Fatabyano

My role
Production Assistant — Logistics and Purchases
Period
Shoot: 29 December 2023 · Published: 18 January 2024

My contribution as a Production Assistant on the Asir Emirate’s Fatabyano initiative film, handling logistics and purchases for the shoot.

Full film — Fatabyano initiative

2:58
Timed film transcript

Includes sound descriptions. Indistinct words are marked where they occur.

  1. 00:00 Between the clamor of the hard earth,
  2. 00:06 and memories of a distant time,
  3. 00:09 amid the features of an innocent village…
  4. 00:14 [Music. The narrator pauses.]
  5. 00:20 Innocent smiles tried to find their way to people’s lips.
  6. 00:28 Were it not for the knots of the faded alleyways.
  7. 00:32 Through the window of a wandering passage,
  8. 00:37 The wheat in those fields seemed as bewildered as its beholder.
  9. 00:42 Seeking an answer… [Following words indistinct.]
  10. 00:49 And the dawn as it breathes,
  11. 00:53 the knots of faded time begin to breathe,
  12. 00:57 giving voice to those virtues…
  13. 01:02 [Another voice chants] There is no god but God. Morning has come, and sovereignty belongs to God.
  14. 01:15 With the joy of faith,
  15. 01:18 and the radiance of gracious, forgiving faces,
  16. 01:21 the ears of wheat carry goodness across the great village,
  17. 01:27 rejecting… [word indistinct] and the dust of an age unlike them.
  18. 01:34 [Music between passages of narration.]
  19. 01:38 Life took on color and those laughs came back to life.
  20. 01:44 The blossoms of wheat set off to knock on the doors of loved ones.
  21. 01:50 [Music without intelligible speech.]
  22. 02:15 The sound of the earth’s creature rose, stirring life and affection throughout the village.
  23. 02:24 [Music. The narrator returns.]
  24. 02:34 Men sowed the seeds as wheat. Women baked it in their ovens with mercy and affection.
  25. 02:42 [A phrase about nobility] and generosity is their virtue.
  26. 02:47 [The music fades. The closing message reads “Your right is yours, and your malice turns against you.”]

The storyboard opens on farmland and a farmer digging. In the film, the camera comes close enough to see the tool break the soil.

About the film and my role

Black-and-white images show a stone building and a person working in a field. The closing frame reads “Your right is yours; your malice is against you.” The Asir Emirate published the film on 18 January 2024. As a production assistant, I handled logistics and purchases and helped find locations at short notice.

The work in detail

  • I arranged supplies and handled purchasing for the shoot.
  • Searching for filming locations within a very short timeframe.
  • The film closes with the initiative’s message, «حقك لك وكيدك عليك».

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