CASE STUDY
Age of Stupid – The world’s first major release to be entirely solar powered
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Client: A clear and defined request… Produce a world class film premier with minimised environmental impacts. Firefly’s solution was to create a clear and detailed technical production package that ensured that environmental impacts were kept to a minimum while the quality of the execution was never compromised.
The result was a Guinness World Recording-winning solar-powered Firefly provided: premiere in London’s Leicester Square, the film was released in cine- • Portable solar generators mas worldwide, topped the UK box office (by screen average), became • 15,000 lumen projector one of the most talked-about films and garnered sensational reviews: • Pixel Par90 LED The Telegraph called it “Bold, supremely provocative and hugely impor- • Avolites Pearl Tiger desk tant”, ABC Australia said “So tightly constructed and dynamic you leave the cinema energised rather than terrified… hits home like a hammer blow”
The background
‘The Age of Stupid’ is the long awaited independent environmental docu-film from director and writer Franny Armstrong (McLibel). The film is about a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?
The release was highly anticipated and, to be in keeping with the story line, the premiere was to be as eco-friendly as the message the film was portraying. Therefore a complete production solution which minimised the negative environmental impact of the Leicester Square event was required.
The brief & solution
Approached directly by Spanner Films, Firefly were ask to provide a solution that championed their goal of a producing a world class film
Web: www.fireflyhybridpower.com Phone: +44 (0)800 091 4090 E-mail: [email protected] premiere with the lowest possible emissions. Once a plan was formu- lated, Firefly was awarded the technical production contract.
Firefly provided portable solar generators to power the event along with a comprehensive package including an enclosed Saddlespan S2000 structure to house a 200 seat cinema. Behind the scenes a Christie HD 15,000 lumen projector with playback from Sony HD Cam projected the film onto a 4 meter screen. HK Actor DX PA system was used for the audio track and post screening Q&A session.
The cinema was lit using Pixel Par90 LED and ETC Source 4 PAR HID discharge fixtures which were controlled by an Avolites Pearl Tiger desk. Outside the cinema, the green carpet was also lit using Pixel Par90. This package provided a high end technical solution with dramatically reduced overall power requirements.
The carefully considered solution, created and managed by Firefly, ensured that the entire event produced just 1% of the CO2 emissions usually associated with a Hollywood film premiere.
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