the right time" was his slogan.

He further told CMN that if a programme does not have a sponsor, does not mean it is bad but time determines it. Especially in this corruption age when "whom you know" answers it all. Also he claimed the broadcasters know how much goes into the series before it gets on air. He ended it all by saying "One person can't fool a whole TV-Station"