Location Research

As my package for the advance portfolio is a documentary which is completely based on reality, so I was supposed to shoot my production at a realistic and natural set. Artificial setting or studios were not suitable for a documentary.

I planned to shoot the film in a village near my house. It was convenient for me to shoot there as my servant was a resident of that village so they made it easy for me. My group member Rabiya and I went to the village to find a mediocre school for the school shots; we also took along our actors (Maham and Junaid). The school we found was a low profile, average school named as Hope Public School. On the Day 1 we did all the school shots, we called a few children from the village to help us shoot as we needed some students in the scenes.

For the rest of the shoot, which were supposed to be done at a village like setup representing the girl’s house. We went to my friend’s cattle farm where we also had a bedroom to take all the acts taking place in the bedroom (hair cutting, waking up, getting dressed). This kind of a setup and location was the most suitable for our documentary. 

Other scenes where the girl is working as a servant were done in my house. The interviews by the girls who did not get education (Minahil and Aisha) were also done at my house.

These locations were chosen very carefully to match our documentary's theme and representation. Choosing such realistic and natural locations helped us creating a more effective and strong documentary.