Rockson Film and Music Production

**Rockson Film and Music Production**, also known as **RFMP** or **Rock STUDIO**, is a Ghanaian film production company that specializes in the creation of feature-length films and gospel music, founded by Rockson Emmanuel in 2009.

## History

Rockson Emmanuel founded RFMP in 2008 in Bibiani which is in the Western North region of Ghana. Ghana like most African countries is very poor and it's very challenging for indigenous and independent film producers like Rockson Emmanuel. The support by the government does not reach most producers due to corruption and lack of information so producers have to struggle to solicit funds to produce the movies themselves. The other problem is lack of education and talent owing to this, producers copy from what others are doing. The movie industry in Ghana lacks critical thinkers so producers are suffering. Producers are not supported by Ghanaian media because they always blame some producers for making trash movies. The inability of some producers to produce quality movies comes from a lot of factors. Some of the factors are poor marketing strategies, lack of funds, lack of creativity and lack of education. Most indigenous producers still don't know much about the digital system owing to this they have diverted into other business ventures like selling of mobile phones. Due to lack of finance, most producers cannot afford good quality equipment. A lot of the directors and producers in Ghana lack creativity. Any movie maker has to have a very big imagination without that you cannot create anything. There is lack of unity in the Ghana movie industry due to this the industry cannot grow. A good example is audio visual right society which is involved in a dispute in court for about 4 years. The board members are divided into two groups and are now in court due to this the society cannot even collect royalties for members. It is very surprising because it seems copyright is not bordered with what is going on. The 3 C.M.O which is ARSOG,GAMRO AND COPYGHANA are all under copyright. The government of GHANA has also lost touch with Film industry. Recently the government appointed National Film Authority (NFA) but their influence is yet to be felt. Rockson Emmanuel started in 2008 with two cameras. The cameras were MD 10000 which is a camcorder camera. Since he had no money he relied on his mother for help. He started with some of his friends in Bibiani and he produced the DEMON FOREST. Later he collaborated with Aja Adu popularly known as Abusua Panin Judas and he produced EWIEMU ATUMFUO. The movie was well received by most Ghanaians and a lot directors copied some potions of the movie story. The part were the ring was stolen and hidden in the room was copied into the movie  Asamoah Gyan starring Ajakoo. In the movie Rockson was called Amoako that name was also use for a movie called ODIFUO AMOAKO. This showed the movies influence. At the end of the movie Rockson who is Amoako will divide a river like Moses and this gave a director the idea to make Kumawood Moses movie. Rockson movies were wired but he always seemed to do something to stir up something in the directors. Since he is a good Christian most of his movies are Christian movies with special effects and he always takes inspiration from the Holy Bible. Rockson attributes his success to JESUS CHRIST and because of that he calls himself unstoppable. IN 2010 he decided to shoot a movie with the late Katawere (Ebenezer Donkor). The movie was going to be about an evil man who was a ritualist but he did not know who the protagonist will be. On the set he was advised to call Kwaku Manu who was an upcoming star so he heeded the call. Kwaku Manu was supposed to be a character who will be seduced by an elderly woman but the story change because Rockson had another idea after seeing Kwaku Manu and his friends Ras Nene and Fumiya. He decided to make them bad boys. He still did not know who the protagonist will be so after praying, God showed him the way and he decided to use Spiderman. The movie was a hit and Rockson started to be recognized. Kumawood movies were low budget movies but their influence was felt all over the country with actors like Ajakoo becoming celebrities'. This was making the indigenous movies to take over. The Ghana Movie industry has a good record with good movies like Heritage Africa and African Timber however it will be difficult to make such movies again. In recent times illegal miners have destroyed the beautiful natural resources in Ghana. The beautiful forest that was used to make good movies have been destroyed and the water bodies too have been polluted. This is the results of illegal mining. The nation is too corrupt and a lot of people with influence are thinking about themselves instead of the nation and is a very big shame. The beautiful scenarios where good movies were produce have been destroyed because there no regard for the law. If  this attitude does not change, there will be no future for the Ghana movie industry. Those who call themselves professionals  lack creativity and there is too much selfishness and egocentric attitude among producers. Everyone thinks he is a master and those who have connection are silent because they don't  want to help anyone. The government does not really know what is going on in the industry and is given money out to people who don't have any love for the industry. Ghana has a rich culture that is beautiful but the world is not seeing all this. Anansi stories were stories that were told by our grand mothers when we sat by the fire side. Indigenous games like ampe  are not played by the girls anymore. Beautiful games like Ate has all been lost. The world would have loved these games. I don't know what the tourism ministry is doing about this issues but it seems present and previous governments have all failed the movie industry. The only solution to this problem is for independent film makes to rise up and protect the heritage of the nation. Rockson Emmanuel wants to change his style of movie making to produce good quality movies with quality content. He has started editing most of his old movies to improve the content and the stories in the movie. The purpose of editing the movies is not to change but to improve the movie to make it better. Some of movies he is editing again is EWIEMU ATUMFO,ANANSE,TERMINATOR,OMAN KUNFUO,BONE AKATUA,MOGYA AGU FAM,CYBORG,AKODEE,ANANSE NTENTAN,BOSOM AWAREE,MAME WATA,LILWAYNE BAYIBONAM and many more. Rockson Emmanuel is also coming out with cool music. He is also a sound engineer and he makes his own music.

