Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes

Having enjoyed making the Islam Invulnerable video, In November 05 I decided to make more. This time I had an alternate goal in mind:

1. Make a cool trailer for the Conquest seminar
2. Motivate people to get in on making trailers for future seminars

After I made this trailer excitement grew withing the AlMaghrib community. Shorty after this video (Dec 05) Sensei requested that I make a one minute trailer that would be displayed at the RIS conference. The challenge was to make something visually appealing for a crowd of 15,000 that would keep the name “AlMaghrib” stuck in their minds. The following was the result:

I think it did its job. The reaction and feedback was quite positive and it got people curious enough to come to the AlMaghrib and Eman Rush booth. After this trailer went online people got motivated to start making trailers for other seminars. Goal achieved!

January 2006, I decided to make one more trailer. Fiqh of Love! After having completed about 80% of the trailer. I was presented with an obstacle. Lack of motivation. I didn’t find it a challenge any more, and it seemed redundant. In the end I completed the video at the request of Mostafa.

——–

Lesson: To grow you need challenges. You need a standard. If you reach it, set a new one. If you don’t then you will lose the drive and motivation to move forward. Set a target and aim above it!

Related Posts:

• No Related Posts