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ELIZA CLARK: It was a real challenge
to make a show in COVID.
Had to wear masks at work, we couldn't have more than 50
people on screen, you know, it was difficult.
But it made the cast really close.
BEN SCHNETZER: Every now and then I'll,
like, see you know one of our camera operators
eating a sandwich.
And I'll be, like, oh, that's the first time
I've seen Jeremy's face.
After six months of working together,
the health and safety team on the show--
they've done such a diligent job taking care of all of us.
DIANE LANE: We felt safe, we felt protected.
It just made us feel super grateful to show up every day.
And the poignancy of the story, kind of, got a little bit
heightened I think.
There definitely was a art imitates life
feeling when you're in the middle of shooting
a show about a pandemic.
In a way we were, sort of, living
some small version of the hell that you see these characters
living on screen.
You guys have electricity how?
Team work.
In order to continue to make shows that we love,
we are going to have to be sustainable
and think about climate change.
So I'm glad with this production that we're
a part of that change.
Our executive producer, Mari Jo Winkler,
is a pioneer in the field of green productions.
I've been doing it for so long that it's standard operating
procedure, so it feels good when cast and crew are excited to be
on a sustainable set.
I've always watched on film sets how much waste there is
and you just feel helpless, so I am thrilled
that this is happening.
We hired a sustainability supervisor.
She make sure that we were maximizing
all of the protocols.
All the departments are busy doing what they
need to do for the production.
So when the sustainability department comes in,
they can kind of take all that off of everyone's plate
and just help everyone achieve those goals.
Thanks for letting us stay.
Well, we voted.
How is our margin of victory?
Not great.
Good to know.
So anything organic, from the flowers to the food, that can't
be donated will be composted.
MARI JO WINKLER-IOFFREDA: We have
implemented a very aggressive waste management system.
We recycle as much as we can.
All of our single use items are
compostable and biodegradable.
And after the end of most of our services,
we actually set up food donations
so that we have as little food waste as possible.
We were the first production in Toronto
that actually hired a waste management
company to pick up compost.
We are the first show in Toronto
to have an emissions-free battery power generator.
We've got two of them, so it works really well for very
quiet required locations.
You can shoot within 10 feet of this and not even hear it.
The other thing that's really important when implementing
sustainability on a set is to educate
the cast and crew about why we're doing what we're doing.
We have a green champion contest.
The crew can nominate one of their crew members.
And then we hand out the scepter of sustainability,
which is very high production value as you can see.
And-- but you'd be so surprised at how
many people covet this thing.
Our crew is made up of a lot of sustainable-minded people
and just took somebody providing them with the support
they needed to get more green.
Everyone's on board with it and so
I think we all have gained a greater
appreciation of one another in the work that we all do.
And we succeeded in making a really awesome show
during a terrifying time and a show
that it does touch on those feelings.
These women build a shrine to men.
They are mourning a world that hurt us.
That has consequences and we are those consequences.
All right, let's go have some fun.
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