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Lenscope Media - A Profile

 

 

            LENSCOPE MEDIA

 

 

 

Lenscope Media is a total media solution with a team of Professional Radio Programme Producers, Film Directors and other creative Professionals with high sense of responsibility and a knack for quality and efficiency.

 

We came into existence on incorporation by Corporate Affairs Commission registration 276,909 on August 3, 1995 with a passion to become and remain a progressive, professional production company that meets global needs of private media enterprise operating from our Jos/Kano-Nigeria base.

 

We are today a fully equipped production center ready to deliver any Radio, video and or Film production from conception to broadcast or exhibition employing both a fulltime and part time squad of creative personnel and technicians.

 

Apart from in-house production initiatives that featured on the Nigerian national Television and Radio networks, Lenscope Media is today a major player in providing media consultancy and facility services utilized by many producers in Nigeria.

 

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE

A corporate member of Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria, ITPAN, and Motion Picture Practitioners’ Association of Nigeria, MOPPAN, Lenscope is among the most experienced private media outfits operating in Nigeria with a history of works in Radio, Prints and Television for serious clients like USAID, UNICEF, Planned Parenthood Federation of America International, the Society for Family Health, BBC World Service Trust and the NTA network.

 

Lenscope produced programs like ‘Duniyar Jatau’ for USAID, ‘Ten Little Voices’ an International Children’s Day of Broadcasting project for UNICEF, Bauchi, ‘Tambaree – the beats of Pain’ a series of Radio and Television Drama projects for Planned Parenthood Federation of America International and ‘Karambana - A dawo Lafiya’ a well received Radio Drama for Society for Family Health. Among the social message Video Films we at Lenscope produced on HIV/AIDS for the BBC World Service Trust, Abuja – Nigeria is the highly acclaimed HAFSAH. We also just produced a major advocacy and social movement movie on VVF, HAAJA – DAMAGED MERCHANDISE for the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, Abuja. The First Lady of Nigeria in company of Wives of Governors and so many distinguished personalities were at the premiere of the movie last year.

 

 

LENSCOPE STUDIOS

 

Lenscope Media owns a fully equipped multi-media studio in Jos and contact offices in Abuja and Kano with state-of-the-art facilities such as;

 

1.                  Studio floor. This is a spacious, fully soundproofed room with acoustics and mufflers to provide clean audiovisual recordings. With an array of powerful color Tran studio lights and several redhead lights to compliment, the studio is designed to, and handles any studio-based recordings from talk shows and drama sets to voice recordings.

 

2.                  Video Editing Suites. Two Edit suites with powerful non-linear systems including a Mac G5 and a PC using fire-wire and real-time video editing card supported by the dazzle DV bridge, Lenscope is ahead in digital editing solutions. Available software solutions at Lenscope Studios include the Avid, Final Cut pro express and Adobe Premier pro; the International broadcast technical standards.

 

3.                  Audio Recording Studio. We Audio record using the state-of the-arts Pro-Tools Sound Card, and the Creative Sound Blaster 24 bits stereo (Asio compatible) Sound Card. We also have a high range of software’s such as Sonar, Cubase, Reason plus T-racks, Time walks millennium pack and Sonitus plug-ins and Sound forge to support the recording systems. We continuously upgrade our hardware and software in tandem with new developments.

 

4.                  Location Facilities

 

Lenscope Media owns a number of professional Video Cameras that include the Sony HDCAM, Sony DSR 250 DVCAM, HDV and Panasonic pixel shift camcorders, complete with camera support facilities like tripods, monopods, dollies and pro-booms for on location projects. We also have portable digital mixers, recording decks and professional microphones for clean exterior audio recordings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEY PERSONNEL

 

        

KEY PERSONNEL

MD/CEO

SANI MU’AZU

A graduate of Mass Communication from the University of Jos, 1990, and an alumnus of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, 1985, Sani Mu'azu is a household name by working consistently on Nigeria's Television, Radio and Film Industry for over three decades.

