VIRAL: MEET THE NIGERIAN TEENS CREATING AMAZING SHORT SCI-FI MOVIES USING IMPERFECT EQUIPMENT



The making of the Sci-Fi movie, CHASE, using a smashed mobile phone and broken microphone stand, by The Critics Company.

The creators of this short but slick Sci-Fi movie will surprise you. 

Using smashed mobile phone and a broken microphone stand these Nigerian teens can transport themselves anywhere.

The crew of 8 call themselves 'The Critics Company'. 

"The main aim was not for our stuff to go viral. We just wanted people to see that there are kids in Kaduna doing something different. So it all of a sudden just happened. It blew our minds," said Godwin Josiah, a member of the crew.

Scene from CHASE, produced by The Critics Company

They taught themselves how to produce special effects by watching online tutorials. But they struggle with old equipment and regular internet and power outages. 

Raymond Yusuf, student and filmmaker also asserted that, "the system is really slow, it takes time to render. Our five minutes short film called 'Chase' took us almost two days to render and not only the fact that this system is slow, the electricity where we stay here is pretty poor."

Watch the Sci-Fi movie, CHASE now

Now things are looking up. A fundraising campaign netted them $6,000 for new equipment to produce bigger and better features. 

"We want to do something crazy. We want to do something great. We want to do something that has not been done before. And from what has been  going on now, we believe quite well it's going to happen soon enough."

Nigeria's 'Nollywood' is the world's second-biggest movie industry in terms of films produced. 

The Critics Company has found a niche in Sci-Fi and are aiming high. But for the moment they can't make films longer than  10 minutes because they take too long to upload. 


Watch video of mini documentary of the teens in the making of the movie, CHASE.



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