Ittaba Umar Hashmi

 Running In Circles This short film follows the journey of a young girl who finds herself walking alone down a quiet road. At first, everything seems ordinary, but as she continues walking, she starts to notice strange, unsettling patterns in her surroundings. The road, the trees, the signs—they all begin to look familiar, as if she has passed them before. Slowly, she realizes she is walking in circles, trapped in an invisible loop from which she cannot escape. As the repetition continues, fear begins to set in. The once peaceful path becomes a symbol of confusion and entrapment. With each step, her anxiety grows, and the world around her becomes more surreal and distorted. She tries to change direction, run, or even stop walking altogether, but somehow, she always ends up back where she started. The film explores  Expressionism , it uses exaggerated visuals, symbolic lighting, and dramatic atmosphere to externalize her internal state of anxiety and helplessness. The Upside ...

Audio Film An  audio film  is a form of storytelling that uses sound—such as dialogue, music, sound effects, and ambient noises—to create an immersive narrative experience without relying on visuals. Unlike traditional films, which combine both visual and audio elements, audio films focus entirely on sound to convey story, emotion, and atmosphere. They often resemble radio dramas or podcasts but can be more experimental in style, using spatial audio, layered sounds, and creative sound design to engage the listener’s imagination. Audio films allow audiences to visualize scenes and characters in their minds, making sound the primary tool for storytelling and emotional impact. Practice For my recent audio film practice, I took a scene from a classic horror movie and transformed it by replacing the original eerie sounds with funny, unexpected audio. This playful experiment allowed me to explore how sound alone can completely change the mood and meaning of a scene. By swapping ch...

 Research Eugenio Recuenco Eugenio Recuenco is a Spanish photographer and director widely recognized for his cinematic, surreal, and highly stylized imagery. Born in Madrid in 1968, Recuenco originally trained as a painter at the Facultad de Bellas Artes at the Complutense University of Madrid. His deep understanding of composition, lighting, and visual storytelling from a painter’s perspective profoundly shaped his photographic work, giving it a painterly quality that sets it apart in the world of fashion and editorial photography. Recuenco began his career in the 1990s, slowly carving out a niche for himself in the competitive world of fashion photography. His breakthrough came with editorial shoots for high-profile magazines like Vogue , Madame Figaro , and Vanity Fair . What made him stand out was his ability to blend fashion with narrative—turning clothing shoots into complex visual stories that often referenced history, literature, fairy tales, or classic art. Each photograp...