Ile de France Film Commission

In the studio or on location, filming means many people have to travel both before and during the shoot. However they will not necessarily be traveling at the same time, or taking the same routes. Therefore it is imperative to act to improve transport coordination, since this is where filming has its greatest negative impact on climate change.

Lighting creates the life, colour and contrasts of the shot - it’s an essential ingredient in the success of films. But it is also a major consumer of electricity on a shoot. A generator emits greenhouse gas emmissions and contributes to climate change. However, management of lamps and energy use provides both financial and ecological benefits. In addition, new equipment is constantly arriving on the market!

When choosing shapes, materials, construction, and service providers… the first step is eco-design. From the beginning, think and look ‘upstream’ - choose solutions, supplies and suppliers that will reduce environmental impact. In addition eco-design makes implementation easier and often reduces costs, materials, time, distances and risks.

It’s a place to meet and rest, a place of pleasure and of greed. Craft services serve tea, coffee and candy bars to provide energy and give a boost – but their plastic cups are clearly wasteful. The answer depends on a trade-off between price and budget, perhaps a little more organization from the Location Manager, and getting as many people as possible to join in.

Offices use space, equipment, and consumables - but if everyone adopts ‘good practice’, big savings can be made. Use energy –saving gadgets, buy sustainable goods, and raise team awareness – it’s easy to make your office ‘green’!

Choosing the right equipment and accessories is crucial for the outcome of a shoot, and for comfort and convenience during use. The correct equipment can also provide environmental benefits, often coupled with substantial savings, and sometimes simplifies tasks and helps new working practices. Manufacturers constantly bring out new and improved equipment that performs better in all areas.

Makeup can inspire beauty and bring horror, hide reality and create illusion. Like magic, brushes and colors transform actors and build characters, but makeup must also reflect light, resist heat, and stay on through long scenes. It must do all this - and be almost invisible. Experience, backed by word-of-mouth recommendations, shows which products can cope with these tough demands. But, as we discover the impact of many ingredients, makeup products are being questioned...

Digitalization and IT have turned media electronic and allowed equipment to become lighter and much smaller. Tapeless working has many advantages, particularly in data transfer and storage, as well as saving time and space. But say ‘IT’ and you also say ‘energy consumption’. The lack of a standard format, large file sizes plus existing practices and equipment oblige us to continue using cassettes. In addition, new electronic equipment contains highly polluting materials which are difficult to recycle, and some machines still use DVDs. But be careful, IT isn’t yet that green!