Last week an unbelievably complex movie set rose out of what use to be the Ballona Wetlands in Los Angeles, CA. The production team of Transformers 3 built one floor of an office building. Utilizing cranes and huge hydraulics they tilted and lifted the floor at odd angles. As the sun set huge lights illuminated the fake floor replicating daylight and casting eerie shadows on the surrounding hillside. All in all it was a feat of engineering awesome to behold. Unfortunately, its environmental impact was equal in scale.
The entertainment industry sucks up electricity - from building temporary sets, to the water bottles and soda cans at the catering tables it all adds up to a carbon footprint comparable to the textile industry. Realizing that greening up production could save money in a tight economy many studios and production companies are investigating eco options.
To help producers find “green” film and television production vendors the Producer’s Guild of America has launched the Green Production Guide www.greenproductionguide.com. The GPG helps connect movie crews with green vendors offering a range of services from transportation to recycling. The site also features a Carbon Calculator that allows producers to determine their productions carbon footprint.
The Green Production Guide was put together with seed funding from Disney, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Sony and NBC/Universal. This is yet another green feather in Warner Bros. cap after installing one of the largest solar arrays in California at their Burbank Studios and filming the mega hit Inception using it’s mobile solar grid named S48T.
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Image sourced from: http://www.greenproductionguide.com/
