by Green Film Making | Oct 1, 2020 | Consultancy, Location, Post-production, Production
by Els Rientjes – Six months after the shutdown of our film sets. Now we know we will have to continue to keep the 1.5 meter distance for the foreseeable future. Recently, most production companies have started back up again, we’re finishing previously...
by Green Film Making | Apr 20, 2020 | Innovations, Location, Production, Technical
A cloudy day, last March 12th. Exactly the day of a demonstration of solar panels for on set. Just before the pandemic broke out, we met the British team of Renovagen with their Fast Fold; a battery system with foldable solar panels. Last month we contacted them for...
by Green Film Making | Apr 20, 2020 | Catering, Location, Production
We are doing well with refilling water bottles on the set! Since the tap water pilot in 2017 in collaboration with Join The Pipe, we are increasingly seeing productions opt for refillable water bottles instead of disposable plastic. This is in line with the general...
by Green Film Making | Apr 20, 2020 | Innovations, Location, Production, Technical
In the last years we often reported on new sustainable applications being developed, as inspiration or perhaps to use on set in the future. As a filmmaker you are naturally mostly concerned with when these will be available for use, but in practice development often...
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 | Jan 10, 2020 | Location, Production, Technical, Workshops
Green Film Making ended a busy 2019 with the launch of our Film Harvest Map in Mediamatic in Amsterdam! On Tuesday November 5, participants braved the dreary weather and were treated to an interactive workshop on sustainable energy on set. It was a varied evening...