Standard Operating Procedure (S.O.P)
A Feature Documentary about the abuses at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq.
The film uses interviews of the accused soldiers ("seven bad apples" as they were known) and other related personelle, along with the photographic evidence that incriminated them, to question and investigate the elusive "truth" that is perceived to live within the photographic image.
One of the main characters of the piece is the notorious cell block 1A, which we built as a set for visualising some of the interviewee's accounts.(See Header Photo above). Check out more info and trailer at SONY CLASSICS.
The film uses interviews of the accused soldiers ("seven bad apples" as they were known) and other related personelle, along with the photographic evidence that incriminated them, to question and investigate the elusive "truth" that is perceived to live within the photographic image.
One of the main characters of the piece is the notorious cell block 1A, which we built as a set for visualising some of the interviewee's accounts.(See Header Photo above). Check out more info and trailer at SONY CLASSICS.
Above is a render of a Sketchup model I built to work out the extent of the set build. The header at the top of the page is a photo of the set. The photo to the right of the header picture below is a photo of the actual prison at Abu Ghraib.
I used 3D to develop the prison block space based on many reference photos of the actual site. Unlike designing a fictitious prison where I would have the freedom to style it as desired, the challange here was to make it exactly like Abu Ghraib but without the luxury of visiting the place for measurements etc. (Although that's not a visit I would of cared to make.) It was important to get the details correct as it is a place many people are familiar with from seeing photos on the internet and news channels. The only license I used in altering the space was for economy, we only built a run of 8 cells when there were 12 in reality. Only one solitary confinement cell was made as all of the others would be behind closed solid doors. The open nature of the barred doors made it necessary to build all of those. The barred doors were made of steel for their intrinsic quality of weight and their ability to withstand agressive action, including having prisoners be tied to them. I was also able to find original Folger Adam locks to install on our hero doors.
I used 3D to develop the prison block space based on many reference photos of the actual site. Unlike designing a fictitious prison where I would have the freedom to style it as desired, the challange here was to make it exactly like Abu Ghraib but without the luxury of visiting the place for measurements etc. (Although that's not a visit I would of cared to make.) It was important to get the details correct as it is a place many people are familiar with from seeing photos on the internet and news channels. The only license I used in altering the space was for economy, we only built a run of 8 cells when there were 12 in reality. Only one solitary confinement cell was made as all of the others would be behind closed solid doors. The open nature of the barred doors made it necessary to build all of those. The barred doors were made of steel for their intrinsic quality of weight and their ability to withstand agressive action, including having prisoners be tied to them. I was also able to find original Folger Adam locks to install on our hero doors.
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Only reference photo we could find.
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Built Set.
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