Training Tips for Upcoming Actors/Actresses in Nollywood and the World

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From my bakery, you will learn alot todayMemorizing Lines as new Actor/ActressHow do those actors and actresses memorize hundreds of lines? How does someone commit all those fancy Shakespearean lines from Hamlet to memory? Memorizing lines takes practice and constant repetition. However, there are a few ways to make the memorization process run smoothly and quickly.

Read Out Loud (And Repeat, Repeat, Repeat):

For most performers, there is no short cut to memorizing lines. To learn lines, an actor must recite the script out loud, over and over again. Most rehearsals encourage this by “running through the lines” or having a “read through.”By the time opening night arrives, most actors have spoken their lines hundreds of times. In addition to constant repetition, consider these supplemental techniques:

Listen to Your Cast Members:

Sometimes inexperienced or poorly trained actors spend rehearsals staring blankly at fellow performers, waiting patiently to say their next line. Instead, they should be listening attentively, responding in character at all times.This will not only generate a better performance, it will also help the actor learn his lines because the context of the dialogue is absorbed. Pay attention and the other person’s lines will serve as a cues or “memory triggers” during the performance.

Record Your Lines: Because there is often not enough rehearsal time, many performers find ways to listen to the play’s dialogue during everyday activities. Turn your work-outs, chores, and recreational activities into a “read through” with the help of your headphones or your i-pod. Aside from constant rehearsals, this method seems to be the most popular way to memorize lines.Use a tape recorder or better yet an MP3 player to capture the lines from each relevant scene. Some actors prefer to record the lines of all the characters, including their own. Then, they not only listen intently, but they speak all of the lines. Others opt for recording the lines of fellow cast members, but they leave a blank space so that they can insert their dialogue while listening to the recording.Monologue While Motoring Personally, I have found the freeway to be the best place to memorize lines. I mastered all of my Shakespeare monologues driving back and forth on Highway. If your commute to work is twenty minutes or more, then your automobile can become a makeshift rehearsal space. For one, it’s a nice private place to listen to your recorded dialogue. Then, when you have the basic dialogue and monologues down, you can perform as your putter your way through traffic.
The acoustics in your car or room might be lousy; however, it’s a great place to guffaw, growl, or shout your lines, getting them nicely solidified in your memory banks. Get Up and Move! Whenever possible, incorporate your stage directions while you say your lines aloud. According to a scientific study conducted by psychologists Helga and Tony Noice, the combination of movement and speech strengthens a person’s ability to recall the next line.
Here’s how Ms. Noice explains it: “Memory is aided by physical movement. In one study, lines learned while making an appropriate motion — e.g., walking across a stage — were more readily remembered by actors later than were lines unaccompanied by action.” So, during the early stages of learning the script, make certain you join the words with appropriate movements and gestures. Of course, this tip might not be helpful if you are playing the paralyzed protagonist from Whose Life is it Anyway. But for most roles, the Noice team has provided excellent advice!Think Positively and Don’t Panic! Don’t let the butterflies in your stomach torment you too much. Most thespians experience stage fright minutes, hours, even weeks before opening shots. While a certain amount of nervousness can get the adrenaline going, too much anxiety over lines might hinder an actor’s performance.Actors forget lines now and then. It happens. When it happens, however, most of the time the audience never notices. Forgetting a line is only disastrous if the performer breaks character.So, if you forget a line in the middle of your performance, don’t freeze. Don’t get flustered. Don’t look out to the audience. Don’t call out, “Line!” Stay in character. Keep the scene going to the best of your ability, and with the help of your fellow cast members you will get back on track.Take solace in the fact that if you forget a line once, you will probably never forget that line ever again! Sometimes embarrassment is the strongest and toughest method of memorization! 

The most fundamental principle of Stanislavski's teaching is that the actor must live the life of the character that he is portraying, he must learn to think like the character and behave as the character would, therefore the portrayal is not confined to the performance but will, to some degree, begin to overlap into the actor's own life. This, he asserts, is the only way to achieve total realism and, to reinforce this, the actor must also extend this exercise of imagination to encompass the costumes that he wears, the articles that comprise the set and the props that are used. If there is a mirror on the wall, he must invent a history of where it was bought, by whom and how it has come to be in this particular location, thus completing the elaborate imaginary world which will lend conviction to his performance.

