"Anguko" yaingia location

Filamu fupi ambayo ambayo kwa sasa imepewa jina la 'Anguko-The fall' (Jina likiwa bado liko kwenye majadiliano) Imeingia location leo. Ikisimamiwa na Keen Insight production wakishirikiana na Born again films production pamoja na Tanzania film trainning Center (TFTC) Filamu hii inategemewa kuwa na urefu wa dakika tano (5).

Wasanii mbalimbali wakiwa kwenye production ya Anguko

Kiongozi (Director) wa Filamu hii bwana Edgar Ngelela akizungumza na blog hii alisema "Kama ilivyozoeleka kusikika, mabadiliko yanaanza na wewe, mimi na kila mmoja wetu, nimeona ni vyema kazi ianze sasa."

Mmoja wa wahusika Faraji Kakingo akiwa location

Edgar aliendelea kusema kuwa katika filamu hii kajaribu kupunguza vitu vingi na kujaribu kuongeza usanii katika kazi. Alisema kuwa likiachwa swala la muda hata wahusika nao wapo wachache, yaani sita (6) peke yake. "Tunategemea kumaliza Production ya filamu hii mwishoni mwa mwezi huu wa pili," Edgar alimalizia.

Tanzania: Movie Makers Reminded of Professionalism

Edgar Ngelela presenting his topic (Snap by Faraji Kakingo)

 5 February 2013 , By Iman Mani, Source: Daily News

 

THERE is what it takes locally to reach the required standards in making a good and professional movie. The problem is that people don't want to reach these standards, the Assistant Lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Edgar Ngelela, said.
For the country's true potential to be seen, he maintains, there has to be a move away from approaching movie-making in a relaxed manner and the adoption of a more professional one by practitioners. Hearing these requirements for making a good movie brought the independent Beauty Consultant, Fidelis Madaha, to reality.

He told the 'Daily News' that he found the entire presentation challenging, because now he knew what it would take for him to move into the makeup section of a production crew on a film-set.

In fact, Ngelela's presentation, at the Arts Council's (BASATA) Jukwaa la Sanaa platform revealed to him the high degree of planning required before setting out shooting a film. Now Madaha fully understands why he will have to go back to study specifically for this area before he can stand a chance of fulfilling his dream. Ngelela had explained the three phases to making a movie. 

This was how Madaha came to understand the first phase, preproduction, has to be handled to an acceptable level before moving onto the production and postproduction ones respectively.

In conversation with the 'Daily News' after the presentation he explained that both members of his establishment and the weekly meeting organisers thought this topic suitable for this platform because they wanted to stimulate a change in the chain of local movie production.

"We had noticed that most people do not concentrate on the preproduction stage, but actually focus much on production. They don't know much about the preparation that will make the production to be something valuable to be watched.

So by the end of the day you see this level of Bongo movies where the graph is not coming up but remains stagnant and flat," Ngelela clarified. He directed those present, who wanted to take on this challenge to the Tanzania Film Training Centre (TFTC), here in Dar es Salaam, as the place where locals can be trained to be different actors, who bring out what a director wants them to.

There are mistakes which are made here that need to be ironed out first, he said, for the end product to be of a higher quality. Whereas he has no objection to radio plays, he does feel it's wrong to handle a film-set as if it's being broadcasted on the radio.

He finds that it is often forgotten in local circles that movies are based on action, so the emphasis is on what is being seen at a particular time and not what one imagines. "The script should not be like that of a radio. We have scripts that have a lot of dialogue, which makes them resemble something for radio, which you only have to listen to know what is happening.

On the screen you're not only listening, you're listening, while at the same time you're watching, so you're getting everything at the same moment. So there has to be a difference," he specified. On a personal level he has reduced the number of local movies he watches because of them being so limited.

He singled out the recently released "Chumo" as being one of the better local movies. Another is "Chungu" that has been done and cuts across the mistakes that are usually met in too many local productions, he finds.

Edgar Ngelela ndani ya Jukwaa la sanaa

Kama ilivyo ada leo tena wasanii kutoka sehemu mbalimbali za Dar es Salaam walikutana pale Baraza la Sanaa Tanzania (Basata) kusikiliza mada iliyokuwa imeandaliwa. Mada ilikuwa ni "Hatua muhimu za utengenezaji wa movie". Mada hii iliandaliwa na kuzungumzwa na Bw. Edgar Ngelela ambaye alisaidiana na Bw. Wilson Makubi ambaye ni Mratibu wa Tanzania Film Training Center (TFTC).

Edgar Ngelela Akitoa mada (Picha na Faraji Kakingo)

 Katika Mada hii Bw. Edgar alielezea hatua tatu muhimu ambazo ni; hatua ya maandalizi (Pre-production phase), hatua ya utengenezaji au uzalishaji (Production phase), na hatua ya uhariri na ukamilishaji (Post-production phase). Katika hatua hizi tatu Edgar aliendelea kueleza kwamba watu wengi wanaojishughulisha na kazi za utengenezaji wa movie wamejikita zaidi na wameweka nguvu yao yote katika hatua ya pili ya utengenezaji au uzalishaji  (Production phase).

