Implementing shorter working days would increase production costs by just 4% on scripted drama TV series, according to research.
Timewise, a consultancy specialising in flexible work, and Bectu Vision, which offers skills development to crew based in Scotland, undertook a survey of 812 people working across scripted drama and film to set out the feasibility of implementing an eight-hour work day.
The study was funded by BBC drama commissioning, Screen Scotland and the Film and TV Charity and was undertaken before the US labour strikes last year.
While shorter days would lengthen production and post-production by around two weeks, the report indicated...
Timewise, a consultancy specialising in flexible work, and Bectu Vision, which offers skills development to crew based in Scotland, undertook a survey of 812 people working across scripted drama and film to set out the feasibility of implementing an eight-hour work day.
The study was funded by BBC drama commissioning, Screen Scotland and the Film and TV Charity and was undertaken before the US labour strikes last year.
While shorter days would lengthen production and post-production by around two weeks, the report indicated...
- 2/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
A new model proposing shorter hours in the U.K. screen industry is garnering industry support.
Bectu Vision, a Scottish screen skills training body affiliated with crew union Bectu, together with flexible-working experts Timewise have completed an in-depth study assessing the financial implications of shorter working days in scripted drama production. BBC and Screen Scotland, who backed the study, are now considering its findings.
Titled “Designing a blueprint for a shorter working day in film and scripted drama,” it has found that most respondents, including producers, writers, actors and crew, believe the long hours in production are “unsustainable” and causing many skilled workers to leave the industry, contributing to the crew shortage.
The study – which looked at crew working 8-hour days as opposed to the standard ten – assessed the knock-on effects on costs and schedules. The results found that overall production costs would only increase by an estimate 4% if production...
Bectu Vision, a Scottish screen skills training body affiliated with crew union Bectu, together with flexible-working experts Timewise have completed an in-depth study assessing the financial implications of shorter working days in scripted drama production. BBC and Screen Scotland, who backed the study, are now considering its findings.
Titled “Designing a blueprint for a shorter working day in film and scripted drama,” it has found that most respondents, including producers, writers, actors and crew, believe the long hours in production are “unsustainable” and causing many skilled workers to leave the industry, contributing to the crew shortage.
The study – which looked at crew working 8-hour days as opposed to the standard ten – assessed the knock-on effects on costs and schedules. The results found that overall production costs would only increase by an estimate 4% if production...
- 2/12/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The BBC is “considering” the findings of a study that found production costs would increase by a minimal amount if the working day was reduced from 10 to eight hours.
The ‘Designing a blueprint for a shorter working day in film and scripted drama’ blueprint found that costs would rise by just 4% if the industry reduced its standard working day by two hours.
Given that the working day would be reducing by one fifth and productions would therefore take longer to shoot, the main reason for the minimal increase in costs was put down to the fact that 71% of the 800 respondents to the survey would be prepared to see salaries drop to a pro-rata basis, which was used in the modelling. Almost all respondents (98%) said they want a shorter working day of eight hours.
Conducted by social enterprise Timewise and Bectu Vision, the first-of-its-kind study, which was mainly funded by the BBC and Screen Scotland,...
The ‘Designing a blueprint for a shorter working day in film and scripted drama’ blueprint found that costs would rise by just 4% if the industry reduced its standard working day by two hours.
Given that the working day would be reducing by one fifth and productions would therefore take longer to shoot, the main reason for the minimal increase in costs was put down to the fact that 71% of the 800 respondents to the survey would be prepared to see salaries drop to a pro-rata basis, which was used in the modelling. Almost all respondents (98%) said they want a shorter working day of eight hours.
Conducted by social enterprise Timewise and Bectu Vision, the first-of-its-kind study, which was mainly funded by the BBC and Screen Scotland,...
- 2/12/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
This story is part of The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 Sustainability Issue (click here to read more).
On Super Bowl Sunday, Netflix and Gm ran a joint ad, “EVs On Screen,” which featured Will Ferrell driving through a variety of Netflix shows in a variety of General Motors electric vehicles: a Cadillac Lyriq in Bridgerton, a Sierra Ev in Army of the Dead, and a Chevy Silverado Ev in Stranger Things, among other cross-promotions.
The partnership with Gm is one element of the streamer’s broader strategy to increase the presence of EVs and the visibility of climate issues within its shows and films, an initiative Netflix has called “Entertain to Sustain.” And it comes at a moment when the automaker is betting big on electric vehicles to achieve its goal of a zero-emissions future.
Conversations between the automaker and the studio began a year ago, said Deborah Wahl, General Motors’ outgoing CMO.
On Super Bowl Sunday, Netflix and Gm ran a joint ad, “EVs On Screen,” which featured Will Ferrell driving through a variety of Netflix shows in a variety of General Motors electric vehicles: a Cadillac Lyriq in Bridgerton, a Sierra Ev in Army of the Dead, and a Chevy Silverado Ev in Stranger Things, among other cross-promotions.
