Comments on: Inside "Film City," Qatar

By: Omar Chatriwala

Omar Chatriwala — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 06:35:00 +0000

Never mind, on second read I realize that you just didn’t post any pics of the set, right?

By: Omar Chatriwala

Omar Chatriwala — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 06:21:00 +0000

Hey Jethro, lovely desert pics, but it… doesn’t look like you actually made it to Film City. The set has a much stronger “old fort village” quality to it.

http://dohanews.co/post/4741079673/film-city-as-photographed-by-simone-muscolino

By: Eleventhvolume

Eleventhvolume — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:18:00 +0000

Nice pics, shame about the HDR.

By: tnielsenhayden

tnielsenhayden — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:04:00 +0000

Those structures weren't built by noobs; they were built by experienced stoneworkers. That's why they're so nice and straight and even. Go back and look at the first photo again. See how there are rows of rocks that all lean diagonally? That's opus spicatum: an old and potentially sophisticated masonry technique. It looks more striking if you use stones that are significantly longer than they are wide, but it works just fine with river cobbles. A stonemason who throws gratuitous opus spicatum into a construction is not a novice.

By: richthespoof

richthespoof — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:31:00 +0000

Sorry. Went sailing right over my head. You see one doesn’t play minecraft

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:09:00 +0000

Erm… one who plays Minecraft?

By: richthespoof

richthespoof — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:13:00 +0000

For a start that isn’t cobblestone. Looks like some sort of limestone. And why wouldn’t you build in random coursed building material, saves you building from looking like a noddy box.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noddy_housing

What kind of clod would think of random stone as a noob building material?

By: David Pescovitz

David Pescovitz — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:52:00 +0000

Wow, magnificent. Thanks Jethro (and Xeni)!

By: Chloramphenicol

Chloramphenicol — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:48:00 +0000

The sort who doesn’t have a good source of clay and can’t afford a diamond pickaxe?

By: Xeni Jardin

Xeni Jardin — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:16:00 +0000

Hey thanks, fixed.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:14:00 +0000

Cobblestone? What kind of noob builds with cobblestone?

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:13:00 +0000

That first link is broken.

By: michael heap

michael heap — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:12:00 +0000

Having lived in qatar for a number of years and visited the set countless times (its on the Dhurkan peninsular) it was for the filming of a soap opera that used to air in the 80s and 90s on QatarTV