Mishel's Blog

 For one of our major scenes we needed a hospital, so we chose Maroof Hospital. We decided to film outside the hospital nearer a less crowded area in order to not disturb the staff and patience, but will still go and get permission. This post has been in our drafts for weeks as we haven't gotten a chance to go yet, and due to the political state of our country, and the roads being blocked we couldn't go this week either. However, we will try our best next week, even if two out of the four of us are available, we will go and get permission.

 During the sports championships, i used our teammate, Seemal Rizwan, as a model for my photography. I realized that every single one of us should learn how to use the camera, edit, and direct despite our designated role.

 For the past two weeks our entire team was caught up with our own busy schedules. One of the main events was our school championships. We took part in this, helping our school get ready for the sports event, by painting etc, and I was assigned a role in the logistics team. These went on for more than a week, and lasted all day taking up any free time we had. Moreover, even seeing my teammates was difficult due to our class schedules cashing. Currently we are trying to get in touch with each other, however, the internet is not available in some areas thus it has become difficult but if school stays open tomorrow we will try to map out a schedule for the next week or two. Lastly, due to the finals being moved to next weekend I wont be able to post then either, but i will attempt to stay as regular as possible. 

For our last scene we needed someone to play a therapist. For this, we asked our beautiful teacher, Miss Zahra. 

 Our first scene takes place in a classroom. Rather than overcomplicating things, we decided to simply one of our school classrooms. Dependent on our cast and classroom availability, we will choose where to film. We may have to rearrange the desks a bit, and once again fix the camera angles to avoid the unwanted sunlight through the window, but that's a discussion for later. Right now we just have to focus on completing the pre production, as it has already stretched out longer than we preferred.

 For our 5th scene, we needed a nice restaurant for our two families to meet. Previously, we went looking for suitable locations, asking for permission to film there, and we ended up with 4 amazing options. Unfortunately, we could only choose one, so after some thought and consideration we decided to go with our original choice, Soho. We feel like this matches the vibe of our film much better than the others. Gloria jeans was too small, and they allowed us to film after 5:00, which wasn't ideal due to majority of our cast and team being younger than 18. Nando's had potential, however, while talking to the staff, from beginning to end, we realized the reservation process was lengthy, which could have postponed our filming till December. We still decided to think about it, but soon understood that it seemed more like a family restaurant than one where a proposal would take place. Our decision on Nando's really sped up the process for Roundabout. We noticed that it also had mo...

 We have finalized the cast member playing the husband!!! Please welcome Salman Sunavbarov. :)

 We have confirmed the location our final scene will take place in. This room will act as our therapists office. During filming we will fix the angles to make the area more fitting for the scene.

 We have found the location of our main characters childhood home. The main scenes will be in her bedroom, and in the kitchen. MC's Bedroom: Kitchen:

 We were in need of a family picture for our film opening. For this we met up, and managed to finally discuss the project with out cast memebrs. We explained their roles, and cleared up the storyline. We talked to the cast, and there is currently not a finalized picture, however, we will try to come to a decision that everyone is in favor of.

One of our scenes requires a nice, fancy area where two families could meet. Today we went from restaurant to restaurant, looking for an appropriate destination, where they would allow us to film. We ended up with 4 options. 1. SOHO 2. NANDOS 3.ROUNDABOUT 4.GLORIA JEANS For now we are fixated on soho, but Gloria jeans also seems like an amazing option, so we will discuss it together once, and then confirm.