 Kwa we baku直接 hai ni maikupenda na maikupenda, hwajini publikati kytia nama maikupenda na maikupenda kwa diya vera wa kwa hunkangaende kwa sewe kwenya maikiupenda. Nini kuwa lakini, maikiupenda, kwenya maikiupenda para maikiupenda kwenya maikiupenda, maikiupenda maikupenda, yqualia kwenya maikiupenda, yalwa maikiupenda na maikupenda na maikupenda. In this month thirtieth of June, they will announce the winner who will walk away with over 200,000 Kenyan shilling in studio. I am joined by the people behind this particular short film known as Stuck. That is Glides Lakes Global. I hope I see it right. We can start from my right introducing yourself and people back at home can know who we are interacting with. My name is Edward Sira Sira. I am the director of Glides Lakes Entertainment, a film production company that deals with all kinds of arts. The main thing we do is film and I'm glad to be here. Okay, foundo. Yeah, I'm the founder of Glides Lakes. My name is Akiri Wei and I'm the assistant director of Glides Lakes Global. Okay, guys, make sure you stay tuned and keep the conversation going on our social media handle. That is at Y254Channel at Michela Shirezo. You can find me and we also have a question for you guys on our Facebook page. And that is how do you think the Kenyanya artists are next since they are no shows and music sale in Kenya? So at this particular time, nothing when it comes to entertainment is much, there's no much going on on that sector. We'll be having this conversation. How do you think Kenyan artists are going to do this time, Edward? Okay, that's a challenging question even though they are shows that are being made online. For those who know technology via zoom up, there's a zoom up and there's what's up shows being conducted just like any other show. People just plan for an event, they market it online, Facebook, Twitter and all that. Then there is the payment of the fee, ele joining fee, joined via 100 shillings or 200 shillings. During the event, everyone is added to the group. Those who have paid after that, people watch the event. If it's a modeling event, people attend it. Then after that there's the awarding of the winners and all that, just creativity. But the main people earning are the big artists. Alright, maybe you could mention the platforms again. We have zoom, what's up and the other ones. The main ones are zoom and what's up. There's Instagram live and Facebook even though those ones are not paid. Alright, so prior to this you were mentioning what Glide Lakes global you guys do. There's a couple of things that you guys are involved in. I would like to find or rather get a clear picture of what Glide Lakes global do. Okay, about Glide Lakes, we are a film production company. That is like our core thing that we do. Apart from that, we want to dominate other sectors. We are doing all kinds of arts. How through the events that we create. We create events, music events, just general events. It's called the competition. Currently we are in edition 3, we will do edition 4. So these competitions are there to bring up the upcoming talent. I don't call them upcoming because no one is coming, everyone is made. So the new talent. So we give them platform, music, poetry, modeling, fashion and all that. Alright, so how does the company impact when it comes to skills to the members that is over Glide Lakes global production? Ya, one of the skills that we have been able to impact is maybe some of our actors have been able to come well with the terms when we are acting and then they have been able to gain some skills. We also have some directors who we want also to gain other skills with us. So we just invite them and we conduct with them the shoots and then from there they just learn the skills, just practical skills. Alright, for someone who is watching back at home, they are very much passionate about film and script writing production, the whole aspect of it. And they are asking, how did you guys start off? Including financial aspect, there is also tools of production coming up in the right team. Maybe you can clarify that. Okay, the first thing I want to say to individuals watching there that if you have the urge, nothing can stop you. How did we start? We started way back in 2017 but we became more serious in 2019. What I can tell someone that want to start is that use the available resources. Personally we don't have equipment or we don't have venues and all that but we use our relatives to provide for us the venues. For the equipment we hire them so that one should not be a problem to someone who wants to start. Also look for somewhere, we have many production companies but look for a production company that is serious. Wakisema we are doing this shoot, they do it because there is talking and there is action part. So I just add them to stay connected, keep going and start with the available resources. Do you feel like Kenyans, we as Kenyans, what is the response when it comes to content? Are we appreciating when it comes to release of local production? Before we add on something, Kenyans we have been brainwashed and we are still colonized in which way. We believe that the western nations are the best. Go to the clubs, go to the vehicles, you will find nowadays it is getting on at least coming up. Kenyans, we as Kenyans, we don't appreciate how on we say the other people are the best. Even after the regulation rule of 60-40, still you guys feel not yet? It's not yet done. East or West, Tom is the best. Kenyans we want to say, I want to watch the ready made people. We don't believe in our own content. But who are there to promote us? If you go to, there's a film that I watched by the way, it was made in Kenya, the Elephant Documentary. It shows that we have resources, but the content is not yet appreciated by us because we believe that the other people are the best than us. So the content for me I say it's still not being appreciated. It is us that push it. We have the best