SHIZIKA
ISO 200, f/2.8, 1/400th, GO!
“In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.”
Milan Kundera
ARTIST BIO
A Visual Inquiry
Since arriving on the scene in 2017, Amina has worked to capture and intrigue the art and academic community with her unleashed drive for visual enquiry regarding strange and beautiful. She gathers much of her inspiration from personal tales, the environment, and cultures around the world. She traveled 20 countries and lived places, while pursuing her degree in Psychology. Despite being mentored in the field of Social research, Amina couldn't repress human tendency to express herself creatively, thus she glued the camera with superstick to her hand and kept recording every lively minutae. Her pieces embody some of her own life experiences, which has led her to work with international community and clients around the world to assist with specific works regarding design, photography, design etc.
FILM PROJECTS
These are few of film pieces I produced. The rest of them you can check out on my vimeo account.
NYC SHORT EXP DOCUMENTARY
Eclectic ethos
This is the visual and time travel through Big Apple. The short rendition of the World's capital attempts to convey the everlasting hip culture , diverse rush, bursting flavors and colors, while simulating the ecclectic presence in each of the burroughs.
PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE
Traumata poetry
This was a project I did for the campaign which fights Child abuse. I chose to play on emotional aspect of misfortunate phenomena. I gathered poetry written by survivors of child abuse and employed international crew of students of Psychology to visually and verbally convey the message of severity of trauma which leaves the tremendous impact on ones psycho-affective well-being.
ENDEAVOR TO REACH ABSURDISM
UberMädchen
This is short narrative film which contemplates the Idea of philosophical concept of contemporary Absurdism. The two girls represent two aspects of personality trying to comprehend the nature of reality. The conflict escalates when the redhead propels the main character to commit suicide in order to escape absurdity of life. The survival instinct wins the battle. The idea is rooted in Existential Absurdism and subtle beauty in every minutae.
SHORT FILM (DIRECTOR)
Hardboiled Vol.1
This is my first professional experience with short film production. It started out as a student exercise in screenwriting and ended up becoming a big project which included professional actors, production house and film crew working on my project to bring it to realization - with zero budget and really high aspirations.
SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING
Bosnian fusion cuisine
Advertising for the newly opened Bosnian fusion cuisine. These are a few short add videos for Social media campaign.
DEMO-REEL
Sarajevo pitch
This is my demo-reel, containing excerpts from personal works in the art of cinematography.
NOSTALGIA OBSESSION
50 rewinds
This is nostalgia-inspired music video featuring moments from 2019.
It has been recorded with Panasonic Lumix and digitally manipulated for retro spirit. It is non-narrative , visually told using emotion. my personal favorite type of projects.