Aesthetic of Choreographic Stunts in the Nigerian Nollywood

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dc.contributor.authorJoe Odedina
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-07T12:53:07Z
dc.date.available2025-04-07T12:53:07Z
dc.date.issued2025-02
dc.description.abstractThe Nigerian Nollywood has validated itself through the recent ranking by placing second to Bollywood of India and third to Hollywood of America in its popularity positioning. This acceptance is as a result of its rich content, treatment of social vices and the celebration of Nigeria‟s multi-plurality. However, most of the films are bereft of rich choreographic stunts. Indeed, choreographic stunts are seen as ingeniously deployed creative additions that spice up the overall aesthetics of film. Consequently, the study examines the aesthetic of choreographic stunts in the Nigerian Nollywood through the theoretical framework of realism as propounded by Siegfried Kracauer complimented with content analysis of five purposively selected films out of a sample population of fifteen. The aim was to spur Nigerian filmmakers into a more quality production in action scenes, while the objectives were to find out if this lacuna is caused by lack of stunt coordinators in Nollywood and if it has stunted the industry. In this line, the research adopted the causal-comparative methodology analysis to review existing data and some popular Nollywood thriller movies. It also explored an interview with one of Nollywood‟s actor/producer. The findings were that this vacuity resulted from insufficient professional trained stunt choreographers and low budget allocation to stunt performance which excludes the genre from audience with action interest worldwide. The article concludes that the void needs urgent intervention and suggests that stunt coordinator department be a standard part of Nollywood crew.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4936
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCognizance Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies Vol5 No1. 2025. A Open Accessible, Multidisciplinary, Fully Refereed and Peer Reviewed Journal.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol 5; No 1
dc.titleAesthetic of Choreographic Stunts in the Nigerian Nollywood
dc.typeArticle
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