CLIENT // PROFILE
Short doc about Zero Carbon
We had an assignment to produce a film on behalf of BBC Storyworks, to narrate the Zero Carbon Park story. The main protagonist of the film is Bryant Lu from Ronald Lu and Partners. The story explains how the Zero Carbon Park has been developed, based on the air studies made after the SARS, in 2003.
WHAT IS AT STAKE
Storytelling in Parallel Action
We structured the film on a parallel action arrangement, including a series of interviews made in various places. While we see the main protagonists speaking about their involvement, we also learn about their projects and visions. It is about parallel stories between the past and present, parallel actions between the pandemics and city’s regulations, a parallel between studies about airflow and the zero-carbon building.
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Shooting of Zero Carbon
Story
Based on the BBC StoryWorks direction, we transcribed all the interviews and built the film’s narrative. Before the first cut, we had to make the first draft of the script. The main principle was simple: we wanted our main characters in the film to tell the story. All the way, the film production was about having a character-driven story.
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People at Work
On Location
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Shooting of Zero Carbon
Aerials
Building the Story
Documentary Values
Based on the BBC StoryWorks direction, we transcribed all the interviews and built the film’s narrative. Before the first cut, we had to make the first draft of the script. The main principle was simple: we wanted our main characters in the film to tell the story. All the way, the film production was about having a character-driven story.
All the way video production
FILM DIRECTION
AND TECHNIQUES
Copy, Filming, and the overall production design made to support the story of places.
Story Driven
PROTAGONIST AND
ZERO CARBON BUILDING
It was essential for this production to have a grand general perspective allowing the film’s viewers to see the fully covered solar panel roof. As the park and building are located in a high-density part of the city, the aerial filming had to be performed with precision – all complying with Hong Kong and Civil Aviation Department regulations. This filming has been shot in 5K RAW resolution from the technical part, which allows us to alter the grey overcast that we had during the shooting.
Unscripted Interviews
LONG-FORM
Based on authentic interviews of people speaking about their part in making the Hong Kong Zero Carbon building. The protagonists of this film are from a wide range of disciplines. We see on-camera people caring and speaking about the story, placing first the common interest.
Sustainability on Screen
GREEN
One of the film’s crucial elements was to screen the green features of this building as much as possible. We made aerial filming about the fully covered solar panel roof, allocated locations for the students walking through the park, and directed the different people featuring the sustainable and environmental elements of this architecture.
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