It is easy to ignore all the news coverage and constant images of war coming out of Iraq on a daily basis. We constantly hear stories about roadside bombs taking the lives or limbs of soldiers, insurgents attacking our troops and families being left behind as a soldier leaves for another tour of duty. What we don’t often hear about are the stories of everyday Iraqis who must attempt to live normal lives in and around the fighting. Hometown Baghdad was brought to the Internet to change that. From the web site: “Hometown Baghdad is an online web series about life in Baghdad. It tells the stories of three young Iraqis struggling to survive during the war.” I spoke with Mike DiBenedetto, the online distribution manager, about the project, how it came to be and about the technical issues and challenges faced during the production, and especially the post-production, when creating a series that was shot so far away.
Comments (2) for "Production, Post and Online Distribution for Hometown Baghdad"
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I'd be interested in your thoughts on backing essential material up with 16 GB SDHC Flash once the price comes down a bit, or even HD-DVD or Blu-Ray blank media as an archival medium. Of course right now HARD DRIVES are so cheap that it might make sense to simply clone some hard drives with everything and keep in a separate location.
Many thanks and my eternal respect to you and your excellent crew on both sides of the ocean. May everyone some day get the chance to reap large rewards for this heartfelt effort to spread the message.
I think HTB will be a perennial favorite even fifty years from now.
Jeffery Haas
Deep Freeze Video
Mansfield TX
http://youtube.com/deepfreezevideo
Posted by Jeffery Haas on Monday, July 30, 2007 @ 09:34 PM
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I love the idea of backing up to something like high capacity flash or Blu-Ray. While hard drives are cheap, something about the long term storage of them and their mechanical parts bothers me. I've put a hard drive on the shelf for a year only to have it swarm upon its first usage after that. They are recommended to be powered up on a regular basis so as long term storage that's a step I'd rather not take. Now if only the Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD war would shake itself out and the prices would come down....
Posted by Scott Simmons on Sunday, August 5, 2007 @ 09:51 AM
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