The Load
"The Load" is a short dramatic awareness-raising film. The concept and production philosophy of the film originated from the sense of responsibility of a young team of producers who realized that cinema could play a significant and useful role in bringing attention to and confronting the threat that hundreds of thousands of people and thousands of families face every day.
"The Load" focuses on conveying the terrible realities of life for families who have been decimated by drug taking or trafficking through its characters, events, and plot. The film's features are entwined with an intense mixture of emotions such as grief, guilt, despair, loss, and the power of evil. This allows the audience to experience some of the suffering that humanity has endured, and the story itself to mirror some aspects of reality as seen by humanity. The movie is based on real life, but the terrible thing is that real life is filled with even more tragic tales.
"The Load" Abstract:
The end of life begins with an evil thought... Either you give up on it and survive, or you choose to go after it and end up dead. Abu Omar, a peaceful man in his fifties, tries to resist Odeh's devilish plans, who seeks, by all means, to convince Abu Omar to work with him and put him in the grip of outlaw criminal gangs. Events develop in a mixture of human traits of betrayal, treachery, and man’s ruins of his relatives as he follows his greed and obedience to the whispers of his devil.
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Mohammed Jamil AL-TwijirDirector
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Mohammed Jamil AL-TwijirWriter
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Ahmad Qassem DroaProducer
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Eid Khaled Abu DalbouhProducer
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Yasen Mousa OdehKey Cast"Odeh"
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Taysir Mohammad AliKey Cast"Abo Omar"
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:24 minutes 3 seconds
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Completion Date:January 23, 2024
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Production Budget:3,526 USD
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Country of Origin:Jordan
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Country of Filming:Jordan
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Language:Arabic
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Shooting Format:H.264
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Aspect Ratio:1:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
Education and Trainings Summary:
Through various media and journalistic qualifications in media and journalistic arts, I can perform at a professional level many tasks including: directing, production, filmmaking, writing, journalistic editing, public relations, management and implementation of media campaigns, monitoring and analysis of media discourse, in addition to a long experience of public affairs and media training, and working in various Public affairs and Strategic Communication duties. Strong and diverse experience in directing and military filmmaking, which I gained through my work as a director and producer of films at the Military Media Center.
Skill Highlights
• Media crisis manager
• Media Content Creator
• Director
• Producer and writer
• Public affairs and media trainer
Education and Trainings Summary:
• MBA - 2018-08 - 2021-09
AL- Albait University | Jordan, Almafraq
Pragmatic and Discourse Analysis
• BBA - 2006-06 - 2010-06
Mu'tah University | Jordan, AL-Karak
English Literature
• Writing and Directing for film and cinema - 2021-08 - 2021-10
Luminous University College | Amman, Jordan
Writing and Directing for TV and Film
• Media Basic Course 2012-11 - 2012-12
JAF Media Institute | AMMAN, JORDAN
• Media Advance Course 2017-10 - 2017-11
JAF Media Institute | AMMAN, JORDAN
• Spokesperson course 2018-03 - 2018-04
JAF Media Institute | AMMAN, JORDAN
• Target Audience Analysis 2018-09 - 2018-09
JAF Media Institute | AMMAN, JORDAN
• Press Reporter 2018-10 - 2018-10
Jordan Radio and Television Corporation | AMMAN, JORDAN
• Reporter Course 2019-03 - 2019-03
Jordan Press Foundation | AMMAN, JORDAN
• Journalism Skills Course 2017-11 - 2017-11
Journalists Training Center - Journalists Syndicate | AMMAN, JORDAN
• Professional and Legal Bases for journalists
2019-02 - 2019-02
Jordan Press Foundation | AMMAN, JORDAN
• Advanced Press Course 2017-10 - 2017-10
Jordan News Agency, Petra | AMMAN, JORDAN
• NATO Public Affairs in Operations Course 2018-11 - 2018-11
NATO School Oberammergau | Oberammergau, GERMANY
• NATO Public Affairs Policy Indoctrination Course 2018-03 – 2018-03
NATO School Oberammergau | Oberammergau, GERMANY
• NATO Public Affairs Course 2022-04 - 2022-04
NATO School of Kilkis | Kilkis, GREECE
2022-04 - 2022-04
This film was chosen because it is located in this region of the world (the Middle East) that thousands and hundreds of thousands of people are suffer from various threatens and dangerous, one of them is a danger of drugs, drugs dealers, and gangs, those bad people take advantage of people's weak societal awareness to trap them in their grip.
While watching this film, I wanted the viewer to see part of the suffering of innocent families and how these gangs trap and kill them, so that the viewer can project the reality of this painful story “that happened in reality” onto his personal life, thereby achieving my awareness goal to save innocent lives from these dangers.
Some of the challenges that we faced in this film - included my first project entry into the world of cinema and movies- there were many challenges, most of which we overcame, but we succeeded... Yes, we succeeded and were able to overcome all the challenges to achieve this lofty achievement that We seek.
Many of the works we were producing in this humanitarian, awareness-raising field, from our main duty as a public relations and media team, such as film and news promos, publications, and many others, inspired me to enter the world of filmmaking to also benefit from cinema to achieve this noble goal. It is enough for us to save several families, even a family… At least one.
Working with these actors and actresses was special because they are as passionate as we are about achieving these humanitarian goals and what we all see in terms of the danger of drugs and gangs that kill innocent lives. They made a great effort with us to make the movie “The Load” a success even though they have no previous experience in short narrative cinematic acting. They tolerated my pressure in training them on embodying the characters and directing the acting before filming... and they gave their best.
It was enjoyable to work with this crew because it is a group of distinguished young men and women united by the spirit of joint work and belief in the justice of the humanitarian cause to which they seek to contribute for the sake of humanity, regardless of their religion, race, color, and gender.
We were fortunate to obtain the necessary equipment for this film, which was supported by the Military Media Directorate of the Jordan Armed Forces “Ministry of Defense” in making the work a success, overcoming the difficulties, and providing all possible capabilities according to what was available to make this young idea successful.
This film will always be special to me. I dream this film being a global icon in the world of cinema... What is it like to make films for the sake of humanity and to prevent and alleviate the suffering of innocent people in daily life.
The film turned out to be a little different from the script because many creative ideas were generated from me as the director of the film and from the entire work team during filming to make the work more successful, distinctive, and closer to reality.
We aspire for the film to achieve global achievements, and our vision will be achieved for this film to be an icon for supporting this humanitarian cause financially and morally.
The experience of working on this film will help me in future projects because it brought us into the world of film production with all strength and great enthusiasm to continue developing our team and equipment and produce films with lofty goals to serve humanity.