Messiah entertainment

The Hero Proposal

Service To Humanity

DWOMOH

9/30/2014

This documents contains a proposed package for the shooting of a Docu-Drama on the plight of the witches of Gambaga and the state of street children in Ghana

MESSIAH ENTERTAINMENT

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

SHOWBASE CONTENT

PRESENTS

"A Documentary Film Proposal"

TITLED

THE HERO

(SERVICE TO HUMANITY)

©2014

Documentary Film Proposal Document.

By

MESSIAH ENTERTAINMENT

Documentary Movie

30TH September 2014

Working Title: The Hero

Producer: Dwomoh-Doyen Benjamin

Director: Nana Yaw Akomea Sakyi

Co-Director: Emmanuel Apea

DOP: Kofi Asante

Script Writer: Dwomoh-Doyen Benjamin

Gaffer: Genevieve Evans

Scrip Consultants: Emmanuel Appiah, John Amoateng Kantara, William Akuffo of Ghallywod

Associate Producers: Peter Dwomoh Junior/Paul Joegad, Nana Yaw Akomeah-Sakyi

Other Collaborators: Roger Quartey /Collonel Mbawine Attintande,Collonel Quarshie,

Messiah Entertainment

PMB Osu-Accra Ghana

Email:messiahentertainmentgh@gmail.com / nanadwomoh7@gmail.com

Contacts: 0246877363/0262941133

A. Executive Summary

In February 2012, a census estimated that the number of street children in Accra, Ghana’s capital city has reached 61,492 - an astronomic rise from little over 4,000 in 1990. These street children, often migrants from rural Ghana, live in dangerous and degrading conditions and tend to lack the opportunity to improve their situation.

Streetism is a term used to describe children who are forced to spend most of their time outside their homes, engaging in menial income generating activities in order to survive. The children come from rural areas or the town, seeking refuge and survival. Sadly, they often live on the streets, struggling to find meals and a safe place to sleep each night.

There are many causes that lead to children migrating from the rural areas, especially the Northern part of Ghana; the chief causes are poverty and a broken home. It is the desire of Messiah Entertainment Pictures to bring on screen the plight of these street children, their background and challenges. Messiah Entertainment Pictures has put together a two hour Film script on the life of one such street child and to bring to the attention of the whole world some of the backward practices that leads to streetism and ways to remedy them. One such backward practice that the film seeks to bring on screen is the issue of witches camps in Ghana. A case in study for this film is the Gambaga witches camp

Forced to flee their homes and loved ones following false witchcraft accusations, the women in this story face a life of misery, desperate poverty and deplorable living conditions. They won’t see their families again, probably not for the rest of their lives. Many have no idea how many years they’ve spent in the 'witches' camps. And it’s all because of some misfortune of a family member or neighbor, or a dream that someone’s had. The women are blamed for the misfortune, such as a death in the family, economic hardship, even the death of their own child. Once the finger has been pointed and the accusation made, the lynch mobs beat and abuse the accused woman who flees for her life to one of Ghana’s ‘witches’ camps where she believes she may find some protection. The women are stigmatized and outcasts from society.

B. Problem identification

According to the 2009 Consortium for Street Children census of street children in Accra, Ghana’s capital city there were:

21,140 street children 6 000 street babies 7,170 street ‘mothers’ under the age of 20 14,050 urban poor children (most likely at high risk of coming to the street)

For the Children (Girls) in Accra it is to live daily, to eat daily, and to survive daily. The street girl is among the most vulnerable on the streets, and street boys will offer them some form of

protection in return for sex. Not to mention the personal effect this has on a girl, it also means that they are at a high risk of getting pregnant. The boy will then deny all knowledge of his relationship; the girl is then left to bring up the child on their own. Street girls are also at a heightened risk of becoming infected with STD's and STI's.

Some of the girls the writer spoke to gave an account of life on the street. To be able to survive, the girl had to enter into a sexual relationship with one of the boys from the street. In exchange for having intercourse with him, he protected her from other men. Many girls living on the streets of Accra and Kumasi share this fate.

