Imagining Reality
Full Documentary: Initial Proposal Working title: Secret Dreams Producer: Bilal Mahmood Director: Bilal Mahmood Cameraperson: Bilal Mahmood Language: English/Urdu Duration: 00:09:15 One liner: A look at the day-to-day life of a freelancer and what happens when he decides to live for himself. Abstract /hypothesis I want to show how the effects of an unbalanced work/life balance negatively affect people, especially those who work from home. I'm also aiming to show how making changes to improve this balance is crucial to fight off burnout. Expository information My documentary focuses on the day-to-day routine of a freelance software engineer in Pakistan. There is a notion among certain groups that online workers do not work as diligently at home compared to going to an actual office, I want to explore this by looking at the number of projects a freelancer is working on at any given time as well the human aspect that comes into play whilst dealing with clients. Most importantly