Aiman's Media Blog: 3rd shoot.

AND WE ARE BACK!

After the previous disappointments that we had I can FINALLY say that i am satisfied with our shoot today! Yes, the interviews are done. We are glad that one of the main parts of the documentary is completed.

Xinhua Mall was a different experience. The kind of people in this Mall were different than those we met in Mall of Lahore. The reason why I am saying this is that they were very cooperative. They showed a lot of enthusiasm in the documentary and gave really good interviews. Some even complimented us on our topic which felt great as we now know that our topic is something that people would be interested in knowing more about it.

The shop managers were very nice to us. We did not face must difficulty in convincing the shop managers to let us shoot inside. Although we got two to three rejections but this figure is not match for that we got in Mall of Lahore. The interviews are taken on a standard level and the lights are alright. The sound quality is nice and so is the quality of the footage.

However, we had to take permission from the owner of the Mall first. This issue did not arise at Mall of Lahore, as there was no one to stop us. The minute we took out our camera we were attacked by a security who simply refused to let us shoot. Then we asked him to guide us to the manager’s so that we could ask him to permit us to take some shots. The manager first listened to the documentary topic anf the institution we belonged too. Then after a 4 to 5 seconds silence he agreed to let us shoot in the mall. *Phew*

Secondly, the Mall was not much filled with people. We had to wait for a few minutes for more customers to come in. The place was not crowded. But I take as a plus point because too many people are hard to stop from coming in front of the camera.

We did not forget to take pictures this time! These are a few pictures and videos of us during the shoot. Thankfully, provided with a helper (Sabaina’s cook) this time who took all these pictures and made videos of us.

I’m satisfied with today’s shoot and I am glad that we are one step closer towards the competition of our documentary. Hope the interviews looks good in the documentary as well.