About 32 children and young adults between the ages of one and twenty five are suffering deprivation at the Gambaga Witches Camp, where their mothers and/or grandmothers are seeking refuge for allegedly being witches.

While some of the children followed their female guardians there after they were accused of being witches and banished from their respective communities, others were accused alongside their mothers and/or grandmothers and were therefore forced to also seek refuge in the camp.

The Gambaga Witches camp is one of six such facilities in the Northern Region that currently serve as a refuge for people who have been accused of Witchcraft and subsequently banished from their communities. About 76 of the women, who are mostly aged, are currently at the facility. It is made up of clustered circular huts of various sizes, thatched with woven straw.

In a semi fictitious story, the production house traced the background of one street girl to Gambaga; the young girl and her mother were both thrown in the witches’ camp of Gambaga. After the death of her father, the two were accused of being witches. The young intelligent girl; Lamisi was accused of feeding on the brains of her colleagues in school whiles her mother was accused of being behind the death of her husband. Lamisi had nothing else to do than to escape from the camp and seek refuge in Accra.

To be able to eradicate streetism, the root causes of rural urban migration must be tackled. The production house has identified certain causes and intends to prescribe solutions to them after the successful completion of this project

C. Project Description/Concept.

Messiah Entertainment Pictures has put together a touching story of the life of one girl who mistakenly finds herself in Accra after the death of her father and her mother taken to a witch’s camp as being the cause of her husband’s death. The film tends to show how with determination and the fear of the Lord, one can achieve anything she/she desire in life. It’s an educative piece that identifies problems of street life and one young girls resolve to change the rules and make it apply to her.

The story focuses on education and debunks certain backward cultures; it tells the story of how the young girl did not allow her environment to determine her fate but rather went through thick and thin to acquire education even as a street child and how in the end she became a national hero with her problem solving skills and ideas.

The production house intends to shoot this project from Gambaga and its environs and follow the life of the main character to the streets of Accra; it will unveil her ordeals, her disappointments and her triumphs. It will also establish the life of a foreign journalist from the

US and her interest in the Gambaga witches camp story and her resolve to give the issue an international attention. It is our desire to give marginalized women a voice through film.

A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of the movie will be used in conjunction with some selected NGO’s to take care of some selected street children and help them with their education. A part of the proceeds from the film will also be used to help reintegrate the alleged witches into their communities, as well as cater for their welfare. The film will further be used to educate the public on the plight of street children and some of the causes and effects of streetism. We believe when it is seen as a real issue, it will touch people more to seek to help out at least one street child and to extend a helping hand to the witches of Gambaga and other Witches camps.

We want to use this project to launch the one street child a quarter project, where every Ghanaian will be encouraged to take care of at least one street child every quarter.

D. Synopsis

Forced by a backward cultural practice to flee her hometown in the North to seek greener pastures, 11 year old Convicted witch, Lamisi finds life in the capital hard to cope. Separated from colleague street children she calls friends by a perennial flood in Accra, she is left at the mercy of a mad man who takes her as a protégé in his abode in an uncompleted building. Lamisi is bent on attaining education for herself at all cost. How does the mad man alter her life, Do they have any link with the president? And can the duo be National Heroes from their abode in the uncompleted building? The Hero is a story of determination and commitment and a strong relationship between two outcasts.

E. Goals and Objectives

The Hero is an ambitious multi-platform project by Messiah Entertainment to bring relieve to some marginalized people in the society, with much focus on women and the girl child. The centerpiece of the project is a special two-hour film production on the plight and successes of these marginalized in the society, a film to be produced by Messiah Entertainment with noted crew and personalities in the Ghanaian Film industry and with assistance from international film crew and stars.

All of the project components have been carefully coordinated and scheduled to focus national and international attention on the plight of Street Children, Convicted witches in the various witches camps and the state of the mental health patients. The film is an educative piece that will address all these issues, and to deepen public understanding of several key themes, including

Backward cultures and ways of life General effects of Broken Homes The need to cherish education The need to be each other’s keeper and help the needy.

Because of the project’s broad reach and scope, and its promise of bringing important humanities ideas to a large audience in new ways, we seek the support of every human being to make this project a success.

