http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/ Green Screen Toronto: Forum: Green Information - Recent Topics en Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:45:42 +0000 http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/topic/2011-newport-beach-film-festival-open-for-submissions#post-16 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:03:41 +0000 Newport 16@http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/ <p>Celebrating its 12th year, the Newport Beach Film Festival announces its call for entries! </p> <p>The 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival will spotlight over 300 films from around the world, including feature length narrative, documentary, short, animated and student films that will compete for a series of Jury, Festival Honors and Audience Awards.<br /> In addition to film screenings, the Festival hosts premiere galas, an industry seminar series, and question and answer sessions with filmmakers.</p> <p>The Newport Beach Film Festival was named one of the “25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” by Movie Maker Magazine. </p> <p>The Festival runs from April 28th to May 5th, 2011. </p> <p>NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS.<br /> ENTER YOUR FILM NOW AND SAVE!</p> <p>*Receive a discount when you submit through Withoutabox! </p> <p><a href="http://www.NewportBeachFilmFest.com" rel="nofollow">www.NewportBeachFilmFest.com</a> </p> http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/topic/final-call-for-entries-2010-newport-beach-film-festival#post-14 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:17:55 +0000 Newport 14@http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/ <p>The 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival will screen over 350 feature length and short films. The 2010 NBFF will also host red carpet Opening and Closing Night Gala Celebrations, International Spotlight events, an Action Sports Film Series, an Environmental Film Series, a Family Film Series, a Collegiate Showcase, a Youth Film Showcase and a free Seminar Series. Come be a part of the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival. </p> <p>The FINAL deadline for film submissions to the 11th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival is JANUARY 25, 2010. </p> <p>Submit your film at <a href="http://www.NewportBeachFilmFest.com" rel="nofollow">www.NewportBeachFilmFest.com</a></p> <p>The Newport Beach Film Festival runs April 22-April 29, 2010!! </p> http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/topic/2010-newport-beach-film-festival-thanksgiving-special-deadline#post-13 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:22:53 +0000 Newport 13@http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/ <p>Submit your film now and save!</p> <p>The deadline is NOVEMBER 20-</p> <p>Features $45</p> <p>Shorts $40</p> <p>Submit on the web with Withoutabox.com and receive a discount! You can find<br /> the NBFF submissions link to withoutabox at<br /> <a href="http://www.NewportBeachFilmFest.com&lt;http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com/&gt;" rel="nofollow">www.NewportBeachFilmFest.com&lt;http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com/&gt;</a></p> <p>For more updates and news on special events follow us on Twitter!<br /> twitter.com/nbff</p> <p>2010 Newport Beach Film Festival<br /> April 22-29th, 2010 </p> http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/topic/entertainment-industry-slow-to-adopt-green-practices-survey-says#post-11 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:59:10 +0000 Green Screen Toronto 11@http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/ <p>By Wendy Wilson February 24, 2009</p> <p>Feb. 24 | Despite reporting an increased awareness of the importance of implementing green practices, more than 75% of respondents in a new survey of entertainment industry professionals gave the industry a failing grade for its efforts to make concrete progress toward creating more sustainable businesses.<br /> The survey of 100 IT executives working for such companies as studios, post-production houses and distributors of digital content, was conducted by the Business Performance Management Forum in conjunction with Rackable Systems and Intel. Part of their joint "Think Eco-Logical" initiative, the survey provided the entertainment industry with an opportunity to rate its own performance in greening its business, while offering insight as to where the industry can benefit from improved education about new resources and best practices going forward.</p> <p>"Basically, what we found is that there is a high sensitivity to the need to reduce a company's carbon footprint and to have more green IT practices," said Derek Kober, director of the BPM Forum. "The industry understands the benefits involved, but by in large has not made much progress in that area."</p> <p>Jason Coari, senior marketing manager for Rackable, a provider of server and data center storage products, said the research indicated a lack of understanding on the part of companies that believe they need to improve their energy efficiency but cannot tie the "real business benefits" of doing so back into their operations.