Leila Djansi on Ties That Bind set |
More
than three years after she produced two excellent films, which shook the tenets
of the African film industry, Leila Djansi has finally opened up on her fondest
memories of shooting her ‘Sinking Sands’
and ‘Ties That Bind’ films.
She
told NEWS-ONE on Sunday morning that
shooting both films was nerve-racking but it was also fun.
Working
on ‘Ties That Bind’, she revealed, was not as stressful as ‘Sinking Sands’. But
besides the stress, there were fun moments too.
With
‘Sinking Sands’, her fondest memory
was filming the wedding scene. It is still fresh on her mind and remembers how
they made it look like a “real wedding”.
However,
she thought ‘Ties That Bind’ was more
fun because, she was not oblivious of her past mistakes while shooting ‘Sinking Sands’.
Sinking Sands behind the scene (Ama K & Yemi Blaq) |
She
learnt from her past experience on the previous set, which made things easier
for her on the ‘Ties That Bind’ set.
“Hmm
‘Sinking Sands’, honestly, I don’t
know if I have any particularly fond memories of that set. I only remember the
stress and disorganization. The day we shot the wedding sequence was a lot of
fun though. It felt like we were preparing a real wedding and I got to keep the
cake.”
Sinking Sands (Jimmy Jean Louis & Ama K) |
“‘Ties that Bind’ was fun because
by then I had learnt from mistakes of ‘Sinking
Sands’ and had a better handle on everything. Every moment on ‘Ties that Bind’ was fun. My favorite day
was the day we shot the white garment church at Shai Hills and the scene with
the graves,” Leila said.
She
added that her submission was not based on outcomes of the scenes in the films
but the experiences they had to go through on set.
Sinking Sands (Ama K & Jimmy Jean Louis) |
“No.
Not the final outcome but the work day. We really felt like we were making a
movie. We had over 100 extras, the crew and we had built every aspect of the
church. We cleared land at Shai Hills and built a white garment church. We even
bought a trip of sand to give the earth a different color. White sand. It felt
like we were at camp. The shots were some of my favorites too,” she said.
Both
films are doing well on the movie market in Ghana and outside including the
World Wide Web.
Ties That Bind ( Ama K) |
‘Sinking
Sands’, which starred Ama K. Abebrese and Jimmy Jean Louis as the lead cast,
produced 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards Best Actress in lead role and won other
awards.
‘Ties
That Bind’, which is s story about Kimberly Elise, Omotola Jalade and Ama K.
Abebrese, also did convincingly well in the cinemas and awards arena.
Ties That Bind (Ama K. Kimberly Elise & Omotola Jalade) |
Credit: NEWS-ONE
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