MAHNOOR NADEEM

MAHNOOR NADEEM

Class of 2022
BA (Honors) Communication & Design

Aspiration Statement

I am a Communication and Design student who dreams of working in an enriching and professional work environment. I am inclined towards product designing, storytelling and filmmaking. My other passions include traveling and watching films of brilliant cinematography.

Core Skills

  • Film Making
  • Video Editing
  • Graphic designing
  • Photography
  • Screenwriting

Experience

Leadership / Meta-curricular

  • Designer and Photographer for HUCon 2020
  • Director of Photography for a short film by the Purple Lion Productions of Habib University
  • Researcher at playground for the project, Her City Her Stories
  • Editor, Pride Press Club

Internship / Volunteer Work

  • Intern - IDream Entertainment, an ARY Digital Production House
  • Freelance Screenwriter - Edtech Pvt Ltd, Affiliated with Express Media Group
  • Assistant Director (3rd AD) - ARY Digital

Publications / Creative Projects

  • Tasawwur Vol 1 (Habib's first photojournalism undergraduate research journal): Out of 50 submissions from all over Pakistan, my work was among the 12 pieces that got selected to be published in the journal.

Final Year Project

Project Title

Qurbat ki Lehrain - A Short Film

Description

Qurbat ki Lehrain is the title of the short film that I worked on for my thesis Project. My thesis research was based on how language can shape the reality of an interpersonal relationship. Taking philosophical and psychological approaches, it was established how reality, which we perceive as absolute is rather a very subjective matter. Every Human being evolves in a different conditioning, curating his/her own unique reality. When two people come together, the way they perceive things, present their demands for the relationship and reciprocate, it all comes down essentially to language. The film explores the same themes, how the language alone can disrupt the totality of the relationship and the realization that long term, harmonious relationship requires work, merging and morphing of the realities, and the right use of language. A message I want to pass to my audience, delivered in both storytelling and cinematic styles.