“Mark Leiren-Young, Andrew Williamson and I thought we would add a little levity to the idea of going green. And what better way to do it than make fun of our own industry. This was the comedic result”.
Scott Renyard
Comedy – Recycling – Educational – Short – General Audience
Introduction
Today, the film business is very aware of their impact on the environment. Much of the focus within the industry has been on reducing the single use plastics and recycling batteries and other materials as much as possible. Public agencies and ministries have engaged with production companies to look a better ways to reduce the industry’s impact on the environment.
One of the biggest hurdles is the use of diesel generators to light up sets while on location and away from the cleaner hydro power that energizes the sets at studios. BC hydro has added power drops at locations often used by film shoots. Also the crew, sometimes on large budget productions, boast over 100 people and they all have cars that burn fuel to get to the location which changes weekly, if not daily. It all adds up and not to mention the flights for bringing talent and key crew from many jurisdictions or countries to one location to make the film happen.
At the beginning of this awakening in the industry, about 15 years ago, production companies struggled with what to do. There have been a lot of missteps but the film industry in Vancouver, British Columbia is moving in the right direction.
The Film
It’s not easy being green – especially when you’re a filmmaker. So how do you make the greenest movie of all time? Is there more to the environmental movement than buying carbon offsets? Drive your Prius to the theatre, bring your own container full of organic popcorn with Vegan butter substitute? This film is a hilarious look at the often misdirected attempts at reducing our human footprint on the environment.