We Finished Filming for Episode 2!

Alhamdulillah, the ZF Drama Club is totally excited to announce that we finished filming Episode 2!  We have spent two months on this episode and are looking forward to viewing the final product.  Stay tuned to find out more about the editing process, ideas for future episodes, and the launch of Return of the Bully!

Here are some behind the scenes pictures from our last official drama club meeting when we finished up our last few scenes:

What are you most excited to see in Episode 2 of the Chains of Friendship series?

Episode 2 Title Announcement

The Chains of Friendship team has an exciting announcement to make.  We are now revealing the title to our upcoming second episode in our series.  Episode 2 will be called............Return of the Bully. We're all very excited to see how the movie turns out and we hope that you are, too!  We're hoping that Return of the Bully will be even better than A Friend, Not a Bully.  Check out our announcement poster below:

Please share this poster with your family and friends.  And stay tuned to find out more about the series!

Behind the Scenes Pictures from Filming Episode 2

That's right.  We started filming Episode 2!  Hooray!  Surprisingly, we were able to film nearly half of the entire movie in just our first day of filming.  Compared to the two to three scenes we used to film each week during production of our first episode, this is a huge accomplishment.

Having recently moved to a new Zakat Foundation Community Center, we have more options for sets for our scenes.  Viewers will get the opportunity to see new settings, such as Amina's room.  In addition, our second movie will feature two new actors joining the cast!  We won't be announcing who they are, but you can be sure that they will be making the series a lot more interesting.  And, of course, don't worry.  Aisha will be back to continue annoying the other girls!

Check out some pictures we took yesterday when filming some of the scenes:

Amina's Room

Outer View

Handy Script/Scene Summary, camera, and charger

The Scene in which the girls find out some bad news...

What everyone looks like when Aisha is around...

Photography Courtesy of Nur Kose and Adeeba Allimulla

Filming Starts Today! What do You Expect from the Sequel?

We've already begun planning for our second episode in the Chains of Friendship series.  You've had the opportunity to see lots of behind the scenes tid-bits from the first episode and even a few sneak peeks for the next episode.  The Chains of Friendship team will be posting more cool stuff in the next few weeks to get you excited about Episode 2. 

Now is your chance to make a guess about what the next episode will hold for the characters.  What do you think will happen between the older girls and the younger girls?  How do you think the Aisha story will continue?  Will Amina's older sister come back? 

Here's a hint of what's to come: Amina and her friends are going to be learning some pretty bad news.
What do you think the bad news will be?

Stay tuned to find out more.

- Nur Kose

There's a Sequel!

This Monday, the drama club had another meeting, on December 8^th. We discussed the scenes for the sequel to our previous movie: A friend, not a bully. Although nothing has been filmed yet, the plans have been laid out, and it's up to us to enter the world of acting and partake in a second outstanding film. In the following weeks, we'll provide updates regularly, and give you behind the scene news about our progress. Like Shakespeare quoted, "to be, or not to be? That is the question.” Inshaalah, you'll hear us telling you that the answer to that question is that our movie is most certainty to be!

Launch and First Public Viewing of our First Episode

The ZF Drama Club was excited to launch our first episode to the public yesterday during a short ceremony in which we showed A Friend, Not a Bully to an audience at the Zakat Foundation DE Community Center.  I also presented a surprise gift to each of the actors: a picture and small message from our drama club meetings.  Below are some pictures from yesterday:

After so many exhausting and fun weeks of working on this movie, we're all glad and super excited to finally have our finished product out.  We are looking forward to finding out your reactions to our movie and getting any suggestions or feedback for potential future productions.

The actors and members of the Chains of Friendship team will be taking turns writing about what it was like making the movie, interesting behind the scenes tid-bits, and maybe even some bloopers and deleted scenes.  Stay tuned to find out more!

- Nur Kose