The partnership with Gm is one element of the streamer’s broader strategy to increase the presence of EVs and the visibility of climate issues within its shows and films, an initiative Netflix has called “Entertain to Sustain.” And it comes at a moment when the automaker is betting big on electric vehicles to achieve its goal of a zero-emissions future.
Conversations between the automaker and the studio began a year ago, said Deborah Wahl, General Motors’ outgoing CMO.
- 3/22/2023
- by Jon Alain Guzik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a successful launch in May 2020, the Hollywood Climate Summit is back for its second annual edition presented on the interactive conference platform, Hopin.
This year’s summit, taking place during Climate Week, from September Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th, will consist of four action-oriented days packed with digital, interactive programming and one-on-one networking, along with an in-person outdoor event, “Eco-Bash”, featuring local tribes and frontline activists, musical performance by actor/singer Lee Rodriguez, comedy by Pallavi Gunalan, a screening of the documentary Youth v Gov, directed by Christi Cooper, and Mc’d by comedian Kalen Allen, followed by a VIP zero-waste party presented by Earth Angel.
Presented by Netflix and NYU Los Angeles, the Hollywood Climate Summit will also include programming sponsored by the Nrdc, Sierra Club, Wild Elements Foundation, The Center For Cultural Power, Green Production Guide/PGA Green, Scriptation, British Film Commission, WithOthers, Can You Hear Us?...
This year’s summit, taking place during Climate Week, from September Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th, will consist of four action-oriented days packed with digital, interactive programming and one-on-one networking, along with an in-person outdoor event, “Eco-Bash”, featuring local tribes and frontline activists, musical performance by actor/singer Lee Rodriguez, comedy by Pallavi Gunalan, a screening of the documentary Youth v Gov, directed by Christi Cooper, and Mc’d by comedian Kalen Allen, followed by a VIP zero-waste party presented by Earth Angel.
Presented by Netflix and NYU Los Angeles, the Hollywood Climate Summit will also include programming sponsored by the Nrdc, Sierra Club, Wild Elements Foundation, The Center For Cultural Power, Green Production Guide/PGA Green, Scriptation, British Film Commission, WithOthers, Can You Hear Us?...
- 9/20/2021
- Look to the Stars
Netflix Tuesday joined a growing group of companies exploring the environmental footprint of their businesses as the streamer committed to pollute less and increase investment in prevention, conservation, and regeneration projects. It is committing to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the end of next year and years thereafter.
In a blog post, the company’s first Sustainability Officer, Emma Stewart, outlined steps to reach that goal with a plan informed by climate science — and perhaps with some backup from the content side. “We acknowledge the reach of sustainability stories on Netflix,” she said, noting that in 2020, 160 million households watched at least one sustainability related title. Some 100 million households tuned into Our Planet since the launch in 2019 of the series of nature and ecology documentaries hosted by David Attenborough.
“When it comes to entertainment, sustainability is an epic story creators are already telling said Stewart’s post, called The Story of Sustainability.
In a blog post, the company’s first Sustainability Officer, Emma Stewart, outlined steps to reach that goal with a plan informed by climate science — and perhaps with some backup from the content side. “We acknowledge the reach of sustainability stories on Netflix,” she said, noting that in 2020, 160 million households watched at least one sustainability related title. Some 100 million households tuned into Our Planet since the launch in 2019 of the series of nature and ecology documentaries hosted by David Attenborough.
“When it comes to entertainment, sustainability is an epic story creators are already telling said Stewart’s post, called The Story of Sustainability.
- 3/30/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix says it has a plan to hit net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2022, with a big part of the streaming giant’s efforts aimed at operating more eco-friendly film and TV productions.
The “Net Zero + Nature” plan was outlined Tuesday in a blog post by Emma Stewart, PhD, who joined Netflix as its first sustainability officer last fall. At Netflix, “we aspire to entertain the world,” she wrote. “But that requires a habitable world to entertain.”
In 2020, Netflix estimates its carbon footprint was 1.13 million metric tons, down slightly from 1.31 million the year prior (mostly due to delayed content productions during the Covid-19 pandemic). Roughly 50% of that was generated by the physical production of Netflix films and series, including third-party projects licensed as Netflix-branded originals. Another 45% came from corporate operations (e.g. office space) and purchased goods (like marketing spend) and 5% was attributed to internet cloud providers...
The “Net Zero + Nature” plan was outlined Tuesday in a blog post by Emma Stewart, PhD, who joined Netflix as its first sustainability officer last fall. At Netflix, “we aspire to entertain the world,” she wrote. “But that requires a habitable world to entertain.”
In 2020, Netflix estimates its carbon footprint was 1.13 million metric tons, down slightly from 1.31 million the year prior (mostly due to delayed content productions during the Covid-19 pandemic). Roughly 50% of that was generated by the physical production of Netflix films and series, including third-party projects licensed as Netflix-branded originals. Another 45% came from corporate operations (e.g. office space) and purchased goods (like marketing spend) and 5% was attributed to internet cloud providers...
- 3/30/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
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