It is our desire to give back to society what society gives us; thereby we intend to give a percentage of proceeds from the sale of film right, premiers and DVD sales to educate some selected street children. It is the Plan of the Production house to put such monies into an endowment fund that will be used for the long term upkeep of such selected children. We intend to continue this arrangement even in all subsequent productions.

We hope to bring to the attention of the international communities, the real needs of this country and the need to help eliminate streetism. We also intend to bring to Government attention innovative ways of helping certain pressing problems of the state as prescribed by a young street girl in the movie.

We are also motivated by the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child, to providing for one or more of the basic needs of children as set out in the Declaration:

THE RIGHT to affection, love and understanding THE RIGHT to adequate nutrition and medical care THE RIGHT to free education THE RIGHT to full opportunity for play and recreation THE RIGHT to a name and nationality THE RIGHT to special care, if handicapped THE RIGHT to be among the first to receive relief in times of disaster THE RIGHT to learn to be a useful member of society and to develop individual abilities THE RIGHT to be brought up in a spirit of peace and universal brotherhood THE RIGHT to enjoy these rights regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national or social

origin.

F. Procedures and Methods

Various procedures have been outlined to successfully complete this project namely:

i. Script Conferencing

Since the main casts of the movie are a mental health patient, a street child, and a condemned witch in a witch camp, the production house will want to achieve realism as much as possible. Therefore the complete script will be distributed to some selected individuals who are experts in their various fields to go through and give notes on how to correctly achieve all the scenes as outlined in the script. A day will be set aside for a special script conference with the crew of the movie and these stake holders. The script will be thoroughly audited and all contributions noted for a rewrite to insert their contributions and take out any scene they deem not relevant. The script will also be given to a humor specialist to add a bit of humor where necessary.

After the complete and final script is ready, a meeting will be organized with the marketing team of our sponsors as to where and how to put subtle advert of their product and services as a form of scene placement or character mentioning in the movie. Our directors and writers will also be present in this meeting to give their professional advice on product placement.

ii. Audition and Casting

There will be a national audition in Accra and Tamale to select both the Northern cast of the movie and the southern cast. The audition will be recorded for a playback on TV to begin promotion of the movie.

iii. Location Hunt

The Director with his crew will assess all possible locations for the movie and map possible ways of shoot. There is a quiz competition between certain schools in the film, the production team will speak to heads of some of the selected schools to arrange this shoot with them

The team will also speak to the organizers of the National Quiz and some lecturers to help with the planning and execution of the quiz scenes.

Our team has already met with the chief and people of Gambaga to organize our Gambaga shoot; we will also have a talk with managers of the witch camp and some of the witches who will want to be casted to prepare them for their roles.

Our team will go to the abode of the street children (Kayayee) and talk with them about the project and their involvement; we will upon agreement with them select some of them for extras roles in the film.

iv. Rehearsals

Whiles the pre-production arrangement is ongoing, the assistant director will he rehearsing with the cast to master their lines and expressions.

v. Production

The production of the film will last for thirty two days.

vi. Post-Production

After the completion of the entire shoot, writers, directors sound score directors and editors will take an extra one month to edit the work to have the final two hour film.

vii. Film screening

A preview copy of the work will be sent to all the stake holders involved to watch and a special day set aside for a screening conference where the final film will be shown and inputs noted for a possible reshoot of particular scenes or for re-editing.

viii. Press Screening

A special press screening will be organized at the Silver bird Cinemas for all press men in the country to watch and write their reviews in their tabloids, news papers or on their stations (FM/TV).

ix. Accounting and Auditing

In consultation with the executive Producers, the sponsors and the production house, an accounting and auditing firm will be contracted to take care of all revenues for the film. They will be part of premiers, rights sales, DVD sales and any other revenue the film will generate. They will give a final accounting of all proceeds for proper distribution and disbursement.

x. Promotions

There will be extensive marketing promotions by the Marketing team of Messiah Entertainment Pictures to promote the nationwide premier of the Film. Interview sessions will be organized on all TV Networks and selected Radio Stations for some of the street children to voice their concerns and talk about the film. Some selected Cast and Crew as well as the Producers and some of the sponsors of the film will also honor interviews on some Selected TV stations and radio stations.

