Beyond the principles of reduce, reuse, recycle, this book looks at the way that every department on a production can contribute to reducing waste and making a smaller footprint.
Are you making a green film? Is your filmmaking contributing to the environmental crisis, or is it part of the solution? How can film students make movies in a more ecologically friendly way so that our planet can continue to be inhabited by humans who watch our movies? This book is a step-by-step look at the ways that each person and department in a film’s production can make simple changes to reduce the environmental footprint of moviemaking.
It is an essential guide for film students, graduates and professionals engaged in the practice of making media.
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgements
About the Cover/Illustrator
Chapter 1: The History and Context of Green Filmmaking
Chapter 2: Intersections and Production
Chapter 3: Why be Green?
Chapter 4: How To Film Green- By Department
Chapter 5: Documentary
Chapter 6: Content, Development, and Climate Storytelling
Chapter 7: Pre-Production: The Plan
Chapter 8: The Production Department
Chapter 9: Production Design, Art, Construction, Props, Set Decoration
Chapter 10: Camera, Grip, and Electric
Chapter 11: Actors, Talent, and Casting
Chapter 12: Food: Catering and Craft Services
Chapter 13: Wardrobe, Hair, and Makeup
Chapter 14: Transportation
Chapter 15: Effects
Chapter 16: Sustainable Sound Practices in Film Production
Chapter 17: Editorial aka: Post-production
Chapter 18: Wrap
Chapter 19: Green Filmmaking Case Studies & Jobs
Chapter 20: Looking to the Future
Appendices
Index
Biography
Kent Hayward is a filmmaker and Associate Professor of production at California State University Long Beach and a co-founder of the Green Film School Alliance. He earned his BA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his MFA at the California Institute of the Arts. Previously, Hayward worked in visual effects and editorial on films including The Dark Knight, Inception, and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and TV shows for NBC Universal, SyFy, and Lifetime. Hayward's projects include Lunar Estates, August, Sunset to Sunset, and Homestead Artifact. Currently, Hayward is working on an essay film about Bigfoot. He is also a co-founder and the Vice-Chair of the Green Film School Alliance.
