Abira Imran's Media Blog: Shooting Day 2: Scene 4.

Planned to do on the next day. Loadshedding didnt allow it. Did it after two days. The flashback in the shoot needed a third shooting. This third shooting couldn't take place owing to the unavailability of the actor, Hammad.
DAY 1
On the second day of our shoot, we decided to complete scene 3 with Hammad. It was to be shot in the dark so we scheduled for the late hours in the evening. however, our one major mistake was to decide on our location without any prior consultation with the location people. we needed a hay stack to shoot with Hammad as the hay stack was to serve as shelter for Hammad. When we went to the location, it turned out that the rain, the previous day had led to the shift of the hay to a dry place. Hence, we needed a back up and we needed it fast. So we decided on using Dua's backyard as our location. we used wooden planks to serve as poles for the house and two bedspreads to serve as shelter on top and below. The tree trunk at the back was used to signify a make-shift house, one's made by poor people in empty plots of housing schemes. Once the hut was made, we faced yet another obstacle. Of load-shedding. No light with the fact that it was dark, led to the postponement of our shoot to the next day.
The next day, we started on our shoot and successfully finished in due time. Our establishing shot required a focus shift which took alot of time and as it was a low angle shot, it was much troublesome to get it right. As the lighting for this scene was to be very minute, we required a manual handle on lighting which i was working on while Dua shot. Managing the candle and its flicker was another concern as it was a windy day and an almost outdoor shoot made it even more difficult. However, we did manage and got a very good shoot completed. However, we still had to shoot the flashback scenes which were to be shot in daylight. We decided on doing these two scenes after the exams. However, when we met up the next time, our actors were unavailable so we couldn't do the shoot. So we decided on another meet-up and this time our shoot went smoothly as we had the actors and we had the setting. However, as Hammad's father was an addition to this shoot, he had to be taught as to how he was to work with the belt without actually hitting Hammad and this required proper directions and proper test shots. I directed Hammad and his on-screen father on expressions and body language while Dua shot.