In the eyes of the world, New Zealand is imagined to be Middle Earth J. R. R. Tolkien. Peter JacksonOne of its most famous inhabitants, he decided to do so when he chose it as the entire location to film the trilogy. lord of the rings. Used it again The HobbitAnd years later Amazon faced its capital investment and decided to do the same Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Possibly the most expensive series in history, it recently concluded its first season on the platform’s slate. Streaming. New Zealand is back to star in Middle Earth lord of the ringsAnd for the second season, Amazon has moved production to the United Kingdom, aiming to release between 2024 and 2025.
However, that doesn’t stop New Zealand from continuing to be a preferred destination for major Hollywood production companies, who find the country a profitable setting for setting up their most ambitious films thanks to tax incentives. Since 2010, the law has been popularly known as the year From ‘The Hobbit’, a good portion of the workers on Hollywood productions who stay there have become independent contractors, with little power to change anything within these projects. It starts to get dangerous, and if we focus on it from an environmental point of view. A recent report from Guardian Investigating this aspect, it has reached its worst position under protection Power rings.
While New Zealand’s landscapes look magical, they don’t look like they do on screen. They need plastic flooring and styrofoam trees, as well as giant ones sets up Cities or geological accidents create tons of debris that are crushed and moved to the landfill after the shoot is over. Part of the team Power rings Hollywood studios and the New Zealand government have made public their concerns about how polluting the process is, warning that the scale of the cost is being hidden from the public. At the expense of the little protection provided Hobbit LawAmong other things, workers are afraid to speak out because of reprisals.
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But some of them have decided that it is enough to talk about the problem as anonymous sources. “I am speaking because I love cinema. I love working in cinema and would love to continue in the industry, but not in the way I am now. It’s staggering what’s going on, and most people don’t know it.”says one of those involved Power rings. “If big companies want to come to this country and exploit the beauty that’s here, they have an obligation to protect that beauty. They cut taxes and we keep all their junk” says another.
Both are adamant that the industry needs to do better and that the New Zealand government cares about regulating all these costs. Sorting of the first season Power rings Three or four pictures are equal to: this is made up of 14,387 tons Carbon dioxide, while the amount of waste sent to landfills is difficult to quantify “Multiple Seller” resources. Can’t make an official account yet, but things aren’t looking good. “Inside Power rings, these great ice walls and rock walls break into a thousand pieces. If someone sits in front of one of these big productions and sees the number of containers that come out every day…”.
“Trucks and trucks and styrofoam and lumber and everything else, mixed with plastic…basically dumped into a hole in the ground”. Guardian Some actions of an ecological nature, such as providing charging stations for electric vehicles, promoting vegetarianism or recycling, highlight the fact that they have had a positive effect on production. However, those are story events, and the workers want to make more robust edits for future shoots. As far as Amazon is concerned, there doesn’t seem to be any scope for an amendment.
A company called Jeff Bezos ensures that “Meets or exceeds industry standards”And the first season has refused to clarify for now what environmental footprint it left behind Power rings. New Zealand, meanwhile, has some of the most generous film subsidies in the world and the Hobbits Act is good for big companies, so nothing significant is likely to change anytime soon.
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