by Green Film Making | Jan 13, 2020 | Art Department, Best practices, Catering, Location, Production
by Els Rientjes It is mid-May 2019 and I’m in a meeting with executive producer Marjon van Welzen and production manager Diana van Wegen at production company Blazhoffski. It’s two weeks until their first shooting day of a major new drama series. More than 80 shooting...
by Green Film Making | Oct 13, 2019 | Art Department, Best practices, Catering, Consultancy, Location, Production
Dutch production company BlazHoffski wants to produce as sustainably as possible and asked Green Film Making to consult their productions. And so on June 4th, sustainability manager Els Rientjes met with executive producer Nicolle Weenink and production manager Yara...
by Green Film Making | Sep 27, 2019 | Art Department, Best practices, Catering, Location, Production, Technical
Good preparation is half the battle! In 2019 Green Film Making joined the production team of the big annual live broadcast of the classical Prinsengracht concert in Amsterdam. Broadcaster AVROTROS raised the bar and, in addition to the many studio and news shows that...
by Green Film Making | Jul 22, 2019 | Art Department, Best practices, Innovations, Location
photo: Set of Les Misérables (BBC, 2018) reclaimed by DRESD Whether it’s a police station in 1980, a medieval alleyway or the inside of a space shuttle; a lot of time and material goes into making a fitting decor. Unfortunately, all this beautiful work is...
by Green Film Making | May 31, 2019 | Art Department, Best practices, Catering, Innovations, Location, Production, Technical
The Wattsun, a portable, plug and play power supply, is now for rent through Locatiewerk and Het Licht. Location manager Rob IJpelaar has already tested this battery system shortly on the set of Talpa’s Meisje van Plezier. There was a shoot at Schiphol airport, where...
by Green Film Making | Feb 12, 2019 | Best practices, Location, Production, Technical
‘One of the advantages of sustainable production is that it saves money!’ We say this all the time. That it’s not poppycock is of course best proven with a concrete calculation example. We are getting help from various film commissions with the...
