It was an epoch-making event as the first set of students enrolled at Mainframe Film and Media Institute (MFMI), Abeokuta, Ogun State, graduated last Friday.
In a keynote address delivered by Femi Odugbemi, a filmmaker and CEO of DVWorx Studios & Zuri24 Media Lagos, at the event, he urged the graduates to apply passion to their works.
“Filmmaking is serious business,” said Odugbemi.
“It is a socially conscious re-interpretation of reality. It is birthed in a context, it is relatable to its environment, it bears the distinct sounds and sights of its origination.
Films are cultural artifacts which reflect the cultures, and, in turn, affect them. So your work as filmmakers must be culturally relevant or it loses its point.
“If you got nothing else from your time at this institute, I pray and hope this important point stays with you regardless of whether you choose to be a director, a cameraman or a scriptwriter going forward.
Odugbemi who is also the co-founder/director of I-Rep Documentary Forum Film Festival urged the students to embrace technology as they go about their various endeavours.
“Africa today is largely a consumer of technology and is yet to join the league of countries that are primary producers,” he said.
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