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Friday, April 30, 2010

Doctor, Director...Audition Day T-1

Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,

11:24pm...countdown....T-1

Few hours to go for our auditions..can't wait....

We got a packed schedule tomorrow for our auditions..at least one actor to fill the roles of all the characters! ;o)

NOTE - I completely forgot to mention, the females will be wearing a hijab or scarf for the filming...

What's going to happen you ask?

Well, we got the actors coming in from 11am - 4pm

Sara will be recording their performance for us to review later on...

Adnan and I will ask the questions and observe their acting skills ;o)

Then we wrap up after 4pm....

What's next?

Next week the following will take place, inshallah:

  • Adnan to meet with an actor downtown and visit Waterloo to conduct a few more auditions (always better to have a picking, as variety is the spice of life...or is it? ;-p
  • Shakera to House hunt...need to get an external shot of a house....which is 70% confirmed...
  • Zebi to do the same..
  • Shakera to have contracts signed once actors are selected for the shoot..

Hmmm what else....well stay tuned...will be updating you after the auditions to let you know how it all went down...

The Doctor is out................
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Every Vote Counts! (some really cool videos posted)

Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,


Every Vote Counts!
Some of the videos came out amazing, others were unique, and a few were just strange. We decided to have a video contest and leave the winner in your hands. The videos have been posted so please take a minute and vote for your favorite one. Here is the link: http://www.babaaligames.com/contest

JazakAllah khair!
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Doctor, Director! CInematographer (DP) meeting

Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,


Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,Alhamduillah we are moving closer to bringing the ummah high quality, Islam-friendly entertainment. Yesterday, I met with Walter, one possible DoP for Doctor, Director! He is a great guy, and has lot of experience in feature films, TV shows and commercials.
We discussed shots, locations, camera angles, lenses.....all that juicy stuff! While I plan on meeting 2 other DoPs, I really like Walter for his experience and I think he will do justice with our project.
But since he's a perfectionist, some of the equipment he needs will cost extra and goes over our budget. This is exactly why we need your help. As you know we have established a chip-in account so audiences like yourself can help us raise funds to make this project a reality.
We seek your assistances in making such projects possible. What we establish now will become a source of good entertainment for ourselves and most importantly, for our future generations, inshaAllah.
Salam
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Doctor, Director - Audition Time!!

Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,

The doctor is back! yes, I've been out of the loop for a bit...been busy on calls... ;o)

Audition date is set for Sat May 1st at the Etobicoke Civic Centre, main boardroom (for those who wanna drop by)

Contacted a few more agencies, posted a few ads and finally got the schedule set! Got a bit of shifting around with times..it happens.

Its getting close to the date where the excitement builds..till shoot date...

New developments:
Cab and Cab driver 75% confirmed - Thanks to Shahid (one of the actors auditioning...I have to thank him for his contacts and getting us what we need or at least close to it ;o)

Parents - 50% confirmed, got a lead on getting someone to act the mother role, which is like finding a needle in a hay stack! Got the dad, well cross the fingers but I like the selection I found!

Other characters - all booked to audition on Sat

Additional Auditions - potentially held in Waterloo.....Adnan to take the lead on that one. I trust his judgment...

Countdown Starts ....T-4 until Audition day!

Stay tuned....

Dr Shak has left the building...on route to gather more talent
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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Big budget meeting

Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,

Roll up your sleeves everyone. This is serious business.

The Ummah Films team held our first pre-production meeting for “Doctor, Director!” The script has been finalized and so it is time to kick the planning process into high gear.

First item on the agenda – the budget.

We have raised a few thousand dollars for this film. What a great step up from our last project for which we only had $700 to work with!

At first glance, a few thousand seems plenty to shoot a short film. But consider all the resources needed to put this project together, and the costs quickly add up.

We are currently sitting over budget, which means we have our work cut out for us. We need to raise more funds to cover the cost of our film.

This is why we need your help.

The Ummah Films team is working hard to bring you unlimited access to free entertainment online. Please help us out by chipping in:





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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Doctor, Director..Search for Talent

Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,

11:59am....

Reviewed 30 applicants...Majority of which are male. Very few females however, the search is still on..
Researching on location for auditions for May 2nd.
Synopsis seems to catch the eye of many....we have many Italians, Scottish, Irish, few Middle Eastern & South Asians but they all get a laugh out of the story line!
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Ummah Films in action again!

Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,

Ummah Films is back again!

After the success of our first film "Tomorrow Never Comes", the team is back to work on our second short film, this time in Toronto, Canada!

Conceived by Canadian Ku K. and written by Ken B. "Doctor, Director!" is a hilarious comedic short about a first meeting with the in-laws gone horribly wrong.

Director, Adnan S., is back to lend his artistic eye to yet another Ummah Films project.