 

He also has worked on two International film projects; ‘SOWETO' Directed by Mike Reburn, 1987, and ‘MISTER JOHNSON' Directed by Bruce Beresford, 1990.

 

Sani Mu'azu wrote, Produced, Directed and Acted in several projects in and outside Nigeria including ‘Behind the Clouds', ‘Shadows', ‘Riddles and Hopes' (Winning best Actor in Nigeria Award), ‘Amina', ‘Agumba', Eg'igwe', ‘Tambaree' and several others such as ‘Shuga Naija’ 2013 and ‘Newman Street’ 2014 and still ongoing. A feature film he produced in 2007, ‘Mountain Blues' won best feature film at the Abuja International Film Festival. ‘Hafsah' another feature film on HIV/AIDS advocacy he produced for BBC World Service Trust Abuja won 3 AMAA nominations, making it the only Hausa Film to achieve that fit in Nigeria. He received the best Hausa Producer/Director at the Africa Film Awards in the UK. He is a recipient of the prestigious "Stars in the Movies" Awards as well as the "Nollywood Personality Award" NOPA.

Sani Mu'azu was consultant on startup and Head of production for Arewa24, a state-of-the-art TV channel by Equal Access International between December 2013 and October 2014. He was among the Communication for Change Experts consulting for UNICEF, D Field Office, Bauchi by 2009. He consulted in the British Council ‘Reel Dialogue' project in Nigeria in 2006. He represented Africa at the British Council's Arts Consultative Meeting in London in 2007. Sani is the immediate past National President of Motion Picture Practitioners' Association of Nigeria. He is also a pioneer member of the steering committee for Motion Picture Council of Nigeria by the Federal Government. Presently, he is a member, Directors Guild of Nigeria, DGN. He is also a member, Independent Producers Association of Nigeria ITPAN. He is a member of the advisory committee set up by the current Managing Director of the Nigerian Film Corporation. He is a media consultant and the Managing Director/CEO of Lenscope Media. He is married with three children.

 

HR/Admin Manager

Ladi Hadiza Bala

 

Ladi studied Business Administration both at the Ordinary National Diploma and the Higher National Diploma from the Kaduna Polytechnic in 1992. She did her NYSC at Akure in 1993. An accomplished administrator, Ladi was a onetime Accountant with the National Veterinary Research Institute in Vom, Nigeria before she joined the services of Lenscope Media as Chief Accountant. She had grown in leaps and bound managing the production of content for Radio or Television for over 10 years. She is currently the HR/ADMIN MANAGER.

 

Studio/Technical Manager, Audio/Sound Studio

Habeeb Muaz

 

A holder of BA in Television Production from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria as well as a Professional Diploma in TV Production from the NTA Television College in Jos, Habeeb is simply one of Nigeria’s most prolific sound engineersand Music producers. Some of his works include ‘GARIN MUNA FATA’ the sound track and mood score for several movies including ‘Mountain Blues’ an award winning feature film, ‘Hafsah’ a production of Lenscope Media and the BBC WST, the production and engineering of several radio programmes like ‘A dawolafiya’ for SFH and ‘Tambaree’ for PPFA International.

 

Manager/Chief Editor,

Moses Akale

 

Moses studies Film production at the NTA TV College Jos and an Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies from the University of Jos. He grew through the ranks to become the Manager, Video department.

Manager Admin

Jennifer Umaru

 

Jennifer studied Mass Communication at the University of Jos. Apart from administration she is also a writer, Actress and a Newscaster.

 

 

 

 

 

RADIO AND TV PROGRAMMES

As media of communication, Radio and Television programs, which are our main preoccupation, have taken over centre stage in the life of the community. Over the years, they have become some of the most effective means of social mobilization, by reaching right into people’s living rooms and even bedrooms with alternatives to social problems through information, education and entertainment.