Filming During Covid:

I thought it might be useful to say a few things about the shoot I was on a few weeks ago. It was my first time on set in a year. We were due to shoot this project in April but then lockdown happened. I was working for a broadcaster, but on low budgets. The thought of shooting while we're in a pandemic was nerve wracking to begin with. We did all of our prep over zoom, which presented its own challenges. Normally I would have rehearsal time with actors, but this was tricky. Luckily I had brilliant actors who more than delivered.

Right, this might be long. Let me just talk about being a visible Muslim women working in the film and television industry in Scotland. I have been asked, at an event for women in the industry, why I was at the event, the woman asking couldn't understand how someone 'like me' wasn't at home producing a million babies and being restricted by my parents. I have been at festival openings and seen an open bar but not a single option for free non-alcoholic drinks. I have been told that if I was to change my lead character to a white woman then they'd take