Technical stuff

July 10, 2015

I spent most of my time dealing with technical issues, but the fact that I had a comfortable space to be in, made it much easier to deal with.

New place

July 9, 2015

Each new place requires an adjustment, but being out of the heat of the hostel room was a huge and welcome reprieve. Darya Khan opened his home to me, and that really helped to ease my struggles.

Big day delay

July 8, 2015

Lots of musicians coming in...huge power outage

Recording Farzana Bahar

July 7, 2015

Recording Farzana Bahar singing Sur Sohni for "Risalo"

The work before the work

July 6, 2015

The day was spent preparing for the recording on Tuesday. I needed to book the recording studio, pay fees, make sure everyone there was on board, work on how I could direct the music in terms of getting spots without poetry between the verses where shots I had storyboarded would fit.

A good rehearsal

July 5, 2015

I worked on preparations during the day, before heading in to Hyderabad on the Mehran University bus. If my timings line up, I usually take the Sindh University bus, but let me tell you, this bus was nuts. This guy drove really fast and crazy, but we got there, so that was good.

Sindh TV

July 4, 2015

Saqib picked me up in the morning and we head over to Qasimabad to check out Sindh TV. Ustad Anb Jogi had invited me to the tv channel as he was performing for some recordings.

Finding a way

July 3, 2015

I needed to refocus once again on making this project possible after the huge disappointment with yesterday’s singer and his lack of preparation.

The fight for Sindhi culture

July 2, 2015

I got to Sindhology early for the day’s recording session. Staff came in, but the person who had the key to the recording studio, who had messaged me the night before to ask what time musicians were coming had not shown up. I had replied with the timing and he confirmed, but he was not there so we could not setup.

Bugs

July 1, 2015

I spent the day figuring out the best workflow to get the footage recorded thus far put together. There were many technical issues. I found several software bugs and had to piece together a workflow that avoided them. It wasn’t fun, but that is part of working with computers. Once a workflow was figured out, at least I knew it could be used on the rest of the film, so the extra time up front would be worthwhile.Here's a tutorial I put together today.