Posters, fliers Free CD’s of behind the scenes, interviews, trailers and bonus scenes will be distributed across the country for the national premier of the film.

xi. Local Premiers

There will be nationwide premiers in some selected cinemas, hotels, schools, the conference center and the National Theatre.

University Campuses: We have already been premiering our movies in the university campuses; the only difference with this arrangement will be proper planning and the zeal to target a wider audience in all the university campuses of Ghana.

Senior High Schools: The main character; Lamisi will use some mind techniques mnemonics to study in the film, the movie showed her ways of learning which can apply to every student in School. The producers want to use the film to teach students effective learning techniques; therefore there will be a general premier of the movie in selected Senior High schools for a very small gate fee. This arrangement will be made with the entertainment committee of the various schools and the head of the selected schools.

xii. International Premiers

Premiers will be organized in Nigeria, UK, US, Italy, and other African countries with support from the international cast in the film. We intend to shoot a quality and life touching film on the IMAX platform and technology that can make it to the US Box Office. We are already in talks with the IMAX team for this arrangement.

xiii. Sale of Film Rights

The rights of the Film will be sold to DSTV, US, UK, Francophone countries (French voice dubbing version), Internet Rights, and any other place that film rights can be sold.

xiv. DVD release

DVD version of the film will finally be released into the Ghanaian market on 6 th march 2015. The account for the endowment fund will be on the disc for anyone who is touched after watching the movie to donate to the plight of the Street children and the other marginalized in the society.

xv. Final Accounting

The accounting Firm will meet the producers and executive producers of the film to give them final accounting of proceeds from the film. Executive Producer’s money will be recouped for him whiles the profit will be disbursed according to the percentages agreed upon.

G. Budget

A total of Hundred Thousand US dollars (US$100,000) will be needed for the production and promotion phase of the project.

Amount of Equity raised

Our team have already met and spoken with some of the supposed witches that will be casted for the film, we have also gone around securing some locations for production. We have spoken to a National Television in Ghana which has expressed interest in the project and are in talks with us to give us media support.

H. Sustainability Plan

Messiah Entertainment and its affiliates intend to shoot only movies that address one issue or another that this continent faces. It was in this light that the producer successfully wrote and shot The Pledge with Dream House Pictures. We have other mind boggling projects that tackle child trafficking, Drugs, Corruption, and a whole lot of other projects in the pipeline.

I. Key Personnel

i. Writer/Producer

Dwomoh-Doyen Benjamin

Dwomoh-Doyen Benjamin, a young graduate and a passionate independent film maker have been in the Ghana Film industry from 2008 and have worked with Production Giants in the country. He has been the Creative writer for Roger-Q Productions and Venus Films Productions and has helped produce quality films for both companies over the years. He was the Associate Producer of Dream House Pictures and the Managing Director of Vynsfransdec Incorporated; an Entertainment company in Ghana. He was nominated for Best Writer for the movie “Testing the Waters” (which was shot in Italy) in the 2012 Ghana movie Awards. He was also nominated as best screenwriter alongside names like Shirley Frimpong Manso, Leila Djansi, Frank Rajah and Pascal Amanfo, for the movie, The Pledge in 2013 Ghana movie awards. He has done movies like Death after Birth, (Roger-Q Productions), The Hunters (Venus Film Productions) Fear (Diamond World Productions), Testing the Waters (Roger-Q Productions), My wife’s Husband (Roger-Q Productions), My Pen Drive(JoeGad Productions) and the Political movie “The

Pledge-Ghana will not Burn(Dream House Pictures)” among other movies and Television Commercials.

