BOB TV 2010 - 7TH AFRICAN FILMS AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES EXPO

BOB TV NEWS & EVENTS

DAY THREE: AFTERNOON SESSIONS

Hey, today just gets better and better! Soundcity is storming BOB with performances by M.I, Bigiano, DJ Zeez, Shayman, Basketmouth and Tu Face. I hear there are more, and I’ll give you the gist as I confirm it. That’s a two-hour gig and it’s not even the closing day yet. So … I’m at the BOB TV FILM FESTIVAL rubbing shoulders with the big names and industry drivers of the film industry. Where are you?

02:00 HALL THREE

Okay, Hall 3, the Exhibition Hall is madly swarming with attendants. Emem Isong’s stand is one of the most popular, and her displayed movies, RELOADED, UYAI and WHEN THE HEART LIES are fast vanishing from their racks. No surprise though. Desmond Elliot, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Stephanie Okereke, Ramsey Noah, Ini Edo and many A-List names, are her lead stars. And speaking of lead stars, more have joined the BOB train, and not just actors. Julius Agwu is in the house; Jetta Amata has the microphones of the TV and radio reporters pushed in his face; Kayode Peters, Producer of Flatmates and Half Sisters has a stand which is surrounded by a curious crowd; Charles Novia is making his way past one stand after another with the air of a visitor
Some sessions and workshops have started. We should check out the story conference.

2:00 HALL SEVEN: STORY, STORY: THE ART OF STORYTELLING

There wouldn’t be a film industry without stories to tell through film, which is why this session is of absolute importance. Chris Ihidero, the Facilitator, is passionately making the case for finding fresh stories and excellently telling them through film. His polemics for the subject has the class entranced, and even I am making notes

FROM MY NOTES:

Tell regional stories with a global feel
Get the audience to empathize with your characters, not sympathize for them
Learn and master the Classical form for structure (Okay, now I’m getting too technical)

Attendees’ response is enthusiastic, and after taking a few questions, Chris reminds the class that the session continues tomorrow. As usual, we troop out for the next interesting item

In the hallway, the announcement for the various programmes is made, and interested participants drift in the direction of their preferred session. The whole center is fully crowed and it’s become harder to move around but I manage my way to Hall 2 where the participants of the NFVCB seminar have just taken a break. Tajudeen Adepetu is conversing with Emeka Mba, veteran Broadcaster, Lekan Ogunbanwo, has enchanted some of the broadcasters around him with his sweet baritone, silently making a point; Charles Igwe is being hailed right and left by industry champions as he modestly makes through the droves, pretty much like me.

Oh, one of the most important seminars was Daar Group’s INDUSTRY RALLY by DAARSAT, which focused on the new directive for Nigerian stations to produce locally made content, leaving 48 thousand hours of airtime to be filled. Calls were made for fresh and original ideas for drama, sports programmes, game shows, and basically any material that can fill TV airtime. It’s the Content Creator’s field day.

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