A trailer is a short synopsis presenting information from your film in the most succinct way possible. It is the principal way most movies get exposure and remain in public consciousness. It is arguably the most important marketing tool available to a filmmaker. They are usually 2:30 secs but exist in other forms like the teaser trailer (60 secs) or spot (30 secs). They help create a buzz for your film and also can help secure distribution. A bad trailer can ruin the chances

Sound Design explores how the dialogue is layered with the soundtrack and sound effects. The true sound designer must be immersed in the story, characters, emotions, environments and the genre of the film. His work is to tell the story acoustically Before we talk about music or sound effects, let’s talk about how we experience sound on the screen. Diegesis refers to the world of the characters and the story within the film. Everything that happens to those people and in the e

The London Film Academy (LFA) is a film school located in Fulham that runs various short and full time practical courses. I took the intensive one year Postgraduate Diploma in Filmmaking and graduated in September 2017. I really enjoyed my time there and I believe this was the perfect foundation to build my career on. Tutors that taught me include Robin Vidgeon (Past President of BSC), Mervyn Gerrard, Jonathan Harvey, Andrew Speller, Rebecca Knapp, Carolina Giammetta, Richard

Films are 50 percent visual and 50 percent sound. You first of all hear before you see. It’s a global phenomenon that the sound team are the most underrated department on set. There is one issue audiences continue to point out about Nollywood films and that is bad sound. I have witnessed far too many scenarios where a scene is being shot and the sound recordist complains about bad sound but the director ignores this warning and keeps shooting. Reasons for poor sound in Nollyw