{"id":2694,"date":"2017-02-23T00:39:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T00:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/?p=2694"},"modified":"2017-03-02T00:39:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T00:39:34","slug":"the-green-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2017\/02\/23\/the-green-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"The green queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_2694 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_2694')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_2694').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. 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Lydia Dean Pilcher gives an insight into the green production.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/Mira-Nair-_Darstellerin-Madina-Nalwanga-Kopie-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2697 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/Mira-Nair-_Darstellerin-Madina-Nalwanga-Kopie-2-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/Mira-Nair-_Darstellerin-Madina-Nalwanga-Kopie-2-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/Mira-Nair-_Darstellerin-Madina-Nalwanga-Kopie-2-630x409.jpg 630w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/Mira-Nair-_Darstellerin-Madina-Nalwanga-Kopie-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you convince Mira Nair to go green with this film?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe first worked in Uganda twenty-five years ago on<em> Mississippi Masala<\/em>. We\u2019ve been running green sets for the past eight years. A sustainable film production strives to conserve fuel and energy, avoid toxins and pollutants, manage water, divert waste from landfills, and promote environmental literacy among the cast and crew. Our hope is that practical solutions that change behavior toward sustainability will lead to a greater political will to help communities with few resources, and in the long term will help to save the planet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SA-compost.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3221\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SA-compost-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><strong>Is there any infrastructure for waste management in Africa?<\/strong><br \/>\nMira and I frequently work internationally and we found that resources can vary widely. In Uganda, we did find a recycling plant where we were able to take anything that could be diverted from a landfill. In Johannesburg, we relied on a composting system used by restaurants which is known as the Bokashi Method. We obtained large drums and used them to ferment food waste into compost.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Emellie-OBrien_-Ugandan-eco-supervisor-Sadam-Kiwanuka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3220 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Emellie-OBrien_-Ugandan-eco-supervisor-Sadam-Kiwanuka-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><strong>Did the crew in Uganda and South Africa have any green know-how?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe brought New York-based Eco Supervisor <a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2015\/02\/06\/the-girl-with-the-green-hand\/\">Emellie O\u2018Brien<\/a> to Uganda for two weeks before we started shooting, and we did the same in Johannesburg. She trained two people in each country as Eco Supervisors, and she worked with our accounting department to set up the carbon calculator procedures. When you have Eco Supervisors, you have a better chance of succeeding because you have dedicated staff members who are able to implement systems and who can show people in different departments what they can do. It was a wonderful outcome to have trained four new Eco Supervisors in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you cut carbon emi<a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/UG-batteries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3227 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/UG-batteries-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>ssions by saving on energy and transportation?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe reimbursed the crew for taking public transportation, and we arranged for vans to pick up the crew at certain points so they could car pool to the set. We also used rechargeable batteries whenever possible. After using disposable batteries, we sent them from the Sound to the Hair and Make Up Department where they were fully discharged in hair dryers before we recycled them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Lydia-in-Katwe.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3219 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Lydia-in-Katwe-286x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>How important is it for a production to measure its carbon footprint?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe calculation process makes visible what was previously invisible. It\u2019s easier to enforce changes when you can measure the difference they make. And circulating that information to the cast and crew is important because film crews are becoming more environmentally conscious. It inspires them to come up with creative ideas to reduce carbon emissions that they will, I hope, continue to practice beyond the life of our production. We used the<a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2013\/07\/29\/green-leadership\/\"> PGA Green<\/a> free downloadable carbon calculator available on greenproductionguide.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos: \u00a9 Cine Mosaic\/ Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Germany<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney&#8217;s\u00a0 Queen of Katwe, the first green studio film shot in Uganda, marks the eleventh collaboration of Director Mira Nair and New York-based Producer Lydia Dean Pilcher. 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