Greening the Screen: An Environmental Challenge

Environmental themes and representations on screen are examined as a part of environmental social studies and can be considered a way of creating awareness of environmental issues. However, how often do we consider the environmental impact of a film or television shoot as an industrial process? In t...

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Main Author: Ekin Gündüz Özdemirci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-06-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/5/2/35
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Summary:Environmental themes and representations on screen are examined as a part of environmental social studies and can be considered a way of creating awareness of environmental issues. However, how often do we consider the environmental impact of a film or television shoot as an industrial process? In this article, I examine the sustainability practices in the motion picture industry and challenges to that by focusing on the British film and television industry as a case study. Using the interviews with industry representatives and some case studies, I discuss the possibilities of creating a change in behavior in the film industry, not only in terms of embedding green measures but also reconstituting industrial mechanisms on behalf of environmental sustainability.
ISSN:2076-0787