An IIF Based Post Production Infrastructure Developed for Feature Film Production and Higher Education in Iraq

Christopher C. Woollard

This paper describes a digital post production distributed environment developed in the country of Iraq in order to enable the reintroduction of effective feature film production. A joint development between the Kurdish ministry of Higher Education and the University of Greenwich, London, the system has enabled effective post production to be carried out in the cities of Sulaymaniyah, Erbil, Kirkuk and Bagdad. Initially supporting both ARRI Alexa, RED and conventional 35mm production, the unique problems of film production are presented along with techniques for combining the work of multiple crews using differing camera systems. High speed digital interchange and laboratory work is presented along with arrangements for digital grading using large Cinema systems and digital film distribution.

Published
2013-10
Content type
Original Research
Keywords
ACES, Iraq, Cinema, IDT, Kurdistan
DOI
10.5594/M001508
ISBN
978-1-61482-953-9