of the best. So when it comes to new faces in this game, when it comes to film, new talent comes through in every single day. And then we have people who have been into the game for the longest period of time. And these new bees are seeking for these particular opportunities. And there are most cases where they are not given this chance to be exposed. If it's a new production coming up on a film, they tend to choose the faces that have been there before. I don't know if they believe the execution will be way better. Do you feel like the old guys in the industries are suppressing the new bees who are coming up? I don't think the big players are just a problem. The only problem is the person himself because it is always the will power. If somebody wants to do something, we have just to see the aspect of he or she pushing himself to perform better than what is required. Right. And seeing the aspect of new people into the game and seeking for these particular opportunities to showcase what they have, when it comes to exposure, okay? That's a question that most people actually have. So new talent, when it comes to exposure, trying to showcase whatever you have into the game, and someone tells you they're going to pay you with exposure, at what particular moment will you tell an artist that now it's time, maybe you could just give out points to see that this time now exposure is enough and it's time for you to just walk and look for green up questions. What are some of the couple of things that you can look out for as an artist? You just know go for exposure every single time. You value yourself. That's the first answer. You're the one who dictates. When I invent a shoe, I'm the one who dictates. Is it 20,000 or 4,200 shillings? So it is the artist to know where he or she belongs. There my brother Wayne has said that there will power in you. We have the old people. I mean the old faces. I don't want to mention someone's name, someone like Eric Komondi. Look at the Churchill legends. They are now doing their own things and leaving the upcomings to nature bear talents. So for artists to know that it's your time now to get paid, it is you that value yourself. You can, someone I can expose, it may as a direct, I can expose you for 10 years because you don't value yourself. Like it is you to value yourself. Show me that you need this money. I'll give you the money. By doing it. If I tell you to act like an, let me say act this, do this custom, do this character and you're not good at it. Why should I pay you? So it is you as an artist to value yourself. So it goes back to self work. Exactly. Okay, I would like to find out when it comes to, I believe actually we have amazing, amazing script writers out here who can actually do amazing job. I would like to find out from you what would be your advice? Because I believe they have handed out their projects probably means to media and their work just get to be shelved. Shelved every single time and they're like, you know what, I'm a give up. I'm a give up. Who would be your advice? And if you have actually even experienced the same from the company, can you give us an outlook into that? Yes, my advice is look for the right people. Just look for the right people who are motivated. Those people who are willing, despite they may face some challenges if they are, of course in our industries Edward, you have seen there are a lot of challenges. But when you find the right team, the right people who are committed to do whatever it takes for them to be there, then success will just come automatically. Let me add on something. To the scriptwriters, it is true, Kenya, we don't have enough platform. So create your own platform. Wachaku patiana script, you send them everywhere. We have started without getting platform. There's no one that told us, glight legs, do this movie. We saw Kenyan feeling my Kenyan my story and we started. Who told us that you should start now, you should not go on walking left, right and giving out your letter. So start, create your own platform if you cannot find it. It has been said and there's no nothing to add on that. You mentioned my Kenyan my story, the mobile competition. I would like to find out, was that part of this particular competition that you guys have made? And why are you guys not on the Numi news? Because that wasn't a news video. Okay, it said that I don't know, Kama is a bitch. One mistake costed us a lot to the film makers out there. Be very keen. A single email and answered costed us a lot. There was an email that needed us to approve the film so that it can be watched by Kenyan film commission. So that one cost us a lot. Our film, we are not even sure if it was watched because of that. So we missed the nominations but there's always next time. So what's your take on this particular initiative by the Kenyan film commission of this particular program which actually is giving opportunity to young people who think about the aspect of just having the right tools of production which most of the cases goes back to good quality which also goes back to a huge amount of investments and then that can act as a discouragement. What is your thought on this particular project which involves just a simple mobile phone to just shoot a film and you walk away with 200,000? Yes. One of the things that I'm so glad that the organization brought is we have been able to tell Kenyans what COVID-19 is all about and then number two is all about bringing out just the Kenyan film commission has also tried to say what we can do as Kenyans in terms of short films because there is a broad market for films. There is feature films, there is short films, there is a lot of market for films. So maybe Edward can. I want to just thank Kenyan film commission for film makers who are coming or new talents watching out there. Please go to social media, Facebook, search Kenyan film commission. This body has done a lot to Kenyans. It is us artists who do not go for the