{"id":1418,"date":"2015-11-28T21:25:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T21:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2015-12-08T23:58:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T23:58:03","slug":"the-tools-for-green-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2015\/11\/28\/the-tools-for-green-production\/","title":{"rendered":"A common Charter for green production"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_1418 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_1418')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_1418').socialSharePrivacy({\"txt_help\":\"Wenn Sie diese Felder durch einen Klick aktivieren, werden Informationen an Facebook, Twitter, Flattr, Xing, t3n, LinkedIn, Pinterest oder Google eventuell ins Ausland \\u00fcbertragen und unter Umst\\u00e4nden auch dort gespeichert. N\\u00e4heres erfahren Sie durch einen Klick auf das <em>i<\\\/em>.\",\"settings_perma\":\"Dauerhaft aktivieren und Daten\\u00fcber-tragung zustimmen:\",\"info_link\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heise.de\\\/ct\\\/artikel\\\/2-Klicks-fuer-mehr-Datenschutz-1333879.html\",\"uri\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenfilmshooting.net\\\/blog\\\/en\\\/2015\\\/11\\\/28\\\/the-tools-for-green-production\\\/\",\"post_id\":1418,\"post_title_referrer_track\":\"A+common+Charter+for+green+production\",\"display_infobox\":\"on\"});}});\n\/* ]]> *\/<\/script><\/div><p>At the<a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2015\/11\/05\/audiovisual-climate-conference-in-paris\/\"> conference on carbon free audiovisual productions <\/a>that was hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2015\/01\/29\/the-french-connection\/\">Ecoprod<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connect4climate.org\/resources\">Film4Climate<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemabalzac.com\/public\/index\/index.php\">Cin\u00e9ma Le Balzac<\/a> in Paris on November 25, producers and crew members gained an insight into sustainable film production practices. \u201eWe have the tools, we have the solutions, and we have the companies that are able to deliver the services\u201c, states Olivier-Ren\u00e9 Veillon, Founding member of Ecoprod and Chief Executive Officer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idf-film.com\/\">Ile-de-France Film Commission<\/a>. In this French region are more than 2,000 producers. Ninety percent of French production, as well as a great deal of international production, takes place in Paris and the surrounding regions because of the attractiveness of the city and its surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In total, there are about 7,000 production companies in France for which Ecoprod developed tools such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecoprod.com\/component\/com_calculateurecoprod\/Itemid,267\/view,calculateurecoprod\/\">Carbon Clap<\/a>. \u201cWe need a tool to measure their carbon sources\u201d, underlines Catherine Puiseux, Ecoprod Founder and CSR Director, TF1 Group. In Great Britain, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bafta.org\/about\/sustainability\/introduction-albert\">BAFTA<\/a> provides British producers with the carbon calculator <a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_1927-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1434 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_1927-1-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1927 (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_1927-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_1927-1-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_1927-1-630x410.jpg 630w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_1927-1.jpg 1711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bafta.org\/about\/sustainability\/introduction-albert\">Albert<\/a>. \u201cRound about 320 companies are using Albert\u201d, reports Jeremy Mathieu, Sustainability Advisor at BBC. Among them are all commissioned productions for Sky. \u201cWe already completed 2,500 footprints.\u201d Furthermore, the organization provides the industry with the certification Albert+ when they are embedding best practices in order to lower their carbon foot print. Among the effective measures are the use of low energy lights and electric cars.\u201cIn average, productions are reducing their carbon footprint by 15 percent which comes down to about 6,000 British pounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Nevina-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1441 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Nevina-1-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"Nevina (1)\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Nevina-1-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Nevina-1-985x1024.jpg 985w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Nevina-1-630x655.jpg 630w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Nevina-1.jpg 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a>While the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ffhsh.de\/en\/film_commission\/\"> Film Commission Hamburg<\/a> already gave out 61 Green Shooting Cards to sustainable produced features film, documentaries, shorts and TV shows all over Germany, as Christiane Dopp from the <a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2015\/01\/28\/the-green-consciousness-of-a-production\/\">Filmf\u00f6rderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein<\/a> points out, in Belgium the green production