First Teaser: “Wake up/Jaago” from “#IsmailKaUrduSheher” by Zohaib Kazi

Pakistan’s leading independent publisher, #MarkingsPublishing and Zohaib Kazi release the much anticipated teaser trailer for “Wake up/Jaago” from “#IsmailKaUrduSheher”. As announced earlier this month, #MarkingsPublishing, will be launching their ninth title and Pakistan’s first music book-album “#IsmailKaUrduSheher” by Zohaib Kazi in December 2015 along with a music video for “Wake up/Jaago”.

The teaser trailer for “Wake up/Jaago” features an excerpt from the second chapter of #IsmailKaUrduSheher and features the talents of Zoe Viccaji, Zohaib Kazi and Omran Shafique. Written, composed and arranged by Zohaib Kazi, “Wake up/Jaago” features Samra Khan on vocals. Produced by Zohaib Kazi, the video for “Wake up/Jaago” has been created via live-action-rotoscoping with direction by Kamal Khan, art direction & post-production by Aamir Riffat, hair & makeup by Nida Khan, art illustration by Akber Ahmed, action choreography by M. Mushtaq and Adrian J. Permal as the director of photography. The project was executed in a span of 4 years with principal photography beginning in 2012 followed by various post-production phases which included thousands of frames digitally hand-drawn to execute the anime look of the video.

First Teaser: “Wake up/Jaago” from “#IsmailKaUrduSheher” by Zohaib Kazi

The story of #IsmailKaUrduSheher draws on science fiction to narrate the journey of a futuristic Earth’s Large Hadron Collider experiment whose repercussions have had a ripple effect on the fabric of the universe, challenging the very existence of a distant planet. Ismail Alset, who is the foremost scientist of that world, stands clueless and follows ‘breadcrumbs’ in hope to find answers to the calamity, a journey which will lead to bigger revelations about the universe and his personal life.

Published by Markings and produced and conceived by Zohaib Kazi, the limited edition music book-album will be launched in December 2015 across Pakistan with more details on the album, video and novella to follow soon. CityFM89 are the exclusive radio media partners for #IsmailKaUrduSheher.