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Can a Film Shoot Really Go Green?

Fri, 07/01/2011

Walking onto a film shoot, you’ll first notice trucks. A lot of them. It’s like a five-year-old boy’s Dr. Suessian dream – there are big trucks, little trucks, blue trucks, red trucks. They are there to transport cable, food, sets, props, and sometimes people. And carbon footprints be damned, much of the time they are turned on, idling for hours. Then there’s the craft services. This usually entails a delicious abundance of food carefully laid out for consumption.

Behind The Screen Green

Hollywood Sets Go Sustainable

Fri, 07/01/2011

There are a lot of reasons we choose to fork over $8 to see a movie these days: we love the star, we're impressed by the special effects, we've got a thing for talking pandas. But what about whether the film's production was powered by a biodiesel alternative fuel generator?

Sustainable 1000

USA Green radio show (edited)

Thu, 06/09/2011

Shane Snipes discusses sustainability issues with a New Orleans film studio. We will answer how can a film have an impact on the future, a community, and make difference in the world?

We will have the Director of Sustainability, Diane Wheeler, of the LEED Silver Second Line Studios in New Orleans talking about the first certified sustainable production space in the USA. To reach Silver LEED status, there are hundreds of materials, operations, and grounds requirements. Listen in as we explore what green filmmaking really means.

Greening the Screen Panel October 28, 2010

Best Practices To Be Taught By Producers From Across The Country

Tue, 10/26/2010

Free reception and event open to public - October 28th, 2010

RECEPTION AND PANEL DISCUSSION - Will provide an opportunity for the members of the local industry to hear from leading professionals, both at the studio and production levels, about what it means to “Green the Screen’, why it’s important, what it entails, and what New Orleans/Louisiana crew, vendors and service providers should be thinking about. The panel will be held at Second Line Stages, 800 Richard St.

Made in Louisiana

The Hollywood Reporter

Tue, 06/01/2010

Shreveport to Sydney, governments and film commissions were angling for Warner Bros. to shoot its new superhero movie "The Green Lantern" on their land -- and spend some of the film's roughly $150 million budget there, too.

The Start of Second Line Stages

Scene

Thu, 04/01/2010

"New Orleans is way ahead of the curve on this," said Susan Brennan. "We've had the tax credits in place to bring the new productions here. All that was missing was the infrastructure. Now we have a facility that matches the top of the industry standards."

‘Green Lantern' Going Green By Composting

Ecorazzi, the latest in Green Gossip

Thu, 03/25/2010

Academy Award nominated New Zealand born film director Taika Waititi is known as much for being part of the award-winning comedy duo The Humourbeasts (featuring fellow Kiwi Jemaine Clement of HBO’s wildly popular Flight of the Conchords) as he is for his WWF Earth Hour ambassadorial responsibilities. Joking that he accepted his newly found eco-role thinking that it was actually a position with the World Wrestling Federation, the director happens to be the perfect representative for Mother Nature.

Film Studio Opens in Lower Garden District

Written by WGNO ABC26 News

Wed, 03/03/2010

Get ready for a movie production boom in New Orleans. Second Line Stages, the first independent green soundstage in the country, is officially open.

New film studio gives Hollywood South boost

Reported by: Shelley Brown, Weekend Anchor

Wed, 03/03/2010

The grand opening of a new film studio in New Orleans shows how lucrative tax incentives have turned the state into a premier location for film and tv production. A mix of federal and state tax credits combined with private financing helped make Second Line Stages a reality. Many believe the old taxi cab repair garage in the Lower Garden District is sure to give Hollywood South a boost.

Construction wraps up on Lower Garden District soundstages

BY: CityBusiness staff reports

Tue, 03/02/2010

Construction is complete on a soundstage facility in the Lower Garden District.

A ribbon-cutting will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday for Second Line Stages at 800 Richard St., a $32 million project from owner and developer Susan Brennan and film consultants Trey Burvant and Diane Wheeler-Nicholson.

A mix of federal and state tax credits, combined with upfront financing, funded the project.

It involved turning a former taxi garage at Annunciation and Richard streets into two soundstages and three support structures.

Production in Big Easy on the rebound

New Orleans returns to its film glory after Hurricane Katrina

Thu, 09/10/2009

New Orleans is bouncing back. Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, much of the city's production scene moved north to Baton Rouge and Shreveport. Now, however, according to local producers and film officials, the Crescent City's film biz has definitely rebounded.

SLS Wins 2009 Practitioner's Showcase Award

Wed, 05/06/2009

Pittsburgh, PA -- National New Markets Fund LCC: Second Line Stages Project, New Orleans, LA was selected as the best Tax Credit Financed Project in the nation at the Council of Development Finance Agencies' (CDFA) 2009 Annual Development Finance Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Three finalists presented at the Practitioner's Showcase: Best Tax Credit Financed Project at the Annual Summit, and a live audience vote determined the best tax credit financed project in the country.