IE speaks to famed science communicator Hashem Al-Ghaili about his upcoming movie ‘Orbital’ in an exclusive interview.
Recently, the Berlin-based science communicator released exciting trailers for his upcoming science fiction film “Orbital,” which went also went viral.
Hashem Al-Ghaili: I'm a scientist, I got my degree in molecular biotechnology from Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany. I've always been a video producer, making videos on social media. But these are short videos. They are up to three to five minutes long, generally. But then I decided to upgrade my work quality in 2018 when I created a sci-fi film called “.” It was a short film that I published online. I also learned how to make it online. I read some books. I followed some filmmakers.
So I've got three months in writing, five months in the pre-production and finding the cast and the crew, and then two days just for filming. Then you get the footage, you put it in the software to sync the audio and everything in Adobe Premiere that I'm using. You start editing the film based on the script that you wrote. And now you have a film. But there are a lot of gaps missing — one, you need to change out the green screen with visual effects.
The film essentially is like you're watching a documentary. And there are news reports in between. And this fictitious news report, you need people to pretend that they're in front of the camera delivering reports. And for this, I used freelancers, which you find on Upwork and Fiverr. You just give them a description and they prepare everything for you and they send you the footage.I have one hour finished.
I also think the film deserves a lot of attention. At least for the process, the fact that you can make a film entirely by yourself, without a studio or a big production company behind you. The process itself will inspire a lot of people like, “Okay, anybody can make a movie now.”
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