I have another guest writer today. Bilal Rizvi is an engineer by profession, but while that is what he is studying to become, his passion is films. Read on.
Hi everyone!
My name is Syed Bilal Haider Rizvi. I
am from the ‘City of Nawabs’, Lucknow, India. I was born and brought up in
Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
I am currently doing my engineering
course in Electronics and Communications from Waljat College of Applied Science
in Muscat, Oman, which is affiliated to Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi.
I am in the final semester of my course and am hoping to work soon and then go
for my higher studies.
Video making is one of my hobbies,
along with many more. I started making videos when I got my first mobile camera
phone, a Sony Ericsson W880i, when I was in the eleventh grade in school. I
used to capture random things around me like friends having a good laugh at
school or just me goofing around with my friends.
Soon, I started making simple videos
on Windows Movie Maker using those videos by adding a background song and
started exploring the different effects I could use. I used to make simple
videos with just a friend or my three brothers.
Those were the early days.
Soon after joining university, I
started using better software for video editing, which presented a whole new
and better arsenal of tools for editing which allowed me to expand my
imagination and try to implement it. Whenever I get a new video idea I just
imagine the whole thing in my head and try to capture it in a video. And then I
add a few effects for better presentation.
But I mostly try to rely on the idea of
the video rather than effects of editing.
In my second semester, I made a video
on college life from my experiences. It was liked by many. Then I also
dedicated videos for my friends on occasions such as their birthdays. Then came
the time I tried to make a short film. I personally thought it was just
alright.
My inexperience showed in the whole film
but people encouraged me. Then, during my vacations when I visited Dammam I
made a stop motion video titled ‘Jimi’s Day out’ on YouTube with my best friend
Jameel (a.k.a Jimi) which was by far my best video.
In the meantime, other students in
college started asking me to make videos for their friends on their birthdays
or on farewells and soon, my professors started asking me to make small videos
for events in college.
In my third year, my friends, who
were in their final year were about to complete their studies and I wanted to
dedicate a farewell video to them. During that time, there was a Film Making
Competition held in our college. So I used it to dedicate a short film to my
friends, showing the emotions final year students feel when they start college
and how they miss it.
That idea was combined with some
college humour. The video was played in the auditorium and I felt great when
people enjoyed it on the big screen. I won Best Film and Best Director for
‘Days gone by’, the name of the short film.
So that was me sharing my hobby with
all of you readers. I hope I can keep making more videos and entertain everybody.
I hope y'all liked what Bilal had to say. He just goes to show that anybody can be happy just doing what they like doing.
Until Next Time,
Peace.
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