2/2/2023 0 Comments Film semi pirates![]() ![]() ![]() This resulted in many redundancies and a fundamental change in the way films are shown. During this period digital projectors replaced mechanical 35mm film projectors throughout UK cinemas. This article addresses the digital transformation in UK cinemas between 20, as viewed by cinema projectionists. The article contributes to extant research on Nollywood's production dynamics and extends existing debates about precarity in cultural industries through a less-studied context like Nollywood. Adopting a critical media industry studies approach, I argue that, in the face of pervasive precarity in the Nollywood VOD market, portal filmmakers adopt informal social relations and ‘hope labour’ in navigating productions and ensuring the market is sustained. This article draws on semi-structured interviews with 30 industry stakeholders comprising producers, directors, writers, and streaming executives. This new market has given rise to a crop of filmmakers who now produce straight-to-portal films. Following the recent surge in the number of streaming portals focusing on the distribution of Nollywood films, a nascent video on demand (VOD) market has been created. ![]() This article examines the production practices that underpin the production of portal films in the Nigerian video film industry (Nollywood). ![]()
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