11: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MISE-EN-SCENE IN OLD AND NEW NOLLYWOOD THROUGH THE TWO VERSIONS OF LIVING IN BONDAGE

The Nigerian Film industry burst onto the world stage with the production of Living in Bondage 1 in 1992. It was a modest production, but more advanced than what was presented on video from the Yoruba film circle. It utilised a professional television production style, directed by a trained television director and producer. It gave a detailed interpretation of costumes, use of props, locale and setting. Also, the way the camera helped tell the story brought the film medium to another dimension and made the audience fall in love with it. Over the years, as the industry evolved with technological advances and the involvement of foreign investors, production quality improved, and movies became available worldwide on several streaming platforms. This era of improved quality in the industry has been dubbed New Nollywood, as it saw the production of sequels to the early Nollywood Classics. These productions differ in their representations of themes, ideologies and especially the mise-en-scene – the overall physical aspects captured in the frame. This paper utilises textual analysis to conduct a comparative study of the two Living in Bondage films (1992 and 2019) to identify differences in their staging of the mise-en-scène.