Papers by BARTH OSHIONEBO
This paper presents a discourse on Nollywood and film distribution in Nigeria. Nollywood is the N... more This paper presents a discourse on Nollywood and film distribution in Nigeria. Nollywood is the Nigerian film industry, which has grown rapidly over the past few decades to become the second largest film industry in the world. However, the industry faces several challenges, including piracy, inadequate distribution channels, and lack of government support. The paper examines the causes and effects of these challenges and proposes possible solutions. It also discusses the role of government in the development of the Nigerian film industry and the need for effective distribution and exhibition strategies. The study concludes that the Nigerian film industry has great potential for growth and development, but requires concerted efforts from all stakeholders to overcome the challenges and fully realize its potential.
UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, Jul 3, 2018
The objective of this paper is aimed at appraising the value of intercultural theatre and at the ... more The objective of this paper is aimed at appraising the value of intercultural theatre and at the same time striving to understand the implications of adapting a classical film to a live theatre performance. It is not an overstatement to say that a film like The Sound of Music with its rich techniques, plot, scenery and directorial approach will not only create audience appeal, but that its immediacy of themes, popularity and box-office success can attract any adaptor. The study which uses literary and artistic methodology observes that the prospect of adapting film to live theatre performance goes beyond interpreting the film as it were, because a lot of artistic manipulations and exploration of new techniques to serve as fecundity for live stage directing will be required. Therefore, through a stylized approach aimed at creating originality, theatricality and style with respect of verisimilitude, the adaptor director created on stage sheer theatrical brilliance, beauty, excitement and theatrical imagination. The performance suggests that the process of transcreation without tempering with the spine or thematic preoccupation of the film is simply of style of crossing borders of culture, language, continents and genre. The live theatre director makes a theatrical entity of the entire production with an intuitive perspective to foster global cultural exchange and interaction. The paper concludes that; using intercultural theatre approach which allows for mixing cultures Ejue, Oshionebo & Ilo: An Intercultural Adaptation of The Sound of Music 186 and subculture in theatrical performance can be in more ways than one promote cultural tolerance and peace.
Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, 2017
This paper seeks to identify the challenges of theatre workshop at Katsina-Ala and Oju Colleges o... more This paper seeks to identify the challenges of theatre workshop at Katsina-Ala and Oju Colleges of Education in Benue State with a view of overcoming them. In doing this, the researchers adopted the primary and secondary methods of carrying out research with interviews, focus group discussion (FGD) and library materials as sources of collecting data for the research. The paper looks at the conventional approach to theatre workshop and the methodology adopted by the two Colleges of Education under study in carrying out theatre workshop. It identifies lack of funding, equipment/facilities, man power and interest from Lecturers, as well as time/disruption of academic calendar as the main challenges of theatre workshop in the two Colleges of Education. Furthermore, it identifies: high propensity of training quality teachers, source of revenue generation and tool for Conscientization and development as the cardinal prospects of theatre workshop. The paper recommends more funding by the C...
This study explores how four Nigerian newspapers framed President Muhammadu Buhari’s administrati... more This study explores how four Nigerian newspapers framed President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and its human rights campaign. Using newspaper editorials published in The Punch, The Nation, Daily Trust, and Vanguard newspapers of December 2019 as the object of analysis, the paper draws on the methodological context of such framing to investigate how the selected newspapers framed the human rights situation in Nigeria. This study asserts that those newspapers’ editorials used varieties of framing methods, namely: “unrepentant dictator frame”, “resistance frame”, “indifference frame”, “warning frame”, and “sympathetic” frame to portray the government’s disposition to human rights issues. Furthermore, the paper reveals that the Nigerian media is partisan when it comes to the struggle against human rights while their positions on national issues like the fight against human rights abuse are subject to ethnic and political influences, as evident in the Daily Trust editorial. The stud...
Etkileşim, 2020
The adoption of new media technologies is rapidly becoming a trend in educational environment. Gi... more The adoption of new media technologies is rapidly becoming a trend in educational environment. Given the growing popularity of social media, it has become pertinent to understand and adopt social media networks in developing future educational blue prints. This study investigates the extent to which WhatsApp platform could engender collaborative learning among undergraduate students in the University of Abuja, Gwagwalada, Nigeria. To achieve this aim, a dual research methodology was employed to drive the study. Both survey and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) were employed respectively. Surveying 400 undergraduates, data from the survey were analysed using Simple Percentage Table (SPT) and Microsoft Office tools, while data that emanated from the focus group were analysed thematically. The study incorporated ‘Technology Acceptance Model’ (TAM) to direct and guide it. Discoveries from the study found that “perceived usefulness” and “perceived ease of use” engender the use of WhatsApp amo...
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Papers by BARTH OSHIONEBO