I’m excited.
Let me outline to you my November 2009:
An Agenda to Change Our Condition
Oct 31st-Nov 1st
My first real video production job. I’m taping a two-day seminar with Usama Canon. Here’s the event info.
From Zuhud to Tawaqul
Nov 6th-Nov 8th
A Brothers Outdoor Camp, held by FAYM, that I’m going to be attending InshaAllah. Most likely I’ll [...]
I recently had to tape a Quraanic Competition run by FAYM (see below to find out what a Quraanic competition is) and began wondering about the oft-overlooked “Three Act Structure”. The basic concept behind this is that every video you make is a story, and you should plan it and present it as such.
You can see [...]
NOTE: The following is an excerpt from an article I’d written forMuslimYouthMusings.com, a blog for Muslim youth and by Muslim youth.
It’s time to bring some Ihsaan to our productions.
For part 1 of this two-part article, which speaks about video taping, see here.
Image via @SaadMalik
As Muslims, we always have to try to do our best in [...]
NOTE: The following is an article written by Jawaad Ahmad Khan originally published on gomestic.com. See original here.
Ideas come easy. However, success doesn’t.
You had the greatest idea that one time.
Yup. You just knew that it would change the world.
And with all the dumb inventions and products out there that your idea crushes, why aren’t you [...]
NOTE: The following is an excerpt from an article I’d written for MuslimYouthMusings.com, a blog for Muslim youth and by Muslim youth.
No doubt the medium of video is spreading like wild-fire all through the internet. The real question is: How can this medium be used for the sake of Allah?
In the past years, many Muslim video [...]
WORK TIME: 1 hr.
FINAL PROJECT TIME: 26min. 21sec.
CAMERA: Sony HDR-UX10
EDITED WITH: Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9
This is a Khutbah (Friday sermon) given by my father, Naseeb Khan, on October 16, 2009 at Nur-Ul-Islam masjid. In the Khutbah, he speaks about the topic of mediocrity and how it seems to have become accepted in the [...]
A small uncommonly-known rule that can make you look like a professional photographer or separate you from the vloggers with no video skills on YouTube.
So, you’re the appointed family photographer that is obligated to take every photograph at the birthday party, school play, wedding, picnic, and baby shower, right? (And of course, promptly upload them to [...]
Yes, that’s right, the end of all slideshows.
It’s the end of the boring Masjid promo video or all the pictures from the last family picnic crammed into a visual manifestation of monotony. Yes, those are big words.
Have you ever seen that video that’s just not good. A powerpoint of pictures gone wrong. I’m sorry, but we’ve [...]
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