opportunity. I want to thank the Kenyan film for my mobile, my film, my mobile, my Kenyan, my mobile story. Kenyan my story. It was out there and it had big amount of cash just to show that to show to the upcoming artists that these people value as the government value the upcoming talents. Absolutely. Let's look at intellectual property now in that issue. How can a script writer copyright their work? It's simple. He or she just go to the copyright. Okay, everything is online. There's a form you feel. So amount of money you pay but it is for your own benefit. It is being announced each and every time in the social media, in the Kenyan film commission copyright your materials. Just go and search copyright the Kenyan film commission. You will get everything. In the case whereby probably I have issued out my work looking for an opportunity. I know you are creating opportunities for YouTube and so on social media handles. Let's say I have just given out my project to a particular potential person who is probably an investor who is also into the film industry and they went and did a pilot of my project and again they say not right now maybe in future we will look into it but few days, few years down the line I see they have executed my work now what happens for that one is a very critical issue in our industry. It has happened. It's happening. It also happens to the music industry. So it's a big problem. It's part of the challenge. I don't know how to answer that even though I will just say just be careful to who you submit the materials to. Let's go back to production now. I would like to find out how affordable can a standard movie cost? For a standard movie I will say it cost much. For a standard movie we will say something like 200,000. But there are people who are in one way or the other they are blessed or they are favored. Let me say you have a friend who is an aviator or arranger if I need to act a scene with that car I will just ask for my friend. So production entails a lot. You need money and it is period. If you don't have money you need to look for sponsors and people who can finance your projects. We looked at a particular challenge which was on the issue of copyright when it comes to now that your project has been executed. Let's find a couple of challenges that you guys face as you just go on your daily day-to-day production and just making sure that you have the final product and your target views are actually enjoying it. The first challenge may be the costs sometimes the costs come and they come late so maybe you may like to schedule the film to start on maybe at 8 o'clock and then some come at around 10 that is one of the challenges. The second challenge is maybe you can do all the work you can shoot all the work but then after you have shot all those things then you find out there is so much errors or maybe there are some clips that you did not take well so you have to come back which is costly. I would like to find out Edward we have praised the Kenya Film Commission and we appreciate the initiative of just giving young people an opportunity to find out are there any other programs that eases on finding when it comes to production but we can actually a film funding program It was suggested in the Kalasha the Kalasha event what you are talking about but they are still working on it I think the Kenya Film Commission is working on it for now I don't know of any other platform that funds it's a process I don't know of any happening but there are festivals in the western nations even as film makers we can submit our film or the short film like Stuck we have submitted it in Europe there is a film festival in Europe there are so many opportunities out there let's not just focus on Kenya let's widen our thoughts also to the other nations okay still seeking still seeking more funding I look find out how possible is it to work into a bank with a business plan of your production and you just tell them this is my budget and I am looking for to make this particular amount of money after my project is out which at the end of the days it's probably a movie documentary and if you guys tried it out I don't remember my cheka I just wanted to find out the background story and probably you can also look into why corporates don't actually invest or even just be part of the Kenya film industry you invest in somewhere you get your returns in business there is returns period and all that I was told something so annoying to the upcoming new talent someone told me that Mexican films are bought at a very cheap price Mexican movies are bought at a cheaper price okay and they are quality work why they have equipment they have been to the industry they have venues and all that Kenyan if you go to sell your movie compared to a movie that is from Mexico absolutely even if you are the buyer you will buy something that is quality you see so investors also they look at the returns I will inject my 20 million in a film industry how much will it how long will it take and how sure you actually that you are going to get back your money and let alone okay so the bank just say this one it doesn't if I go to take a loan how many can I pay the loan back do I have land do I have this do I have this so at the end of the day when it goes back to the Kenya film organization the KFCB when there is a proper structure and proper investment into the film industry now we can go back to investors and actually look for can find our project sure sure the KFC have the funding quarterly it comes the previous one just ended like 2 weeks ago there is a funding program by the KFC but you need the process and the procedure they don't just pick which is good you are a glitlix as a company what have you done which project they scrape the producers the CV and all that so we have those programs but they are so critical okay so when you look at the music industry when an artist releases a song and it hits that means they will get realities to the movie