He has been a part time concept Developer for United Television (UTV). He’s developed concepts for products like Thisway Chocolate Drink, Youtoo Iodated Salt, Say Cheers Company Limited, Neat Fufu, Thisway Motherluck Cereal, Special Ice Mineral Water, all products of Kinapharma Ghana Limited and a host of other established companies. He is very passionate about Film and has the desire that film must talk to its audience. He is the founder and CEO of Messiah Entertainment.

ii. Director

Nana Yaw Akomeah-Sakyi

Nana Yaw Akomeah-Sakyi is a creative director with over ten years (10 years) experience in film directing and production. He has a degree in bachelor of Fine Arts and majored in Film directing at the University of Ghana, Legon and also received training from The Hollywood camera Works DVD course. He has worked on countless productions which includes Run baby Run, The Pledge, Home Sweet Home, Hotel St. James, The Girls Hostel, just to mention a few, he has also produced some TV commercials and Documentaries for Dream House Pictures and UT Bank respectively. Nana Yaw also took part in a workshop for the media at the Kofi Annan Peace keeping center.

iii. DOP

Kofi Asante

Kofi Asante started as a camera babysitter 15 years ago and later went to the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) where he did a short course on Camera. He also took a Camera Course with ScriptNet. Kofi later returned to NAFTI where he pursued a course on Camera and Lighting and a Director of Photography Course with ScriptNet (UK). Kofi worked as a DOP for several major Ghanaian production houses where he filmed advertisements and popular TV shows including Taxi Driver, Tentacles, Sun City and Home Sweet Home and All that Glitters. Kofi has worked across West and Central Africa including working for FIFA TV on World Cup 2000. An entrepreneur, Kofi has been running his own media house A19 Media based in Tema for 5 years where he produces Maggi Food Moment and Kokromoti (Music Show) and films including popular films such 2Bad and 1Sin. Kofi freelances as a Director of Photography. Among his client portfolio are international production company Endemol with their reality show Guinness Football Challenge, Kwah Ansah’s Papa Lasisi. Kofi also works as a Workshop Facilitator for The Media in Peacekeeping Operations course at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre in Ghana. In his free time, Kofi enjoys challenging himself with different kinds of camera shots and different styles of lighting and watching Action Adventure films.

iv. Editor

Andrea Cuadrado

Andrea Cuadrado is an editing graduate from the National Film and Television School, London. Andrea has edited long and short form documentary and assisted on BAFTA award-winning films. She is passionate about giving a voice to important stories through film.

J. Main Cast

Chinyere Yvonne Okoro: Yvonne Okoro is a Ghanaian actress of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin. She has received Ghana Movie Award's Best Actress Award in 2010 and was nominated for African Movie Academy Awards Best Actress twice in a row in 2011 and 2012 for her movies Pool Party and Single Six. She was honored with a Distinguished Achievement Award in 2012 at Nigeria Excellence Awards. She is among the top best actresses in Ghana and known for her remarkable performances.

Yul Edochie: Yul is a (talented) multiple award winning Nigerian actor and also the great son of legendary Nollywood actor Pete Edochie. Yul Edochie is the last son of the prolific Nollywood Legend Chief Pete Edochie. Born on the 7th of January 1982 into a well-grounded christian family made up of six children. Yul grew up partly in Lagos and the eastern part of Nigeria where he had a very sound basic education. He loved the arts as a result of his father’s influence and background but being a stickler for professionalism he decided to study the course first which took him to the prestigious University of Port Harcourt where he bagged a B.A degree in Theatre Arts in 2003. After NYSC Yul joined Nollywood in 2005.

Genevieve Evans: Genevieve is US citizen and a film enthusiast. She’s a professional gaffer and film producer in Hollywood. She specializes in short films and documentaries. She believes in giving voice to women issues through film.

K. Organization’s information

i. MESSIAH ENTERTAINMENT

Messiah Entertainment is a multimedia entertainment company, which will supply profitable, positive, audio and visual entertainment to a diverse, international consumer group. Messiah Entertainment is committed to wholesome entertainment across board and firmly believes that quality palatable entertainment can be realized without compromising commercial appeal.

Messiah Entertainment will distinguish itself from other independent film production companies through its marketing and promotional plan. Intense, calculated and relentless promotional campaigns will enable Messiah Entertainment earn massive revenues through the growing popularity of "issue-based movies", as well as traditional entertaining documentary Films. The company will compete and earn revenue immediately through the creation of several lucrative profit centers; beginning with quality life touching issue based Documentary movies. Additional income will be produced from distribution, video, merchandising and concert promotion.

