How To Set Up A Clean Green Screen Shot?

The Green Screen Shot or the chroma key technology has been in the world of photography for quite some time now, despite the mixed reputation. While doing it wrong can get your image stamped as fake, done right, the results can be as amazing as Avatar, Game of Thrones, Avengers, Harry Potter, etc. Using green screens have become extremely normal nowadays and why would it not be, when it opens up a boundaryless world of creativity for the filmmakers.

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Setting up a Green Screen Shot allows a filmmaker or a photographer to layer the background of a subject being shot, and replace it with any setting he/she wishes to digitally. It means that a photographer gets to shoot only the subject without worrying about all the environmental constraints. Advantages?

• Time-saving: Outdoor shoots require traveling, set creation, etc.
• No delays: You don’t have to wait for the perfect sunrise or sunset lighting.
• Cost-effective: All outdoor costs can be avoided. E.g. You can place your subject anywhere from space to Switzerland virtually, without having to bear the cost of doing so.
• FLexible: A Green Screen Shot can be set anywhere, your home, studio, garage, etc.

So while the advantages of a Green Screen Shot pose an immense opportunity for the filmmakers, doing it wrong can result in disastrous results. The reason, why you as a filmmaker must invest time to learn the “HOW TO” before taking up a Chroma Key project.

Setting up a green screen is not singularly about the screen. A seamless video with a Green Screen Shot in the background requires a few things to be perfectly set as a part of the process. Continue reading to find out all the important elements required to set up a Clean Green Screen Shot.

Screens can be used in either green or blue colors, but green, in particular, is considered to be the best as the color is farthest away from skin tones in the color palette. A green wall is considered to be the most ideal Green Screen Shot that can be used to shoot Indian Stock Videos. But, as a green wall may not always be available, a green screen made of fabric made to hang from stands works as a good alternative.

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The lighting is one of the main elements in photography, be it with or without the screen. But, when it comes to shooting with a green screen for 4D and HD Indian Stock Video, lighting becomes all the more important. Proper lighting helps to ease the post-production work.

While working with a green screen, both the subject and the screen are of equal importance, thus lighting up both from different sources is a must. This removes shadows completely and helps differentiate colors on the software being used.

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A talking face is considered to be ideal for shooting with a Green Screen Shot but High-Quality Stock Videos requires (mostly) more than just the face of the model/models. The idea is to keep the surface area minimum because it is only while editing the videos do the producers/or the graphic designers get to see the video in such detail.

Despite taking precautions, there ain’t any way to avoid shadows completely, especially in case of videos when the subject is moving from different angles. But being careful and analyzing each frame before finalizing and experience over time can help to minimize them for sure.

The surface texture or material of the fabric used in the Green Screen Shot for shooting a 4K Video Footage is of great importance. The texture chooses to play with the lights to bring out a color effect in contrast with the subject that may or may not be desirable. The ideal surface is smooth with no crease, non-shiny or non-reflective and clean.

It is just not the screen that needs to be no-reflective, but special care needs to be taken for everything that is a part of the shoot. Things like Jewelry, eyewear, buttons or any other accessories or elements on-screen need to be checked for even a slight amount of reflections and remove them.

When a Royalty-Free Stock Footage is shot with a Green Screen Shot, one of the first steps the video undergoes within the software being used for video editing is the removal of the green screen. The step removes any and everything green in the video, so if you are wearing anything green, then that portion of your body is going to become hollow as well.

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Thus, a very important thing to remember while shooting 4D and HD Indian Stock Videos in front of a green screen is to make sure not a single element in the video matches the screen color closely.

Changing camera directions can be troublesome for the editors considering the effects of lights and shadows from different angles. The same problem may arise with the movement of the models. Also, another important factor that sometimes passes away from mind while shooting is that the green screen has to constantly be behind the subject. You wouldn’t want a missing ear or elbow from the video while editing.

The ideal way of shooting High-Quality Stock Videos against a green screen is with talking bodies shot from different but tried and tested camera directions. This way movements may be avoided along with the chances of shadow and lighting.

A video shot against a Clean Green Screen Shot is nothing until it is properly edited with the desired background. Thus, Softwares that help in the process becomes an important part of the Green Screen process. Some of the most popular software used to remove the green screen from videos for Royalty-Free Stock Footage are I-Movie, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere and Adobe Illustrator.

While you can make a Clean Green Screen Shot for yourself keeping the above-mentioned, green screens can easily be bought. Green screens are available both online and offline in various stores across varied price ranges also sizes to suit your varied requirements. Buy it or make it, if done right both are perfect for shooting High-Quality Stock Videos. Just make sure to keep them clean for further usage.