“EUNICE ACHAN TO BECOME A BIG SCRIPTWRITER AND PRODUCER"

 

“Eunice Achan dreams of becoming a big writer after her online Filmmaking Fundamentals for Culture” course.

By

Namazzi Cindy Immaculate

Business Development Officer


Kampala, 28th September 2023 –  

“I love it when I wake up in the morning knowing it is a class day.  I keep checking the time to make sure I don’t miss my online classes” says Eunice Achan.

Achan Eunice, one of the participants of the Filmmaking Fundamentals for culture.

Eunice made this revelation this week to Mediavision Academy’s Business development Officer, Cindy Namazzi at Pearlwood offices in Vortex village, Kyebando Katale zone, where she serves as the president of the actor’s guild.   Eunice is one of the 200 students attending the Filmmaking Fundamentals for Culture online course, conducted by Mediavision Academy with support from the National Commission for UNESCO in Uganda.  The course aims at building the filmmakers’ capacity to promoting Cultural and heritage through film art. 

Eunice is a filmmaker and founder of Eunika Media Entertainment, a film production company based in Kitgum Municipality.  Her company specializes in the production of film, TV and animations for the Ugandan and international audience and has been in operation for overs 2 years.  She eagerly needs this knowledge to add value to Eunika’s operations and also achieve her dream of becoming one of Uganda’s big scriptwriters and producer.

Eunice uses her smart phone to login onto zoom where live classes are provided. The classes run on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday every week.  Each session runs for one hour. The subjects of study were carefully selected by a competent curriculum team at Mediavision Academy to ensure that critical areas in filmmaking are well tackled. The course that began at the start of August is ending mid-November. Eunice revealed that the training is fun because it integrates the theory with practice. 

 

Achan using her smart phone to login to the zoom live class

Eunice says the course is expanding her understanding about Culture and Heritage in Uganda.  “Mr. Daniel Kaweesi, the Culture and Heritage tutor is exposing a lot of new interesting information I never knew,” she lamented.  The other subjects are Screenwriting Craft and Cinema studies by Aloyo Annet, Cinematography and video editing by Nkambo Robert and equally important.

Screenwriting Craft is Achan’s favorite because she believes it has helped her change the narrative when it comes to storytelling. “Am always excited every time I go for class, and look forward to the next” Achan added.

Eunice revealed that through this course she is mentoring 7 aspiring young filmmakers in Kitgum, who don’t have access to a smart phone.

“I encourage fellow filmmakers in Uganda to look up for similar programs and put culture at the forefront when doing their work.   For those in the training, I challenge them to use the skills and knowledge we are getting to make a different in the film industry.”

“I commend UNESCO for supporting us to attend such an important course.  I thank the tutors for the time and effort. I wish this program could be extended to support the best students continue learning under a diploma program, so that they may become the next film trainers in the country.


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