started in 2010 with the film<em> Time of my Life<\/em> by <a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/statements\/nic-balthazar\/\">Nic Balthazar<\/a>. \u201cMeanwhile, there are 29 features films and 14 TV series by 23 companies produced within the e-mission program\u201d, underlines Evet Erikksson, Sustainablity Advisor, <a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2014\/02\/05\/an-important-incentive\/\">Flanders Audiovisual Fund<\/a>. In Italy, Nevina Satta, CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2015\/10\/19\/going-green-is-a-matter-of-survival\/\">Sardegna Film Commission<\/a>, launched the initiative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heroes202020.eu\/\">Heroes 2020<\/a>, a program for short film that are dealing with climate change. \u201cIn Italy we have a new generation of producers\u201d, states Satta, \u201cbut also the tools for sustainable productions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Lydia-Pilcher-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1482 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Lydia-Pilcher-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lydia Pilcher (1)\" width=\"261\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a>Almost all the guidelines for green film production are inspired by the Best Practices, developed by the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenproductionguide.com\/feature-gpg-on-your-site\/\"> PGA Green<\/a> in the US. Furthermore, PGA Green representatives such as producer Lydia Pilcher are bringing their expertise to other countries and continents. \u201cRecently, when we were shooting Disney&#8217;s <em>Queen of Katwe<\/em> in Uganda we trained four local crew members as Sustainability Managers\u201d, says Pilcher. One of the most important missions is to convince the director to go green. The director is the first one who needs to be on board to give a positive role model. \u201cHe can&#8217;t show up with a plastic bottle on set of a green production\u201d, sums up Pilcher. \u201cThat would be a No go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Slater.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1438 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Slater-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"Slater\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Slater-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Slater-630x541.jpg 630w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/Slater.jpg 889w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>To fight climate change is also the mission of 23-year-old filmmaker Slater Jewell-Kemker who presented clips of her first feature-length film <em>An Inconvenient Youth<\/em>, which she began shooting when she was fifteen years old. &quot;We\u2019ve now gotten to the point where we can\u2019t reverse climate change, but we can still lessen its effect&quot;, says Slater Jewell-Kemker. &quot;We can still adapt in a way that is sustainable and efficient and that will ensure our survival.&quot; In her film that she describes as <em>An Inconvenient Truth<\/em> meets <em>Boyhood<\/em>, she follows the rise of the global youth climate movement. &quot;Copenhagen has been inspiring, but frankly, we can\u2019t let it happen again&quot;, says the filmmaker in view of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cop21.gouv.fr\/en\/cop21-cmp11\/what-cop\">COP21 <\/a>in Paris. &quot;It\u2019s a brutal reminder of the ticking clock of climate change, and it hopefully shows that we can do better.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/RanvaudDon_VeillonOlivier-Rene.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1429 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/RanvaudDon_VeillonOlivier-Rene-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"RanvaudDon_VeillonOlivier-Rene\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/RanvaudDon_VeillonOlivier-Rene-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/RanvaudDon_VeillonOlivier-Rene-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/RanvaudDon_VeillonOlivier-Rene-630x422.jpg 630w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/RanvaudDon_VeillonOlivier-Rene.jpg 1421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The conference on carbon free audiovisual productions was rounded up with a declaration by Film4Climate and Ecoprod. The Charter commits to eliminate the social and environmental negative impacts of film and other visual media productions. \u201cIt strongly advocates for the adoption of industry-wide incentives that will encourage socio-environmental practices including, but not limited to biodiversity conversation, waste disposal and carbon reduction\u201d, concludes Don Ranvaud, Creative Producer, Film4Climate.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the conference on carbon free audiovisual productions that was hosted by Ecoprod and Film4Climate at the Cin\u00e9ma Le Balzac in Paris on November 25, producers and crew members gained an insight into sustainable film production practices. \u201eWe have the tools, we have the solutions, and we have the companies that are able to deliver \u2026 <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2015\/11\/28\/the-tools-for-green-production\/\">Read more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,29,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-co-calculation","category-cop21","category-organization","category-production"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}