</p> <p>"The demand on computing power and equipment is not abating, and it's not going to abate anytime soon," Coari said. "As a vendor, we need to provide these companies with better tools to show them how their current equipment compares to what's available today."</p> <p>Coari cited the improved energy efficiency of current servers over those purchased four or five years ago, along with solid state hard drives and advances in technology that allow data centers to operate at 80 degrees rather than 65 degrees, as just a few real-world ways content providers could boost their eco-friendliness.</p> <p>"There's no silver bullet that's going to solve the problem, but the more we try to share best practices, the more we're able to help everyone move in the right direction," Coari said.</p> <p>Respondents from the entertainment industry also ranked celebrity involvement second only to recent press about environmental concerns as the top two reasons for their companies' greater collective interest in green issues.</p> <p>"There were not as many celebrities' names in the e-commerce study," BPM Forum's Kober said of the difference between this survey and a similar one of e-tail executives last month. </p> http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/topic/products-help-retailers-gauge-energy-efficiency#post-8 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:05:21 +0000 Green Screen Toronto 8@http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/ <p>By Wendy Wilson October 1, 2008</p> <p>The Kill A Watt electricity meter monitors the energy used by appliances.</p> <p>OCT. 1 | Retailers can assess the energy efficiency of electronics from TVs and DVD players to computers with a family of products now available online.</p> <p>Once connected to a specific electronic device, Kill A Watt products register how much power appliances are using and report that information back through an LCD display. The data is provided to users in kilowatt hours, the same unit of measure used by power companies.</p> <p>Among the line of Kill A Watt devices for sale are:</p> <p>• The Kill A Watt electricity meter ($29.95), a power monitor for use with any 115-volt appliance. The electricity meter provides information about an item’s power consumption by the day, week, month or year.</p> <p>• The Kill A Watt EZ ($49.95), which saves information about individual electronics’ power usage, allowing consumers to still access those readings after a device is unplugged. With the Kill A Watt EZ, users also can enter local kilowatt hour rates to translate the numbers into a dollar amount.</p> <p>• The Kill A Watt PS ($99.95), a power strip that includes the meter function. This product still provides protection from surges while registering their efficiency, a device for use with home theater and computer systems. The Kill A Watt PS features six standard outlets and two extra-wide outlets.</p> <p>Kill a Watt products can be purchased online at CableOrganizer.com. </p> http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/topic/mpi-goes-green-with-baraka#post-3 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:18:49 +0000 Green Screen Toronto 3@http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/ <p>By Samantha Clark September 3, 2008</p> <p>SEPT. 3 | MPI will release its first DVD with eco-friendly packaging on Oct. 28. A restored version of the 1992 documentary Baraka will be delivered on standard-definition DVD and Blu-ray in GPack 100% recyclable cases.</p> <p>The Forest Stewardship Council-certified GPack cases, by James Allyn, are made with 20% post-consumer waste, and the labels are printed with soy-based inks. The cases weigh less than conventional plastic DVD and Blu-ray packaging, lowering transportation costs and related greenhouse gases.</p> <p>“We’ve been looking into eco-friendly packaging for a while now, and Baraka was the perfect title to test it out on,” MPI spokeswoman Stephanie Marlow said. “Moving forward, we definitely plan on trying out more ‘green’ routes with packaging, manufacturing, etc.”</p> <p>Directed by Koyaanisqatsi choreographer Ron Fricke, Baraka features images of the world and its people set to music. The title will be priced at $29.98 on DVD and $34.98 on Blu-ray. Prebook is Sept. 22. </p> http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/topic/welcome#post-2 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:06:02 +0000 Green Screen Toronto 2@http://www.greenscreentoronto.com/forums/ <p>Welcome to the new forum of the Green Screen Toronto website. While perhaps our traffic is still a bit on the slow side, having just recently launched, we hope that this part of the site will become an area for members of the film and television production community in the GTA to come and share information on greening production. Whether it's to aid in the reuse of materials and the recycling of sets, or discussion on equipment and/or best practices, we look forward to hosting you and hope to see this section of our site become a valuable resource for the local industry. </p>