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By Costain Shamu
Popular Chiredzi filmmakers Boaner Ginnah Entertainment, trading as BGE Zim movies, recently embraced an electronic system for movie production as a way of circumnavigating the protocols necessary to avert the spread of Covid-19 through gatherings.
The move, which is an initiative the company adopted to try and out do the pandemic’s effects on the sector, has brought a new lease of life in the almost dormant film industry in tandem with World Health Organisation (WHO) standards on Covid-19.
Adoption of the principle involves the upgrading of their equipment to be able to create computer-generated imagery films.
This involves a computer graphics application that is used to create or contribute to images and visual effects in films, television programs, shots, commercials, and videos.
The post production technique can be used to create frame images which cannot be captured in a single live camera shot because of physical or financial limitations.
The famous film company hit the chats with their first action superhero movie called John Christian, which pulled over 500 viewers on YouTube within a short space of time.
Boanerges Chokuda, founder of the company, said the CGI equipment is ready and can be accessed by any artist in Chiredzi, creating opportunities for the youth during the new normal.
Auditions for an upcoming short series called “Light Race Life” will be held on the WhatsApp platform and the production is expected to be ready on 27 May this year.
“As we are speaking, we are working on a CGI VFX live action short film called ‘Light Race Life’, which will be out on 27 May,” said Chokuda.
Lowveld Arts and Culture Association (LACA) coordinator, Frank Makoho welcomed the initiative, which he said changes the dynamics of the arts industry and was also a good way to counter the spread of Covid-19, as well as taking off the financial burden on artists.
“This is a brilliant idea as it changes the rules of the game. It doesn’t necessarily need you to be on the ground and thereby maintaining the WHO regulations, at the same time reducing the cost of production,” said Makoho.
Inkorototo Entertainment founder Marshall Mutinhima, who also featured in Dziva ne Hova, a series aired on the national broadcaster ZBC, added that the idea was the right step for the arts industry.
“If you look at the most selling movies like the Avengers, it’s actually a step in the right direction considering the trends and the future.”
BGE movies started its operations in 2017, and scaled the heights in the almost unreceptive arts industry.
Chokuda’s movie, John Christian can be viewed on YouTube by accessing the following link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xkD3xsgnlUU
The entertainment company is also working on a number of projects including musical videos, scheduling their first CGI music video for early April this year.
The video, a gospel song, is titled Helicopter.
The technique Chokuda has adopted has grown popular over the years since it’s introduction in the production of the movie “Star Wars” in 1977.
It has also worked out successfully for most film producers such a Marvel Cinematic Universe,(MCU), which pocketed over US$2 billion from their movie, Avengers- Infinity War in 2018. Nhau/Indaba
