EVEN FILMMAKERS CAN GO GREEN

The Code of Best Practices for Sustainable Filmmaking is an online publication at American University's School of Communication.  It offers a guide to professional filmmakers to create productions that are "green," including guidelines for pre-production to production, and all the way through the post production process.

If you go to the site, though, make sure you scroll to the bottom and read  the posted comments from "real world" industry professionals.  While many applaud the included guidelines, some point out that some aspects of those guidelines are impractical considering the necessary requirements of production.  For example, one guideline encourages production staff to carpool to location.  Unfortunately, that isn't often possible, as even a small production crew includes varying call times (for example, make-up needs to arrive quite a bit earlier than talent, and talent earlier than certain crew).   The comments offer as much information as the article itself, and a real insight into the challenge of green filmmaking.

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