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The winner takes it all!  In Africa, i have distinguished my self  in the area of Film consultancy, writers/artiste representations.
severally, International film makers and writers have demanded for my services and none of them ever expressed displeasure after my services.
what i do is to understand your needs as a film maker and as far as Africa is concerned, i will serve you.
i can get locations for you in any part of Africa, i can shoot bits for you, i can write scripts for you, i can negotiate with African Actors and Actresses at a reasonable prize..i can wait for you in the airport and take you to the news...for upcoming Artistes and writers, i can talk to film makers about you and if they hire you, you may ignore me like thousands of you have done.
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SYNOPSIS Eno was faced with a high level of sexual abuse to an extent that she ran away amongst her fellow humans and lived in a cave down deep the forests. she needs someone to save her...someone she can trust For partnership or outright purchase of this film, contact georgeodinaka@gmail.com

2011 Christmas in Africa

Africa is a country with valuable habitats to different species of organisms which includes Men...I am a Man so I actually fit into one here and that's why I celebrate christmas, if you take a critique of my POV you will discover that of over half a billion of other african youths because I am a youth leader, from the level of student union government to the NANS zone B and now a Youth Corper. Serving my country for one year. we are all excited at this seasonal festivities though mostly with christians. But Muslims also enjoin then in the public holidays,here in Abuja nigeria, there are lots of Bonanzas in supermarkets...I visit them because I love AWUFU. I see the excitements among the youths quiet alright but a deeper look into the eyes of your old friend will reveal a rage of fear. It's because of the high level of violence and terrorism here. Yes we have it as a challenge but my interaction with other youths revealed that we actually love each other as youths. We virtually shared everything. I remember all....yes yes it's christmas season here in africa. We are friends and live together as one. The christmas trees we enjoy here too..and evening songs in the church, the cold weather which is moderate to our skin and long coaches of Buses for our inter city transport too...here in africa, friends that trusts us come from different countries of the world comes to share
our local wines with us. ..we are nor murders and cheats as YOU think but if you didn't think that earlier then you are like me...we are faced with our own challenges just like every continent of the world. And gradually, through local campaigns by youths like myself, peace have started growing from the grass roots. Hey have you seen my TV series on Peace? Write me if you have not.. Now back to christmas, back in the days, back here in Nigeria, back in Nsukka my home town...now back back back is telling the story..but hey listen, we celebrate christmas because of the birth of a great God. His name is Jesus and all the christians know this and we reflect it in our emotions..it's christmas season here..if you want to celebrate christmas here, then bet me you will drink palmwine. Oh..merry chritmas readers. Ugwuja George Odinakachi

NO MORE WAR...MY SCREENPLAY ON SET

SCREENPLAY WRITER/DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
EPISODES OF PEACE is a TV Drama i designed to campaign against violence and terrorism in the world. NO MORE WAR is the first Episode .The conception of this weekly series is to use Drama, to inform the citizens on the dangers of violence and terrorism in the lives and economy of the World.

With strong team friends from different youth forums like UNICEF Voices of Youths, I picked research materials on the best way to tackle this social unrest in the world.
Basing my stories in different regions and tribes of Africa, using peculiar stories and scripting it into fictions, I now have a complete season screenplay of EPISODES OF PEACE.
IMPORTANCE OF THE DRAMA
• Problem Solving:
With the present social challenges facing the world, like Tribal Killings, Religious Wars, Terrorism, Violence, Cultism etc, EPISODES OF PEACE will gradually channel the minds of the citizens on the rightful ways to present their feelings instead of using war and violence.
This drama will first of all identify a certain social challenge, describe the offences payable by law to those who commits such acts and will as well suggest to them the appropriate way of handling their cases as an individual or group of people with common interest.
• Public Interest:
I had to consider the audience first before considering my story lines. EPISODES OF PEACE is the first TV series that is meant for every age and gender. I took care of the sensitiveness of different categories of citizens like children, aged adults, and even hospital patients. I present my drama in such a way that it does not have any negative implication in the minds of my audience. I tried to create it as entertainment and message and everybody will with no doubt, like to watch it

EPISODES OF PEACE is a TV Drama i designed to campaign against violence and terrorism in the world. NO MORE WAR is the first Episode .The conception of this weekly series is to use Drama, to inform the citizens on the dangers of violence and terrorism in the lives and economy of the World.
With strong team friends from different youth forums like UNICEF Voices of Youths, I picked research materials on the best way to tackle this social unrest in the world.
Basing my stories in different regions and tribes of Africa, using peculiar stories and scripting it into fictions, I now have a complete season screenplay of EPISODES OF PEACE.
IMPORTANCE OF THE DRAMA
• Problem Solving:
With the present social challenges facing the world, like Tribal Killings, Religious Wars, Terrorism, Violence, Cultism etc, EPISODES OF PEACE will gradually channel the minds of the citizens on the rightful ways to present their feelings instead of using war and violence.
This drama will first of all identify a certain social challenge, describe the offenses payable by law to those who commits such acts and will as well suggest to them the appropriate way of handling their cases as an individual or group of people with common interest.
• Public Interest:
I had to consider the audience first before considering my story lines. EPISODES OF PEACE is the first TV series that is meant for every age and gender. I took care of the sensitiveness of different categories of citizens like children, aged adults, and even hospital patients. I present my drama in such a way that it does not have any negative implication in the minds of my audience. I tried to create it as entertainment and message and everybody will with no doubt, like to watch it
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Selling a Script

