Looking at entertainment in Cameroon, the music industry is far much progressing than the movie industry in almost every aspect. Nowadays we witness our Cameroonian artistes shutting down shows, dropping albums and travelling worldwide for tours.
On the part of the fans, everyone seems to be engaged in music topics. If they aren’t talking about a Salatiel outfit, they are talking about a Stanley Enow verse. The fan engagement with their artistes seems to be more effective and they tend to keep a stronger bond compared to the actors . Apart from supporting morally, it beats my imagination why some fans can take out time to go as far as being analysts, music critics, red carpet police but can’t bring in that same spirit of engagement when it comes to movies. The big question is, why is less attention paid in the movie sector?
We have had a lot of movies premiered in and out of the country, we have a good number of talented actors and actresses in the industry such as Nsang Dilong, Itambi Delphine, Otia Vitalis, Alenne Menget, Ashu Kelly, Vicky Fokala and the list goes on.
Why is less attention paid to these talents. I bet the average Cameroonian doesn’t know as many actors like they know the artistes.
We all need to grow by holding hands. First and foremost, we must detect the problems holding back the movie industry from pushing forward. The future is bright. One hand can never tie a bundle
Do you have any suggestions? Kindly drop them in the comment section.
Victor Kange
#NaTengiYesu
The problems with the movie industry can be blamed partly on government as little is done to promote it. For eg, our movies are hardly aired on our national channel n most of our local channels. The second problem is our mentality we have that our movies r not good so most Cameroonian s r not patient enough to watch them. Our movies also r still boring n have no sispence. Just my view
Hii… I may want to disagree with you Suinyuyian on this point regarding the government support.. Because i don’t think the government gave any support to the Music Industry… I think it is more bout the content of our movies. Script and story they tell… Some are truly just a waste of time while some are truly interesting.
One of the prob I wanna bring up should be the cost of their premiers. Couple to the fact that fans them no fey plenty and most are not interested yet they make premieres pretty expensive. To a few 5k is nuffin but this youths I see in Kmer and with the rate of poverty go comot 5K for classic to watch a movie.??. Hmmm.. I doubt that. Cafeyage go always lack. And transport too to go watch maybe in Dla. Cuz most at times they limit their premiers in Dla. How many will pay transport to go watch…
And addressing 237showbiz… Ion know if you are talking of Cameroon movie Industry or Anglophone movie industry. Cuz the francophones are doing great if you ask me. Their movies or series are watched for free thru Canal 2 movies and stuff. I think we needa do same too. Create a platform for that. Having it online (forgotten the name of the platform) isn’t an immediate solution to the slow pace growth… Cuz it still goes back to monetary issues. A month subscription seems too expensive. After you subscribe you go still need data to watch.. Mehn…
I think if we make it affordable and available for the very many average fans then we go get there. My humble PoV
How can one get involved in the Cameroon movie industry? That is, the pre-requisites to get in to the industry.