## Filmography

### Music

* Hwie Gu (2006)
* Bompayie (2013)
* Makoma (2016)

### Film

* Bosom Asiase (2008)
* Adwene Bone (2008)
* Ɔman Kumfoɔ (2010)
* Ewiemu Atumfoɔ (2010)
* Terminator Atrimɔden (2010)
* Ananse (spider man) (2010)
* Mogya Agu Fam (2011)
* Bosom Awareɛ (2012)
* Akodeɛ (2013)
* LilWayn Bayi Bonsam (2013/2014?)
* Cyborg (2013/2014?)
* Maame Wata (2014)
* Hohom Wiase (2014)
* Ananse Ntentan (2014)
* Onyame Tumi So
* Medusa Honhom (2016)
* Saman Abufuo
* Ghana Combat (2017)
* Aliens Aba Ghana (2017)

## Warning screens and logos

* **Adwene Bone:** Just the copyright notice at the end of the film.
* **Ɔman Kumfoɔ:** "Copyright proprietor lincesed this movie.Unauthorised renting,editing,selling and duplication of this movie is punisherble by the law of Ghana." The logo consists of a red RFMP wordmark on a black background with some cheap and nasty sparkles. Throughout both the warning screen and the RFMP logo, the opening theme of the film can be heard.
* **Ewiemu Atumfoɔ:** "This movie has been lincensed by copyright administrator.Unauthorise duplication,editing,renting of this movie is punishable by the law." The logo consists of stock footage of a sky where a Comic Sans RFMP wordmark, in red, "wakes up", glows, turns orange-ish, spins, turns greenish-blue and stops. Just like in the previous film we can hear the opening theme, yet it only comes when the logo comes in.
* **Terminator Atrimɔden:** Any renting,duplication and editing of this movie is illegal. Remember pyracy is a crime. Help us to combat pyracy. Report any culprit to the police." The logo is very brief and consists of a wooden-looking RFMP wordmark with fire in the backdrop.
* **Ananse (spider man):** Same warning screen as Ɔman Kumfoɔ. The opening logo comes after a brief introduction on Ananse and consists of the RFMP wordmark in red, with letters set at different angles and with blood dripping out of them.
* **Mogya Agu Fam:** "This movie has been lincensed by copyright administrator.Any duplication or renting of this movie will be punishable by law." We later see a red background with an iris in the center of the screen which contains an image of a desert. An eagle flies and the RFMP wordmark (in the Impact typeface) reveals itself. The music is just a Christian hymn.
* **LilWayn Bayi Bonsam:** "This movie bayibonsam has been lincensed by the copyright administrator.Any renting,editing or duplication of this movie is a crime against the copyright law of GHANA."

Starting in 2012, RFMP uses two regular logos done in Aurora 3D using some of its templates. The first logo consists of the RFMP wordmark appearing next to a lamp and the other features a red Rock STUDIO appearing and diagonal bars appear only to be customized to the colors of the flag of GHANA.