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Problems we had to face~

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  The problems we faced during our shoot During our shooting we encountered multiple problems. The first problem was the pick and drop of our crew nd cast members. This was a very big issue since the villa was at a great distance from everyone's houses and the timing also created more problems. We were shooting on Friday and Saturday so we had coordinate our shoot timing with the school timing of our team members. Another problem we faced was the meals we had to give to the team members and this was also not included in our budget and also created time management problems for us as we had take breaks between the shoot. The villa we choose for our shooting was in a village and belonged to a family we did take their permission for shooting but our timings were disrupting with their daily routines as we had to shoot During long housrs and nights.  We also faced issues with the Internet connection.  There were zero signals and we didn't download any necessary materials in adv...

Shoot Day 1!!!

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  The First Day of Shooting Begins!! On our first day of shoot, we arrived early in the morning at our location and decided to set up the whole set in the basement of the mansion. We collected mud from the village's fields, took a pillow from the mansion, and applied the mud on it to make it look like a grave. Next, we took some pages from a vintage book and pasted them on the walls and covered them with black magic symbols to properly set the vibe. We then arranged all the props perfectly at their spots. After some time, our set came together and it looked exactly how we imagined. We paid great attention to detail, and after seeing our hard work pay off, we were very relieved and proud of ourselves. As we finished perfecting our set, our cast members arrived. We did all of their makeup and made them wear the costumes to make them look like the old women doing black magic that we had pictured. After finishing the makeup, we started doing the shoot in the basement. We shot our ...

Auditions!!!

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Finalzing our cast!!! So today we gathered to audition the people who agreed to work for us in our film opening project. I, Neha Qamar, and a friend of mine, Hamna Fatima, gave auditions for the lead roles of our film. I gave an audition for the main girl who was cursed by black magic, and Hamna Fatima gave an audition for the old woman who does black magic. Hamna Sheraz, our talented editor, also gave an audition for a side character. Eiman Tanzeem, who is our director, analyzed our performances and gave us her feedback and amazing advice. She also analyzed some camera angles and shots. We are in the process of finalizing our cast and cannot wait to work with these amazing and talented people. Here's the audition video: https://youtu.be/BOkQ1wAdxjQ Here are some more pictures from our auditions: