Chairperson of the National Films Authority and Actor, David Dontoh, has alluded that the Ghanaian Film Industry has compromised on its filming and originality over the years.
In an interview with Samuel Eshun on a special edition of e.tv Ghana’s ‘Fact Sheet’ show under the #MadeInGhanaMonthOnEtv initiative on the topic; “Selling Ghana’s Culture Through Arts and Culture”, David Dontoh reiterated the evolution periods in the industry chopped off some original Ghanaian experiences.
According to him, despite the positive tractions of the evolution in the filming industry and introduction of technology, quality talent faded.
“Unfortunately we have frowned along the way. In the sense that when we were transitioning from circular film to video film, video film is a lot cheaper, faster and easier and virtually anyone can manage the camera but scenic camera is different. When video technology came in the system people found it easy to make money for themselves,” he said.
He furthered, “They realized that they could have interesting stories but little money. So they tend to bring on board familiar people into the work like siblings and friends. In so doing, they watered film making. Let’s start from the script. We were not writing good scripts. They’ll come with a six page something that has scenarios in it and expect the actors to use their own language to express themselves in terms of dialogue. That is not film.”