Why I Don't Like Use of Fine Faces in Youtube Movies - Kanayo O. Kanayo

Beloved Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo is talking about the rising growth of Nollywood movies and productions on Youtube, and giving his own thoughts on the things he likes and doesn't like about it during a new interview with The Cable Lifestyle. Here's what Kanayo O. Kanayo said.

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First, speaking about what he likes about Youtube and Youtube movies, Kanayo O. Kanayo said:

KANAYO O. KANAYO: YouTube has afforded people the rare opportunity to shoot their content, post it on their channels, and earn at the end of every month. With YouTube, filmmakers didn’t have to go through the National Film and Video Censors Board. YouTube also has its rules. If you meet up with those rules and you have the necessary traction, they will pay you for your content. That allowed people like Broda Shaggi, Mr Macaroni, and Sabinus to shoot their content, put it on YouTube, and make money. It also gave actors equal opportunity. If you build traction and people follow you, you begin to achieve some mileage and that mileage is in dollars.

It also keeps you away from sharing your revenue with somebody and not being in charge of your content. People have as many as 5 to 15 channels for the distribution of their content. Some of my colleagues have said that they don’t act in movies that are not their own on YouTube but I still act for other people. The idea is that we all go around to patronize each other, enhance our trade, and enlarge our creativity. So the rush to YouTube is for accessibility, direct earnings, and being in command/control of what you do. You’re no longer answerable to any or somebody sitting in one corner, telling you that your films are not selling or that they don’t like your story.

Then, speaking about what he DOESN'T like about Youtube and Youtube movies, Kanayo O. Kanayo said:

KANAYO O. KANAYO: What I don’t like on YouTube is the use of fine faces. The film is not about fine faces but about telling a story and telling it well. I’ve seen that some names are trending on YouTube but that’s not filmmaking. Tell your stories well. That is what should attract people to watch and not because of the fine boys and their faces. When we started Nollywood, it was the stories that attracted people and that is also how it is on Netflix. People are looking for fine stories and that is what movie-making is all about. That is what the discovery of new talents should be about. My films on YouTube ‘Weight of Loyalty’ and ‘A Weekend with the In-laws’ are doing very well. I’m trying to be different. People don’t expect that, with the high status that one has gotten, I’ll start producing on just the issues that are trending.

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