Kabla ya kuanza kupokea maswali ya waliohudhuria Edgar Ngelela alimaliza kwa kueleza kuwa hatua muhimu ya kutilia maanani na kuweka nguvu kubwa ni hatua ya maandalizi (Pre-production phase). Alisema maandalizi yakifanywa vizuri kwa ufasaha kuna dalili zote za kufanya kazi nzuri au kutoa movie nzuri.

Usiku Mtukufu-O holy (Tanzanian) night

Keen insights has released in the internet today a new music video production. The video is of the song O holy night. The song has been produced and Africanized by Ronald Nakaka at the Highland studios. The Camera work was done by Nicholas Calvin.

The video was Directed by Edgar Ngelela and Grace Nakaka. The video was an interesting project. The lighting was done with natural firewood light with a very dim little light just to support the fire in just some aspects for effect. The song 'Usiku Mtukufu was sang by Paul Mtaze and Gerald Nyiti.

Enjoy!

Timeless Tanzania

This is another Keen Insights production. It is a promotional video for the Pongo Safari's company on the services the company provides and the places to visit when one visits Tanzania, either towering or business in the wonderful breath taking "Timeless Tanzania". Check it out and Pongo Safari will be at your service.

The 1st Chilren Arts Festival

Hatimaye tamasha la kwanza la watoto la sanaa (The first Arts Festival) lafanyika. Tamasha hili limefanyika leo hii tarehe 17/12/2011 kuanzia saa 9:00am -4:30pm. Tamasha hili lilihudhuriwa na watu mbali mbali na maonesho yalifana sana. Yafuatayo ni matukio katika picha.

Watoto wa TCTC Tabata wakiimba wimbo wa Bob Rudala katika Tamasha hilo.

Watoto wa Shada kutoka Bagamoyo wakionyesha Sarakasi.

Watoto wa friends of Don Bosco kutoka Kimara-Suka wakicheza Mganda

Ukumbi wa Nyumba ya utamaduni ulivyolipendezesha Tamasha

Mwenyekiti (Chairperson) Akifunga Tamasha

Mtoto wa KAOMU High view Nursery and Primary school kutoka Mbagala akipokea zawadi.

Na hawa ndio walikuwa wanakamati wa Tamasha hili la kwanza

Tamasha lilibarikiwa na Uwepo wa Bob Rudala mwenyewe Pamoja na wasanii wengine kama Raza na Vitalis Maembe.

Bob Rudala

Vitalis Maembe akiwa na Chanjo ya Rushwa

Tamasha liliahirishwa kwa mategemeo kufanyika tena mwakani mwaka 2012.

Know WAAO

Watoto Arts Organization (WAAO)

WAAO

Watoto Arts Organization (WAAO) is an NGO which is situated at Migombani Street at Tabata Segerea, Ilala Municipal in Dar es Salaam-Tanzania. The word ‘watoto’ is a Kiswahili word which means children. The organization’s main purpose is to find, identify and expose young talented children in the world of arts. Moreover the organization also nurtures and shapes the children and their talents into the realm of arts. To do so the organization conducts trainings, workshops, seminars, exhibitions and public performances on Arts and culture. Towards the productions children are main target and proprietors under guidance.

WAAO Children in a performance

Activities at WAAO include Traditional dance and Choreography, Theatre/Drama (Storytelling included), Poems, Solo singing and Choir, Acrobatics and Gymnastics, Painting and Drawing, Sculpture, Designing and handicrafts.

Vision

WAAO’s vision is to be the leading organization in Tanzania then Africa towards developing the children and the youth’s talents in arts and culture.

Mission

To find, identify, realize and expose the talented children and youths and to further expose these children and youth into the realm of Arts and culture.

The way forward 2011

This year, from 15-17^th December, 2011 Watoto Arts Organization will be the main organizer of the 1^st Children Arts and Culture festival. However, the event will be expertise by volunteers from the Department of Fine and Performing Arts of the University of Dar es Salaam and Taasisi ya Sanaa na Utamaduni (TaSUBA) former Bagamoyo College of Arts.

The theme for the festival this year will be “Arts and Culture for peace, Security and Unity”. In this festival we will also celebrate the 50 years since Independence anniversary of Tanzania.

WAAO Children on a performance at Tabata Segerea

During the festival WAAO expects performances from other children groups who have already confirmed to attend and participate. These include Shada Group-Bagamoyo, Kaomu High View Nursery and Primary School-Mbagala, JUA Group-Bagamoyo, Mwembeni Primary School-Vingunguti, Mtema Lugodi-Bagamoyo, KAPE Group-Kariakoo and Tanzania Children Talents and Culture Organization from Tabata Segerea.

Theresia Gratta-The Director of WAAO

For more information about WAAO or the 1^st Children Arts and Culture festival please contact:

Theresia Gratta-Director WAAO at Mobile Numbers: 0715 985 251 or 0754 985 251

Or e-mail at: artswatoto@yahoo.com