our film industry if a movie hits we have the Nairobi Half Life for instance what happens does the KFCB offer realities or does it go back to the production or the producer executive producers continue just paying your cast members how does it work in the KFC they give realities even to the winners let me say the Kalasha they do give royalty but it's not a recurrent form of royalty sure because if an artist my music is playing there will be consistent a certain amount that I am just going to be paid sure but when it comes to film a project kind of payment or is it something that actually it happens when a recurrent move okay because of the the KFC there is something that the actors do do sign that there are some things they don't release but what I know and I have testified from a friend who is out there he won one of the awards last year one of the best actor in this the feature film he told me they do give royalty and we also saw them posting on their social media of the people that were given but for the recurrent one for that one I have not been a patient of it so let's find out as Glides Lakes global how you guys fairing during this time of the pandemic one of the things we have come up is we are now focusing our energies to the online platform because that is where the market it is as per now we are in YouTube, we are in Facebook we are in Instagram that is how we have just developed ourselves and we are focusing much of our energy towards the online platforms okay so Edward the president ishidao 200 million to our test and I just like to find out the reason why he released this 200 million my viewers is just to alleviate our test during this time of the pandemic considering there is no form of gathering events happening so I would like to find out your thoughts on this is there proper strategy that has been put in place and also when it comes to implementation and have you guys gotten your money first and foremost we will thank the government of Kenya the best president Guru Kenyatta why it is the first time that artists are getting money especially during the pandemic like most people are broke absolutely most of business men so we want to thank him the strategy is working people were given time to apply and the time was extended to how many weeks almost two weeks the poetry guys have gotten their money my friends my friends have gotten the money the poetry the film department we have applied it was being applied as a company or as a filmmaker so we have applied we are just waiting for them to get back to us but the money is there and people have started receiving their money last week just to clarify I know you guys clarify to me but I want you to clarify to my viewers is it like a one time payment or is it a monthly payment that is going to be to be given at the moment it was paid once but they said there is a second it will be coming it was paid once as we wind up guys back a term remember we have a question on our facebook page and we are asking you a simple question is how do you think Kenyan artist are earning since there are no shows and music sale in Kenya is poor how do you think Kenyan artist are earning since there are no shows and music sales is poor you follow us across all the social media platform that is at Y254 channel and I would like to hear what you have to say I would like to hear your comments and keep the conversation going across all my social media handles so as we wind up what are some of the measures that can be taken up just to transform the film industry give the new talents opportunity say exposure like we are giving new opportunities in each project we are trying to use new character because there are so many people in auditions auditions auditions have been to auditions 10 times no character so give new opportunities the government on the venues finance the filmmakers film is a paying business but we just need to invest in it example is Maria, Selena, Kina and all that the movies made in Kenya so as I was about to say in the morning I am telling you Glidelix global production you guys have been into the game for 2 years so what is the future of Glidelix production and what should we expect the future is now online everything is online that is what we are focusing our energies on then come to any other productions basically the future is just online also we are producing a series that will premiere I think the end of the year because we are still on the first 5 episodes the platform will still be YouTube? no we will show them in the Kenyan channels looking forward to seeing that social people back at home can't wait we have actually seen a couple of your projects on YouTube probably this is the right time for the guys who are yet to watch a couple of their projects stuck being one of them you can issue your social media handles and how people can reach out to you just find us on Glidelix global all social media Glidelix global for those watching at home we will be launching our movie The Wrath of Betrayed Souls it's a feature film I have no idea what is going on so another thing probably we can tell people just to clarify anyone can be part of Glidelix global or is there a particular procedure that has to be taken through? Glidelix now we are working on a contract basis we can be part of Glidelix oh why? so all they have to do is reach out to you reach out to us we will give you a platform first on short films then we will see if you fit we now do a feature film with you alright for the film lovers there you have it held onto the social media handle that is at Glidelix global and if you have any remember if you have any interest in film scriptwriting film directing camera work there you have it opportunity is just right over through your phone just as simple as that at Mishile Shirei so you can find me across all my social media platform at y254channel that's where you can find us this time around we are taking you to a short musical break and we'll be right back