Canadian Producers, Zebunnisa Mirza and Shakera Nagil, will be lending their helping hands to tackle logistics, casting, crew, numbers and all the other (albeit boring but oh so important!) production details.

No Ummah Films production is ever complete without the touch of audio genius, Sara Takieddin. Sara is back once again and will be making it all sound good with location and post audio.

Stay tuned to our blog as we get pre-production for "Doctor, Director!" underway!

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Friday, April 16, 2010

Check out the new videos!

Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,


The polls of the new contest is open and we have 26 video entries. Please vote for your favorite video. You may choose up to 3 videos. The video with the most votes by May 18th wins $1000 so please check the videos and vote.

JazakAllah Khair. Here is the link: http://www.babaaligames.com/contest
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Monday, April 12, 2010

Ummah Film's 2nd Movie

Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,


Asalamualykum Ummah Films Fans,

We're glad to announce that finally we're moving forward with Ummah Films' second film, alhamdulilah We just in the process of finalizing the script and we have begun our search for the cast and crew.

Stay tuned for more details.

Jazakum Allah Khayran


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Monday, April 05, 2010

Ummah Film Updates

Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem,


A couple of updates:

Ummah Films Movie: A found a great director in Toronto to Direct our next short film. About two weeks ago, I did a show with Boonaa Muhammad and was so impressed by his work, I asked him to come on board and he accepted. Being that he's in Toronto, it works out really well. I met a sister in Ottawa who does editing and she said she wants in so I forwarded her info to the Director and inshAllah they are going to coordinate. As far as casting, Toronto has plenty of talent so we're all good in that dept. The script is almost as in its final draft and we're hoping that pre-production starts next month inshAllah.

Half Our Deen: The project is moving along smoothly. We just got an update the from our programmers and everything is on schedule to launch in June inshAllah.

Kalimaat Video Contest: We have 10 submissions so far (view) and less than 10 days left for submissions. One of these videos is winning $1,000 and that decision is up to the jury...which is you, the viewer.

Ali Standup: I'm still performing basically every weekend. My schedule has been crazy thus far. Check out from Feb till May, I'm living in airports like every weekend....

# Feb 19th Raleigh, NC
# Feb 20th Grand Rapids, MI
# Feb 26th Chicago, IL
# Mar 6th Glendale, CA
# Mar 13th Memphis, TN
# Mar 20th Durham, NC
# Mar 26th Boston, MA
# Mar 27th event link Ottawa, ON
# Apr 4th Phoenix, AZ
# Apr 6th Pennsylvania, PA
# Apr 10th San Diego, CA
# Apr 17th (not available)
# Apr 24th Dallas, TX
# May 1st Stony Brook, NY
# May 2nd Mohegan Lake, NY
# May 7th Little Rock, AR
# May 8th Tulsa, OK

Alhamdulillah as much as I enjoy doing live events and meeting new bros/sis, its makes it almost impossible to make reminder videos. I work during the week and am Baba Ali on the weekend so things can get really busy. Then again, the experience has been amazing Alhamdulillah and the opportunity to see what different communities have been doing has been really interesting.

Recently, I was notified of what the Community in Melbourne were up to and they built an awesome center (far more sophsicated than most of the youth centers I have seen). Then again, its Australia and the communities there are really ahead of the game. When I did the Australia tour, I had to do two shows in Melbourne back to back because they show quickly sold out. I miss Australia...I would a great tour and the communities were amazing.

Here is some more info about the center:
The Hume Islamic Youth Center or HIYC is a first of its kind in the region. The surrounding suburbs boast the largest Muslim population in Victoria.

InshAllah, with the opening of this Youth Center, we are able to engage and educate a key and emerging demographic, the Youth.



- On the weekend of the 9, 10 and 11 of April,

Launch and Grand opening of our Youth Center with a jam packed schedule consisting of fun and educational activities, talks by local and inter-state speakers, famous Muslim personalities, multi-media presentations, entertaining sketches, food and lots more…*Attached flyer has more information

Below is a ‘snapshot’ of the programs and facilities offered at the center.

- Learning and Education

o Quran (beginners, intermediate and memorization) – for all ages groups

o Homework clubs – For Primary and High School students

o Drug education – preventative

o Calligraphy

o Islamic Bookshop and Multimedia

o Kids activity days

o Specific Ladies only Islamic classes

- Sports and Recreational

o Billiards/Snooker

o Table Tennis

o Mixed Martial Arts

o Taekwondo

o Aikido

o Boxing

o Mini Gym

o Movie/Documentary screenings

- Others

o Full time Café with Lounge area

o Separate function hall that can cater for up to 200 people (has projector screen)

o 5 daily prayers and Friday Sermon
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