Alizay Fatima A2 Blog

Once we had decided who exactly our characters were, we decided to look for actors through social media. We designed this call out poster according to Music Promotional Packages aesthetic and me and zeeshan posted this on our Instagram Stories. We also asked friends and family to share and ask around if anyone was interested in acting in our video.  I designed it on Adobe Photoshop through a strenuous process by editing each picture in the collage one by one and finding a font that suited our aesthetic. 

Location was essential to us so we spent many days looking for the perfect one, furthermore my ankle was sprained so it was hard for me to walk but I used a walking stick because as the director I really wanted to see the location for myself 

Me and Zeeshan visited the restaurant 1969 in Islamabad as a potential location for our outdoor shoot.  We weren’t satisfied with the restaurant so then we travelled to some hilly areas in our city to look for a place with tall trees:  It was getting dark so we headed home for the day   

For our music promotional package we researched and planned on the equipment we required to shoot the music video in the exact way we wanted and budgeted accordingly this is all the equipment we rented: Sony FS700K : We needed a good video camera for outdoor lighting and this camera was especially beneficial to us due to its built in ND filters. LX-10 Tripod : A good adjustable tripod for variable uses Carl Zeiss Lens T-2/35mm : We needed this lens for wide and clear shots also for capturing light flares. Carl Zeiss Lens T-1.4/50mm : We needed this lens for close ups and medium close ups and slight blur in the background.  Sony Lens 70-200mm F4 : We needed this lens for extreme close ups shots where we could completely blur the background. Sony E mount Meta Bone Battery Charger (+Extra) : As from last year we realised it is optimal to always keep extra batteries for everything. DJI Phantom - 4 (Quad Copter) : We rented the quadcopter for half an hour to quickly take some shots li...

My partner and I finally met up after both taking a covid test to make sure there was no risk, then we sat together and planned further for the music video.   

My partner and I made several moodboards for the costume we were envisioning for our actress and actor and the location we wanted to film in: 

 My partner and I mostly held meetings over phone calls as we wanted minimise the risk of spreading corona to each other or anyone around us, here are some screenshots of us creating a time coding sheet for our music video 

 

Our final concept is related to the meaning of dreams. In our video, the story will be about a girl stuck in an emotionally abusive relationship that she is unable to escape as she has accepted it as this point. It will feature a lot of sleeplessness and anxiety as well as showcasing the theme of insomnia. She will have a dream in which she wakes up in the middle of nowhere in a white dress, and feels like part of a surreal fairytale, she will be looking for her lover but she won’t be able to find him and she will be distraught. In the dream she will also be missing her earrings and will be looking for them. In the end she will find him and be happy but she will catch a glimpse of his hands and see the earrings in them, and this will give her the sign she needs: that he is the real cillian in her story. In the end she’ll return to the bed she woke up on and but this time she will have happy expressions instead of sad. We have decided that it will feature two different sets, one indoor ...