EbonyLife launches Creative Academy in collaboration with Lagos State Government and LACI

ELCA was conceived by EbonyLife CEO Mo Abudu in response to the rising scarcity of trade professionals, as Nollywood continues to increase. “Now we have a lot expertise in Nigeria and our individuals are able to work. Sadly, little or no coaching is obtainable domestically and most of the people can’t afford to go overseas for coaching. EbonyLife Artistic Academy is supposed to fill that hole and make world-class coaching obtainable. Fortunately, the governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, understood our imaginative and prescient and gave us the help we wanted to ascertain the academy right here in Lagos, the hub of Nigerian filmmaking,” she stated.

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Sanwo-Olu stated, “We’re very enthusiastic about this improvement as a result of it’s according to two of the event pillars of our THEMES agenda – schooling & expertise and leisure & tourism. By coaching our folks to make use of the most recent expertise, we are going to proceed to reinforce the standard of our leisure content material and appeal to manufacturing crews from the remainder of Africa and around the globe.”

With Nollywood being the world’s third largest movie trade when it comes to quantity, ELCA is step one in the direction of creating a price chain constructed on worldwide greatest follow in manufacturing high quality. As Nigerian movies proceed to enhance, so has their international acceptability and recognition.

Nollywood wants actors, administrators, producers and technical crew who can meet the calls for of the worldwide movie and tv market. This may cut back Nollywood’s use of abroad crew to fill key manufacturing roles and permit filmmakers to retain their distinctive model of Nigerian storytelling.

Located within the coronary heart of Victoria Island, ELCA options state-of-the artwork lecture rooms with projection and sound services, studio workshop areas, and post-production services fitted with all the most recent expertise. College students could have every thing they should excel of their chosen subject in the event that they put within the work required.

The academy’s quick programs and programmes are designed to supply each seasoned professionals and novices with the important technical, artistic and sensible abilities for the movie and TV trade. Business specialists will present pragmatic, in-context studying that can allow graduates to pursue roles on industrial productions with confidence.

In line with Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, Hon. Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Tradition, ELCA is precisely what Lagos wants presently. “As we start to emerge from the shadow of this international pandemic, it’s heartening that we are able to sit up for a rise in exercise within the film trade, which supplies so many roles and helps so many small companies. EbonyLife Artistic Academy can be a catalyst for progress on this sector,” she stated.

Registration opens on 17th December and the primary consumption will start lessons on eighth February 2021 for the primary quarter, whereas the following consumption commences on 26th April 2021 and each quarter thereafter. On the finish of every ten-week course, teams of scholars from totally different disciplines will merge into groups to supply a brief movie or tv present every for exhibition. Internships can be found for the best-performing college students, giving novices an excellent begin to their careers.