SUCCESS! - so far

Hello everyone,
Great news! John has been working for months now on editing "Noor" - we finally watched it together and it looks wonderful! The story is coming together niceley and we are about to hand it over to our sound mixer. We have been working on getting a musical score together and in a few weeks time we will be color correcting with our wonderful DP Dace Willmott! I truly cannot wait to share " Noor" with you all and only hope that you enjoy watching it as much as we are all enjoying making it.
Razan!

FIRST CUT!

Razan here
And I would just like to say to whoever is still checking this amazing blog that I will be watching the first cut of "Noor" this coming Sunday in Brooklyn with my producer Allison LeSaffre and editor John Daigle. Get excited people - we are getting closer!

small warning

Hey all,

Razan here - just wanted to throw the word out : apparently there have been some viruses put on blogger! SO if you are on the blog and something pops up saying to click it DO NOT DO SO. We have NO interactive portions in our blog. Also the editing of the film is coming along quite nicely I look forward to posting a teaser soon!

Noor Memory # 1

Razan here.

SO i thought it would be fun if instead of just posting pics I also told a cool shoot story regarding Noor for those of you who weren't there!

DAY ONE:
We arrived in Amman and location scouted for a few days before the first day of shooting. THE FIRST DAY CAME and we thought it would a good idea to get the longest shooting day out of the way so our call time was 4 am. At 2:30 in the morning Nadine ( most amazing producer of all time) gets a call saying that the cab we are using for the shoot was totaled and the props are MIA. We have no backup plan - so we get on the bus that our wonderful and amazing busdriver Ashraf took us to set in everyday and fill the boys in on the plan. Their jaws dropped to their knees and we powered through. IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY!! We were able to shift things around and shot the car scene with Zain and Rania our amazing flexible actresses. Here are some pics.

Completed Shooting and back in the city!!

Hello again!!

I know we have been missing for far long time but we have been hard at work making Noor happen! We finished completed shooting on January 16th just as planned and it was the most amazing experience that anyone could ask for. I want to thank every single person who has had anything to do with making the film a reality - I MEAN EVERYONE all the kind people who donated here in the city to all the wonderful people we met in Jordan.

Right now we are working on post for the film - basically going through all the footage and editing! This process i going to take some time but this is where the movie is made so I am very excited for the process to begin.

I am going to updated once again with some production pics and great stories from the shoot

Cab!

cool pins by the rearview... more cool stuff to come.

New Cast!

Jaydaan - whose name may be changed to Sami!




CUTE.

Razan in Amman !!!

Hello all!
I just wanted to let you all know that I am in Amman and getting ready for the shoot! All is going as planned and I am looking forward to the rest of the crew arriving in Amman very soon! T- 15 DAYS TO NOOR SHOOT! Keep your eye on the blog we will start putting pics up soon and Happy Holidays!

ONE MONTH!!

Just wanted to post and say we are one MONTH AWAY from everyone being in Amman and getting "Noor" ROLLING. We have almost secured the whole budget, been camera testing, shotlisting and storyboarding, translating, finding makeup, locations etc. for MONTHS now and so everyone is getting excited. Will post some storyboards son - and thank you again to everyone.

"Noor" goes to NAAP

Hello!

This past weekend Razan and I attented NAAP's 4th National Conference in New York City at the Embassy Suites Hotel. We set up a table at the conference, including a trivia game about Arab film, information about "Noor", location pictures, and the biggest attraction: CANDY! We were able to meet some great people who were enthusiastic about the film. We spoke to Afif Safieh, the Head of the PLO Mission to the United States of America! He was excited and interested in "Noor" and the message the film is aiming to send! We also got interviewed by a VJ from the televison channel DanDana! We had a great time this weekend at the NAAP conference, and appreciate everyone who showed their suppport for "Noor" at the conference!

January is sneaking up on us quickly, and although we have a lot more to do before we leave, we are excited and very close to being ready to fly over to Jordan! And after what we learned this weekend- we will be sure to bring Hershey Kisses along with us everywhere! It seems to attract an audience!

Redrock Micro goes to the Middle East with "Noor"!

Razan here.. We are happy to announce that we will be working with Redrock Micro on "Noor"! We will be using their 35mm HD adapter to ensure that we give justice to the wonderful locations we will be shooting!



You can read more about Redrock Micro at www.redrockmicro.com

More updates soon!

Thank you to the APC of Northern Virginia

This past weekend I made a short presentation about "Noor" to the American Palestinian Club based in Northern Virginia and I must say it was a phenomenal experience. I was truly amazed and touched at the zeal and enthusiasm "Noor" was met with. We were able to raise a significant amount of money through donations that were made at the Eid event which has brought us MUCH MUCH closer to our goal of 21,000 dollars and making this film a reality. I just wanted to extend my heartfelt thanks to every single member of the APC for their graciousness and support. I am more confidant than ever that "Noor" does in fact need to me made - and made well at that. Thank you!

Noor is back in NYC !

Razan here. I just wanted to let everyone know that I am back in New York and the script is being workshopped. I just wanted to add another location pic. This is one of the streets the taxi will drive down on the way to Nawals!

CAST

The most exciting part! Now you can put faces to the names connected with the story!

ZAIN QASRAWI will be playing Noor. Zain is a fan of film and drama, this will be Zain's film debut.

RANIA KURDI will be playing Lina. Rania is an accomplished actress, musican and TV host in the Pan Arab world. She has hosted the hit show "Superstar" recently starred in the Egyptian film "The Seventh Sense" and just released her CD " Oleh Leh" ( Tell me why).

LARA SAWALHA will be playing Nawal. Lara has recently completed her education at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London. She has been in four films, "Noor" will be her fifth.

AHMAD KANAAN will be playing the Shepard. Ahmad excels in comedy, this will also be Ahmad's debut film.

MO'TASEM FAHMAWAI will be playing the Taxi Driver. Mo'tasem was recently in the feature film "Capatin Abu Raed".

More Locations!

The above is going to be Nawal's house!



This is a side road that Noor and Lina will drive by on their cab ride : )

Locations!

It's Razan from Amman! We have almost fully cast and location locked the film! We have an amazing cast and crew and BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS! We will be shooting in the Azizi Palestinian Refugee camp, the oldest townhouse in Amman, Mt. Nebo, as well as some goreous streets around Amman. From the top of Mt. Nebo you can see across the Dead Sea, at Palestine. These photos are from halfway up Mt. Nebo, Azizi camp, and a street in Amman, Enjoy! I will post more pictures and update about our truly talented cast soon!

Razan is in Amman

Hello All! Its Allison, one of the producers. Just giving a little update. Razan is in Amman working with Ghassan and Nadine on casting and location locking. It is going well so far. Over here in the US we are working on production details, and eagerly waiting Razan's return!

Razan to go cast and scout for locations!

It's Razan again - I am going to be going to Amman on the 18th in order to finalize a cast and locations for the film. Be sure to come check out the pictures of both the characters and locations!