Selling and Buying of Film/TV and music scripts in Africa is a serious issue. Nollywood producers keep producing poorly written scripts while the good writers lack opportunities to market their scripts. it is with this challenge that some us had to develop international market and started enjoying the dividends of International Scripting. Before you market your SPEC scripts, you must learn the professional steps towards getting your screenplay done, there are also recommended screenplay software that will give you an acceptable draft that any Film producer in Nollywood or Hollywood will buy. i am conducting personal and group training for all the aspiring Screenplay writers across Africa. If you can arrange a group of at least ten people, then your own training becomes free. this training will feature screenplay tutorials, marketing steps and after the training, each participant will be given a screenplay software and will be guided on how to sell their scripts. for further details, contact me
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African Men

Here in Africa, we don’t even know the Heroes, we don’t have ideas of those that has bright future and those that does not. An average African man you see on the streets, looking frustrated and warn out may be the brain behind an international project that others celebrate.
The Foreigners underestimate African men, that was why they have fallen victims of African fraud, Africans can be exploited but they can never be fooled , why the lower ranks of the military obeys the higher Ranks is not because the latter shoots better, it’s to set peace in the system while their dreams to grow become a reality, here in Africa, we have a common believe that the small will later become the Big, Our continent is still developing, while the grasses wither at the sea shore, we must wonder what has gone wrong from the root of the waters, but why the desert grasses seize to flourish, we see no dangers with the action for the harsh sun will ever smite again
I point this out to you; things don’t go the normal way here in Africa. Why will an African man graduate from the university with good grades yet he will not find a place to work, the lions have lost their Den to the monkeys, and antelopes are swimming freely in the waters of the crocodiles.
I know it happens here, things are going wrong amongst ourselves, but we try to fix it. It is with this heavy heart, that an African man leaves, he has a girlfriend who was taken from his hands by the law makers, with a grin, and he knew his purse has gone weird.
It is with this troubled soul, these expectations of mystery, this fear of insecurity that African men leave. They are good yet we have seen that they are not good anymore, there is no opportunity given to the good. They are intelligent yet they are no more intelligent, intelligent ones have been ridiculed and their women taken from them.
Now they have all turned out to be African Men, hunting in their tropical, we must eat, yes we must eat. We must keep our women yes we must keep our women, we must secure our own position in the toughness of this existence, it is with such sensitivity that an African Man leaves.
Now, they start to try out themselves, the farmers will pick their hoe and will never return until the sun fades, the traders will enter the market, with hook or with crook they sell and they trick, computer experts were not rather in the Banks, or the rich telecoms, rather they are in the café, sending mails to the rich and convincing them to be a victim
we the few, that has conditioned our mind to never let go, our empire, our dignity, our ego, our knowledge of the Good and the Bad, at first, it seems we are the African men, retched in the streets yet celebrated, while we strive higher, the greedy politicians became afraid of us, the corrupt emperors will start to consult us, they need our knowledge and lo, they must pay, that was the origin of our survivals
But African men are here, they know about all yet nothing is for them, you come in to exploit them and they trick you. Stop thinking about our retched home, stop watching our uprisings in your televisions, stop sending us soar wines and epidemics, we can work and earn our living, we do not want to imitate the greedy politicians, who instead of constructing the roads, they choose to fly on helicopters . it is because we are Africans, that is why we never learn to vote them out, it is because we are Africans, that is why they use us. Stop using us, I say stop
Girls all over the world want to sleep with an African man, for they know the power of our strength, and the uniqueness of our concepts, they want to use us and dump us, because they know we are Africans that is why they are victims of circumstances. They are victims of their own crime
You can’t use an African man and dump him, you can use him and teach him, you can use him and pay him, if you underestimate us, oh, I pity you.
The strength of an African man is in his concepts, though the hero may tarry, he must be unraveled. Tell them that my Bakery said so.it's me, LionKing George