Trailer video - Abd

Date	Time Duration	Description	Video Effects	Audio Effects
20-03-2012	0330 – 0600	Cutting shots to their required play time.	-	-
23-03-2012	0200 – 0300	Saad’s first side shot.	Color correction, toning it cool.	-
24-03-2012	0130 – 0300	The next four shots. Audio Editing.	Color correction, toning the indoor shots warm.	-
29-03-2012	0200 – 0400	Making a rough final cut. (Voiceovers recorded today)	-	-
31-03-2012	0100 – 0430	Adding the final effects in the video.	Added Magic Looks Builder.	Added and sampled music.

Location Pictures (Previous)

This was the previous location for my film. I chose this location because I have lived in the area and the area is correlated with the subject of the film in ways such as that the area is gritty, it has had many criminal events and etc. The reason why this area was later neglected is that due to a serious political turmoil, this area was locked down and had supposedly became dangerous. The previous characters of my film belong to this area.

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Substitute Character Profiling

Saad Tariq as Abd : Saad is a great friend and a great versatile actor. Apart from his face, it's his ability to internalize the situation and act according to it. Saad was not a first priority because I felt he would not be able to go deeper in the role, but media at such a small level is very critical and you have to decide very quickly. Therefore, it was necessary to come up with the closest option and Saad is more than what I expected would be for the closest option. Saad is a neat guy in his physique, he is expressive and carries a good of emotions with himself.

 Faraz Hassan as Asfar : Faraz is a good guy as well and knows acting to it's some of the basic extents. Faraz's looks are appropriate and can be modified according to the situation. Faraz has a decent built and a decent height and is a good sub for the character of Asfar. Again, it's all about meeting your deadlines and when you have other subjects you can't handle pressure.

Genre Analysis ; Crime (Specifically in the Bollywood)

Technically, crime as a whole in fiction has a long history which all started in the mid 1950s. However, my focus here is on Crime on Bollywood only. Crime in Bollywood is very different from Crime in any other film industry. There are no sets of written theories or anything organized regarding crime on Bollywood officially, hence, the emergence of crime in Bollywood films is unsettled yet. 

However, Bollywood in reality has it's relations to the 'underworld' (criminal world) in India and may establish a link between the style of crime in Bollywood films (http://www.sify.com/movies/crimes-in-bollywood-news-bollywood-kkfvKaihida.html). Crime in Bollywood films is gritty, unlike Hollywood, Bollywood has it's own ways. Crime in Bollywood is a close look into the tactical and practical crime that goes on the streets of India (and very much Pakistan). The grittiness of these crimes portrayed on Film often incorporate slums, gritty streets, India's 'local' train service in Mumbai, item songs, guns, blood and specifically slow-motion cinematic dramatizing in recent crime films (such as Rakht Charitra by Ram Gopal Verma). The word 'Bhai' has been widely used for criminal bosses and criminals in the movies while there tends to be a balance in between content and stylizing, tilting more towards style than content. In Bollywood, films (similar to Hollywood conventions) criminals tend to be street smart, but in almost every crime film released in Bollywood, the criminal seems paying respect to his social group in the locality. Crime warfare is also common in Bollywood, such as in the film Plan(2004) by Hridey Shetty and Baabarr(2009) by Ashu Trikha.

As stated before, Bollywood has no set genre conventions for crime except for it's iconography and setting, therefore it is hard to find out crude conventions in Bollywood.

Shot Divisioning

S.No	Shot	Duration
1	Over the shoulder shot of Asfar directed towards Abd (both of them sitting in the Park).	2-3 Seconds
2	Jump mid shots of Asfar walking towards Abd and then sitting besides him.	4-5 Seconds
3	Master Shot of Asfar and Abd sitting together.	2 Seconds
4	Side Shot of Asfar in which Abd is also visible. Asfar is lighting up a cigarette.	5 Seconds
5	Side Shot closed up on Abd's face in his washroom.	2 Seconds
6	Close up on Abd's face.	1 Second
7	Low angle close mid shot on the victim.	1 Second
8	Low angle mid shot of Abd and Asfar in the place of action.	4 Seconds
9	Side close up on Abd's face.	3 Seconds
10	Side close up Shot of Abd's face splashing water on his mouth. Time Remapped later (stylizing).	6-7 Seconds
11	Over the shoulder of Abd sitting with Kaleem, tracking from right to left.	7-8 Seconds
12	Shot of Abd running.	1 Second
13	Low Angle Mid Shot of Abd on the ground.	1 Second
14	High Angle of Kaleem's minions laughing.	1 Second
15	Title

Character Sketch / Profiling [Main Onscreen Characters]

Basit as Abd (Lead Role) : Abd is basically a person in his early 20s. Basit's height, looks, and expressions are a perfect fit for the character in the story. This is because his face expresses both, the sad feel and the aggression of a revenge seeking male against certain norms. What I had in mind regarding Abd's voice was a heavy, grainy voice. Basit lacks the ability to carry the exact heavy voice, but he is very close to what I would practically come up with in a project like this. Also, Basit's face portrays a mature sight of viewing things, but, it's not at it's completion (the stage of adolescence). This is what Abd is all about.

Salman as Asfar (Supporting Role) : Asfar is a person who is a bit older than Abd. Since Salman's versatile face may be switched according to the situation and that Salman's face portrays a more serious attitude towards life, I chose him as Asfar. In the film, Asfar is 24 years old. In reality, he may not be so, but his appearance sure does depict that he is no less than that (noticing the beard and facial expressions).