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For this film, I decided to take a more intentional approach toward casting compared to my previous projects. In the past I mostly relied...

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Naming this film wasn’t about aesthetics or just picking something that sounded cool. It was about finding a title that could carry the...

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Planning the Color Palette: Green and Orange In this project, I made a deliberate choice to use a green and orange color palette, both of...

In this short film opening, mise en scene plays a critical role in reflecting Saif's mental state, setting the tone of the narrative, and...

After copious amounts of contemplation overthinking and some self hatred I present you with

I used "Fade In" to create and work on my script, below are two old versions of the script, before I changed a lot of the dynamics...

Storyboarding is one of those tasks that sets the tone for the entire production. For this project, I wanted to take a hands on approach,...

# Description Shot Type Camera Angle Notes 1 Saba sitting Wide Shot Eye Level Side angle 2 Saif enters Wide Two-Shot Low Angle Entrance...

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Film Opening Outline: The film opens on an unremarkable day, set a few weeks after a violent off screen event, the beating of Ikhlaq...

Writing a logline isn’t as easy as it sounds. I'm trying to capture the essence of my film in just a few sentences, no pressure, right?...

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Coming up with a film idea can be frustrating. When I started, I had no idea how to get from a random thought in my head to a finished...