Role: Director, Editor
Length: ~3 minutes
Tools: Used: Adobe Premiere Pro, Canon XA-70
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Stalker Alert!
An independent narrative film, the story follows a distracted person sitting alone and absorbed in their phone, unaware that a stalker is following them. Tension builds as the stalker waits for the perfect moment to snatch the phone. At the climax, the phone is taken. But while the stalker is distracted playing on the phone, the person whose phone got stolen sneaks up on the stalker and gets their phone back, and the stalker lets the person go.
Skills: Directing, time management, composition and framing, post-production, problem-solving, staying adaptable, communication, thumbnail sketching
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An independent documentary that explores the immigrant experience through the lens of my younger sister, who was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and her experience in New York. It includes interview footage, family visuals, and cultural references to explore identity, memory, and adjustment to living in America as a Pakistani American. The film explores her childhood experiences, learning English, adapting to a new culture, and building friendships. It also highlights her identity as a Muslim, including how she celebrates holidays and maintains cultural traditions. The documentary ends with a personal moment of her cooking traditional Pakistani food, tying together themes of family, heritage, and belonging.
Skills: interviewing techniques, set design, directing, communication, time management, post-production, composition, framing, pacing, storytelling.
An independent documentary that explores the immigrant experience through the lens of my younger sister, who was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and her experience in New York. It includes interview footage, family visuals, and cultural references to explore identity, memory, and adjustment to living in America as a Pakistani American. The film explores her childhood experiences, learning English, adapting to a new culture, and building friendships. It also highlights her identity as a Muslim, including how she celebrates holidays and maintains cultural traditions. The documentary ends with a personal moment of her cooking traditional Pakistani food, tying together themes of family, heritage, and belonging.
Skills: interviewing techniques, set design, directing, communication, time management, post-production, composition, framing, pacing, storytelling.
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From Karachi to New York
Role: Director, Cinematographer, Interviewer, Editor
Length: ~4 minutes
Tools: Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Canon XA-70, Tripod, Lavalier
From Karachi to New York
akbarruba2@gmail.com
©Ruba Akbar
akbarruba2@gmail.com
©Ruba Akbar
Role: Director, Editor
Length: ~3 minutes
Tools: Used: Adobe Premiere Pro, Canon XA-70
*Click image to view
An independent narrative film, the story follows a distracted person sitting alone and absorbed in their phone, unaware that a stalker is following them. Tension builds as the stalker waits for the perfect moment to snatch the phone. At the climax, the phone is taken. But while the stalker is distracted playing on the phone, the person whose phone got stolen sneaks up on the stalker and gets their phone back, and the stalker lets the person go.
Skills: Directing, time management, composition and framing, post-production, problem-solving, staying adaptable, communication, thumbnail sketching
Stalker Alert!
More Coming Soon!
akbarruba2@gmail.com
©Ruba Akbar
akbarruba2@gmail.com
©Ruba Akbar