{"id":421785,"date":"2017-09-24T19:49:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T19:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/24\/producers-to-blame-for-current-state-of-movie-industry-dj-vegaz\/"},"modified":"2017-09-24T19:49:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T19:49:54","slug":"producers-to-blame-for-current-state-of-movie-industry-dj-vegaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/24\/producers-to-blame-for-current-state-of-movie-industry-dj-vegaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Producers to blame for current state of movie industry \u2013 DJ Vegaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Movies of Sunday, 24 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-24<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/75804997.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dj Vegaz1\" title=\"Dj Vegaz1\" width=\"295\" height=\"220\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Godwin Mensah Vegaz<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1506282594_983_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Film maker, Godwin Mensah Vegaz popularly known as DJ Vegaz is blaming film producers for the stunted growth of Ghana\u2019s movie industry.<\/p>\n<p>He said the lack of creativity on the part of producers has created the situation where old stories are repackaged to movie lovers.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Myjoyonline.com Saturday, DJ Vegaz also deplored the \u201cpaltry\u201d money give to crew members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey take the crew for granted because they want cheap labour,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s movie industry is reeling under some challenges many have described as self-inflicted.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of sponsors and the proliferation of foreign movies such as telenovelas are some of the major factors identified to be impeding the progress of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>But DJ Vegaz said the industry could be vibrant in the continent if producers change their attitude towards the work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are not supporting themselves and they go for cheap labour but want better results,\u201d he said, adding a change of all these will mark a turn-around for the industry.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 66 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Movies of Sunday, 24 September 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-09-24 Godwin Mensah Vegaz &#13; Film maker, Godwin Mensah Vegaz popularly known as DJ Vegaz is blaming film producers for the stunted growth of Ghana\u2019s movie industry. 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