Each of the films that Messiah Entertainment produces and owns will create valuable short-term streams of revenue. Owning and controlling the rights to each of its films will enable messiah Entertainment to grow its film catalog into a valuable asset, one of several-hundred revenue producing titles.

Messiah Entertainment believes in the power of giant-screen, experiential IMAX Theatre films to transform how people see and experience their world. Using the finest film technology that exists, Messiah Entertainment aims to inspire, inform and entertain people of all ages with positive, enriching motion picture experiences set in the most extraordinary and remote places in Ghana and across Africa. Working in partnership with some selected NGO’s, the company is especially committed to creating motion picture entertainment that leads audiences to rediscover and explore the natural world, inspiring them to cherish it and take action to protect it.

We are a team passionate about visual storytelling, innovative cinematography and the latest advancements in digital technology. We offer a broad range of content producing services for multiple platforms, including theatrical, television, digital and social as well as inspiring educational media suited for public engagement campaigns.

We provide services for all types of production including, Feature Films, Commercials, TV Production, Documentary Films and Corporate Productions.

ii. SHOWBASE CONTENT

SHOWBASE CONTENT is a multimedia conglomerate which seeks to produce quality home entertainment. The establishment of this company is inspired by the desire of young, dynamic professionals who want to impact the film industry by contributing a quota of creative and energize ideas. Film, as proven in the world over, could be used as a tool to channel information and in this case the way of life of Ghanaians. Film also serve as an avenue for education, information, entertainment and a source of employment to many of the youth.

SHOWBASE CONTENT as stated above is a group of young professionals whose experience span from a minimum of 8 years. Our mission is to improve the standard of the film and television production to enhance the lives of our people. Our progenitors have been some of the best brains in the field such as Mr. Kofi Owusu (Graceland Production), Emmanuel Apea (Revele Films), Mr. Kwame Boadi (Dawuro Broadcasting Systems), just to mention a few. We have also been privileged to be part of some of the ground breaking productions in the country; such as Sika Sunsum which has been one of the best local production ever; Run Baby Run which is an Emmy award winning film; Home Sweet Home and Hotel St. James, one of the best TV serial, ABIBA which is currently running on some of the TV networks to mention a few. With this experience up our sleeves we are ready to make a mark by coming up with a very educative and issue base TV series; THE GIRLS’ HOSTEL which will keep viewers spell-bound.

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The Opportunity

As young and dynamic professionals who want to change the course of the Ghana movie industry which can be described as dormant, we for a long time have relished such an avenue is availing to be able to contribute our quota in nation building. As young men and women, we

are pregnant with rich ideas which with the adequate resources can break boundaries internationally. Our aim is to help solve social issues with film and as such we see this as an opportunity to give back to society what society has given us.

About Promoters

Dwomoh-Doyen Benjamin a graduate and a passionate independent film maker have been in the Ghana Film industry from 2008 and have worked with Production Giants in the country. He has been the Creative writer for Roger-Q Productions and Venus Films Productions. He was the Associate Producer of Dream House Pictures and the Manager of Vynsfransdec Incorporated. He has been a two time nominee as best writer in the Ghana Movie Awards. He is a part time concept Developer for UTV

Nana Akomeah-Sakyi is a creative director with over ten years experience in film directing and production. He has a degree in bachelor of Fine Arts and majored in Film directing at the University of Ghana and also received training from The Hollywood camera Works DVD course. He has worked on countless productions which includes Run baby Run, The Pledge, Home Sweet Home, The Girls Hostel, just to mention a few, he has also produced some TV commercials and Documentaries.

Israel M.K Adelaayitar is a former banker and now a movie producer. He brings his over seven years of banking experience to bear on the team. He holds a master’s degree in Human Resource Development and a first degree in Agriculture.

Emmanuel Apea is the Founder of Revele Films production company, Producer/director of Killing me softly [Feature film, Astral Productions] Taxi Driver [TV drama] Emmanuel Apea first shot to attention with the popular TV series Taxi Driver. He was the creative brain behind it and the first director of the much loved franchise. He followed it with the much watched Home Sweet Home, Hotel St James, Lifestyles with Julia and countless commercials for high profile clients. He also wrote, directed and produced the multi Award winning Run Baby Run which won Best Child Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture at the 2008 edition of AMAA and the Best Narrative Feature- Programmer’s Award at the 2009 Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles.

