How To Become a Nollywood / Nigerian Movie Star
Oct 29, 2011 – Thanks for visiting Naijan.com today.
I’m here to share with you some quick step on launching your acting career in the Nigerian Movie Industry otherwise named Nollywood.
To become a nollywood movie star is not a chance of luck or game, you must work hard for it. Besides working hard, you need to have what it takes to also.
Below are some quick tips to becoming a Nollywood star
How To Becoming a Nollywood / Nigerian Movie Star
1) Read biographies of top nollywood stars
This step is very important for motivation. Read (Ini Edo’s Biography, Mercy Johnson Biography)
2) Ensure you have what it takes.
This is highly essential to your success, if you don’t have good acting skill and you’re trying to enter the movie industry, you chances of success are very slim.
Now that you have decided you’ve got what it takes, the next step is to attend auditions
3) Attend Acting Auditions
There are popular acting auditions here and there in Nigeria and Naijan.com is the first place to see them, so ensure you Read Latest Auditions in Nigeria in order to be on top of the latest auditions in Nigeria
4) Go to movie acting schools
This step is not that essential but it will definitely help.
Most top movie marketers and producers in Nigeria today do have their own movie acting school e.g Wemimo film production has an acting class in Ibadan and most of his student features in his movies and that is how they get to the top.
With all of the above tips in mind, remember persistence is the key to success here.
Keep in mind that winners never quit while quitters never win.
Be persistent, you will make it at last.
Thank you.
Naijan.com senior editor
I really admire Nigerian movies they are my favorite.Just want to ask, now that i am from Kenya is it possible for me to become an actor in one of t6he Nigerian movies.
Absolutely! As long as you are able to speak clear English, have a few head shots of yourself, and able to memorize, you are good to go! However, some type of formal acting training is a plus…but as the article stated, you will need to attend quit a few auditions to get noticed and be very very patient… Facebook is a very wonderful tool to getting auditions in Nollywood, in fact, a few of my friends got into the movie business that way… Below are some of the group names for Audition groups you can search for and join on Facebook. These groups provides Audition listings, location, and phone numbers to call… Hope this helps, and good luck on your career! Cheers!
Group names are as followed:
CONGA FOR NOLLYWOOD
Films critics
NOLLYWOOD and GOLLYWOOD Auditions
NollyWood Auditions
Nollywood Forever – Naija Movie Lovers
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Hi there. What if someone is really interested but is resident in a different country(UK), is there a connection in the UK or does it have be in Nigeria as per Audition and other requirements
Each differs in requirements. For most auditions, you have to be in Nigeria
Saw that some UK production house is doing Nollywood auditions from the 11th of this month, google you shud find them
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God bless you NOLLYWOOD
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