Why Make a Green Screen in Los Angeles
Cinematographers and photographers are now into green screen Los Angeles. Green screen video and photography is when you shoot your subject in front of a green backdrop and then the computer software takes out all the green in the photo. From there you can add any kind of background behind or in front of the person you just took. The computer software will automatically merge the two images together creating one great fantasy photo.
Green screen studio kits are used to superimpose a subject on a background. Green screens work by a cameraperson shooting a subject against the green background and then uploading the footage to a computer, where the green background is removed and replaced with a different background. Green screens are available as a full kit with all the elements you would need, but you can also make some of the equipment, or perhaps you wish to purchase the items separately. A full green screen studio kit should have at least a green screen, a background support and two lights for the background.
By filming someone in front of a green screen, you can use chroma key to replace that shade of green with another image, making it look like the person is in front of a different background. Green or blue are the colors of choice because they’re the furthest away from the color of skin, ensuring that pieces of the actor don’t blend into the background. You can buy expensive green screens to shoot your special effects.
To make a green screen, go to your local hardware store and select a few paint swatches in the bright green color area. Some of more effective colors exist in the “kid’s room” paint area. Choose about six different shades of green and take them back home. Spread the different colored paint swatches out on the floor and without your videos lights, shoot the swatches for around 30 seconds. Capture the footage and place the green screen filter on the clip. Depending on your editing program, create a layer just below the one you just captured and place a solid black jpg. Adjust the controls until you find which color “keys” out the best. Go back to your local hardware store and have the paint department create a gallon of the green paint that you chose. Then go to the floor covering department and purchase the least expensive piece of linoleum they carry. Paint the back of the linoleum with the green paint and when dry, hang it up and shoot away.
Green screen cyc work can be valuable to your studio’s bottom line. Those who do corporate portraiture may have a number of clients who prefer to have their employees photographed on location in the office. You only drag all the gear into their offices once, documents the best locations for backgrounds, light them like portrait backgrounds, and create a file of those images. Hauling in and setting up lighting is a serious disruption to the general flow of an office. Consider the value to the clients if you only have to do that every few years, while you shoot their new personnel in the comfort of your studio, dropping in backgrounds as you go.
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