I'll Meet You There
Synopsis: Muslim cop goes undercover at his estranged father's mosque while his daughter hides her passion for a forbidden dance, uncovering a shocking family secret.
Director: Iram Parveen Bilal
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Drama
Featuring: Faran Tahir, Nikita Tewani, Qavi Khan
Story Analysis: The process in which we designed this feature was to first understand the many themes that ran through the story, conflict, acceptance, understanding, intention and forgiveness. These themes have a commonality, jihad or spiritual struggle within oneself against sin. It was essential that the characters go through their own inner struggle in order to reach "enlightenment."
The costumes for the character DUA began with her unawareness of how a Muslim girl is suppose to dress according to the Qu'ran.
"...And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard, their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily ) appear thereof; that they should; Draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands fathers, their sons, their husbands sons, their brothers or their brothers'...
During this enlightenment period DUA dresses provocatively by showing more skin. As she begins her jihad her costumes change into a silhouette with more layers.
DUA mood board /ideas
Dua before enlightenment .
The Clash.
Dua after enlightenment.
Majeed's style choice began with his music selection. In the script, Johnny Cash is blaring from his car radio. I thought about who listens to this genre of music, someone more conservative and because he's a police officer that meant he's accustomed to following rules and that translates to a fitted silhouette and blue collar style of dress.
Majeed's color story starts off with a darker palette of navy, black and dark grey this signified the mourning of his late wife, throughout the story Majeed feels isolated and rejected by his religion.
By the end of his journey , he has embraced his religion by incorporating this new color palette of earthy shades of green to depict the national color of Pakistan and Islam.
The window pane pattern is also a metaphor for the openness of Majeed's heart.
Majeed mood board
Baba is an orthodix Muslim from Karachi, Pakistan. He is rigid, judgmental and strict. When we meet Baba, he wears a traditional Salwar Kameez. I chose brown because it feels dark empty and lonely.
His color palette consists of chocolate, beige, grey and pale red. These are important because it shows the journey of dark and lonely colors to a lighter more serene and peaceful frame of mind.
Baba is detained for 2 weeks because his Mosque has been under investigation. Majeed, a police officer gave the FBI information that started the probe.
In this photo, we ended Baba's pilgrimage with a non traditional costume to signify his softened sensibility. The reddish button down shirt and blue jeans are a nod to his interpretation of his family's acceptance of their beliefs in America. But he stills wears his wasket(vest) to keep him grounded in his own country's traditions.