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My Video scholarship 2010 entry

EGYPT | Sunday, 1 August 2010 | Views [335] | Scholarship Entry

I have been thinking since some time about those Egyptians who live in the shadow without knowing anything about their life and culture, and I searched till I found an event that's held every year that gathers different tribes from Egypt to communicate and deal with the cities’ residents.

When I was in the location, I planned to interview several presenters from each tribe and ask them about several aspects in their life, and concerning the footage I took as much different general shots for the place and the people and concentrated on shots that shows their culture with all its aspects. Then I reviewed the material and selected the angle that my piece will show and started to select the most suitable bites and footage till i did a piece of 6 minutes then cut it down to 3 minutes without messing with the idea. 

Production was the main challenge I faced, the project is a one-man-show project, and I had to travel a very long distance alone with all the equipment in order to reach the tribes' gathering location and shoot. Also the accent was a problem, their own language isn’t familiar to ours so communication wasn't an easy process.

I'm looking forward being a one-man-show documentary maker who's specialised in showing what's hidden in our life and in different cultures, in showing the bright side of everything. I believe that our role is to give out the positive energy through what we present to help get the best out of people.  

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