The Company

We aim to be a voice to the voiceless by undertaking social intervention projects steered by the principles of Self Sacrifice, unfeigned love for others, genuine compassion, and the unselfish practice of mercy.

Key Investment Considerations

The project to us is an unprecedented venture in the industry. It has adapted modules that seek to address some very pertinent social issues on women and children and also uncover some untapped business avenues that exist in the industry. We believe there are so many issues bedeviling the nation and as filmmakers we also have a role to play in solving these problems. Therefore with THE HERO, eradicating streetism and the stigmatization of older women in the society especially the north is our main theme. Hero brings to fore the Gambaga witch camp activities, which to a large extent facilitates streetism and how the issue can be curbed. Aside

the issue it addresses, we intend to use the movie as a bench mark for movie production in the country in place of the flamboyance and lack of identity in relation to our culture. We also with the project seek to solve the problem of movie distribution and sales currently in the country. Our module is simple, to create a brand called “GHANA MOVIE STORES” that is identifiable with the distribution and sales of movies. Imagine a one stop shop that is a hub for movie distribution all across the country.

Brief Market Analysis

Currently movie production in Ghana has become very cumbersome due to the monopoly in the distribution and marketing of local films. The trend is that ‘stars’ are used to sell movies, which retards creativity and affect patronage. The marketing and distribution channels in the country are woefully ineffective in what it is supposed to achieve in terms of sales. The hero project however is going to thrive on the Ghana movie stores module. This module is going to establish effective and efficient sales and distribution channels that will guarantee the sale of 100,000 copies compared to the current 10,000 average sales. Our other unique marketing strategies are premiering the movie in 100 senior high schools and 10 tertiary institutions. We also have agents in UK, Nigeria and some other European countries ready to market our movies. We project that the hero will hit the US box office and rake in more revenue. We can also confidently state that based on our previous engagements with DSTV, we can make extra revenue from DSTV rights sales. We do not want to lose the impact of technology; we have thereby developed an online film premiere and download to generate extra income for the project.

Projections/Revenue avenuesNational Theatre PremiereSilverbird Premiers across AfricaUniversities and Senior High Schools PremiersHollywood Box OfficeUK PremiersRight Sale to DSTVInternet Downloads

Contact PersonDwomoh- Doyen Benjamin (Writer/Producer)Messiah Entertainment Ghana00233246877363Email: messiahentertainmentgh@gmail.com / nanadwomoh7@gmail.com

ReferencesDaily Graphicghanaweb.com Sosywen.comnorthernghana.comen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_campwww.geographical.co.uk/Magazine/ Witches _of_Ghana-_Aug_06.html eastmamprusi.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/?arrow=nws&read=48075www.cas ghana .com/ street _statistics.php

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The Hero is an ambitious multi-platform project by Messiah Entertainment to bring relieve to some marginalized people in the society especially women and the girl child. All of the project components have been carefully coordinated and scheduled to focus national and international attention on the plight of Street Children, Convicted witches in the various witches camps in Africa and the state of the mental health patients. The film is an educative piece that will address all these issues, and to deepen public understanding of several key themes. Because of the project’s broad reach and scope, and its promise of bringing important humanities ideas to a large audience in new ways, we seek the support of every human being to make this project a success. We aim to be a voice to the voiceless by undertaking social intervention projects steered by the principles of Self Sacrifice, unfeigned love for others, genuine compassion, and the unselfish practice of mercy. we hope you have the same passion?

The Hero brings to fore the Gambaga witch camp activities, which to a large extent facilitates streetism and makes most of our young girls destitutes on the streets, We intend to use this project to tell their stories and also to raise some funds to support their education and help support the withes of Gambaga and other withes camps in Northern Ghana (The aged) as well.

It’s our passion to tell their stories no matter what. We hope you will still support us in any way possible even if this campaign is not as successful as we envision?