An AP story has Gabrielle Ho, a project manager at conservation group Green Sense, in Hong Kong, verbally attacking the production crew for some of their requests. Apparently, to make the shot a little more fancy, the production team wanted entire apartment’s buildings to leave their lights on; so that the background shots would look better.
"We welcome the filming of Batman in Hong Kong, but why do we need to keep the lights on to make the backdrop? It seems like film-making is coming before environmental protection," Ho said. "We believe producers are able to create the same effects via post-productions works, but instead they are asking us to turn on so many lights, wasting so much energy.”
Apparently, this all came to light after October Pictures Ltd., the Hong Kong company handling production of "The Dark Knight," sent a letter to occupants of some 60 buildings. Apparently director Christopher Nolan loved the lighted skyline and wanted to showcase it on film.
Sadly, I got to agree with Gabrielle Ho on this one; in a time where all cities and peoples across the world should be conserving energy, we don’t need people like Nolan undermining it for the sake of film. Anyway, just do it in CG afterwards.
Additionally, the BBC has released a photo of the long rumored C130 flying across the Hong Kong skyline.
