Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva, has reiterated the need for major stakeholders in the Nigerian movie industry to invest more in building standard movie studios and sound stages.
She stated this recent youth development forum called, The Roundtable Lekki.
According to her, movie producers and artistes in Nigeria must take a clue from Hollywood Actor, movie producers and script writer, Tyler Perry.
“We shoot in apartments these days. But, I won’t allow movies to be shot in my home; it won’t happen. I know the number of people that are brought into a shoot.
“There may be two people in a scene, but to shoot it, there will probably be about 20 people there. That means 20 people will put their hands on my wall, block the loo, and do other things.
“We need to build our studios and sound stages, just like American filmmaker, Tyler Perry, has done. He built one of the biggest sound stages in the world.
“The thing with sound stages is that there are usually facades. I once shot a movie in France, but all the interior shots were taken in London, United Kingdom.
“All we did in France were the exteriors shots to give the ambience of that country. Sound stages give one control. It allows one to make movies at one’s desired pace,” she said.
Tyler Perry Studios is the largest film production studio in the United States, it sits on 330 acres just outside the borders of East Point, Georgia.
Also, the studio is reportedly larger than the studio lots of Disney, Fox, Paramount, Sony and Warner Brothers, with acres to spare.
