VOA常速英语:Nigeria's Young Filmmakers Get Creative to Cope with COVID

Nigerias comedy siblings They Occurred The Boys went viral in June 9 here online video,
尼日利亚的喜剧兄弟姐妹们--他们发生的事--6月9日在网上疯传，
mimicking Hollywood here.
在这里模仿好莱坞。
Nigerias own film industry Hollywood would has also had to get creative,
尼日利亚自己的电影业，不得不自己搞创意，
with staying productive and safe during the covid 19 pandemic.
在疫情流行期间保持生产和安全。
Actor assured that says the coronavirus has cost him a lot of work,
演员保证说冠状病毒让他付出了很多工作，
It is my first set since this Quraan of aten started,
这是“阿滕古兰经”开始以来我的第一套，
and what I asked today is no easy task,
我要求不是一件容易的事，
We just learned to live with the virus and life goes on,
我们刚学会了和病毒一起生活，
so we need to adjust ourself and keep on going,
所以我们需要调整自己继续前进，
because if you said because the fear of corona virus you will come across,
因为说因为害怕遇见新冠病毒，
said you have nothing to do apart from filmmaking.
说，除了拍电影没什么可做的。
Nollywood produces the second biggest quantity of films in the world after Indias Bollywood,
尼莱坞电影产量位居世界第二，仅次于印度宝莱坞，
and employs over 1 million people,
雇佣了100多万名员工，
but a coronvirus shut down cinemas global,
但是冠状病毒关闭了全球的电影院，
and forcing many filmmakers to delay productions.
迫使许多电影制片人推迟制作。
Recently theres been this whole composition about what is going to happen,
最近一次创作时关于将要发生的事情的，
whatever make us is supposed to do,
不管我们该做什么，
and were having this conversation that right now before you get on sets,
在你上片场之前我们正在进行一次谈话，
you have to test your cast and crew,
你必须检查好你的演员和工作人员，
you have to isolate them in a particular place,
把他们隔离在一个特定的地方，
for maybe 14 days and all of that before you can unset,
可能14天后你才能解除隔离，
so this has been a lot of spike in the budget,
所以预算大幅度增长，
thats filmmakers would normally spend.
这通常是电影制作人会花的钱。
The added costs has forced some Nollywood directors to cut back on the quantity of films,
额外的成本迫使一些尼莱坞导演减少了电影的数量，
but as Parent filmmaker William cheetah Bay says,
但正如《父母》导演威廉·切塔赫·贝所说，
he sees it as an opportunity to work smarter.
他认为这是一个锻炼工作能力的机会。
We can always all multitask you know cant do a lot of things,
我们总能做多项任务，你知道不能做很多事情，
especially now you dont have the luxury to deal with a large crew,
尤其是现在你没有和一大群人打交道的奢侈，
you can begin to do more than one thing that you know that youre strong,
你可以开始做不止一件你知道你很坚强的事，
you know that youre good at, yeah,
你知道你很擅长，是的，
and youre good at editing and youre good at shooting,
你擅长编辑，擅长发行，
but so you do the both of them.
但你把他们都做了。
Creatively scripting scenes for social distancing is key to coping with the realities of covid-19,
创造性地为社会隔阂的场景编写脚本，是应对新冠病毒现实的关键，
says writer-director Umar Aqui,
编剧导演奥马尔·阿奎尔说，
so whats to stop a group of people you know writing a story around maybe a particular piece of scenery,
怎样才能阻止一群你认识的人围绕着某个特定的风景写一个故事，
around a particular Hill around a particular tree.
在特定的山周围，在一棵特定的树周围。
you know Im producing that ,
你知道这是我做的，
but really I feel like the most important thing is to be able to challenge ourselves in terms of the writing,
但我觉得最重要的是能够在写作上挑战自己，
and in terms of conceptualization,
在概念化方面，
in a way that allows us to produce work that doesnt expose us to the dangers of covid19.
以一种不置身于暴露在新冠病毒危险的方式工作。
While Nollywood has taken a hit from the pandemic,
虽然尼莱坞受到了大流行的打击，
Nigerian filmmakers are confident that the creative treatment the industry will recover.
尼日利亚电影人相信，这个行业的创造性待遇将会恢复。
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