Green Screen Studio

A week after Easter me and ken went into the green screen studio, taking with us a chair from the computer room for me to sit on, and a Canon XF100 video camera with a tripod.

Once we were in the studio we got out the equipment and set it up. we used two Kino Flo lights in different positions for both shots and a filter for the lights. We also used deflectors to block and weaken the studio lights above me.

I will now talk briefly about the two shots and how we set them up.







Shot 1. Sat Down

This is the shot where i am sat in the train next to the window. To mimic the the train seat we brought in a chair and covered it in a green hooded top.

The picture above show the set up for the shot. Behind the black deflector in front of me is a Kino Flo light. that light is there to mimic the light coming in through the window, on to the left side of my body. The studio lights are also on to mimic the lights in the train carriage, and to give it a more natural feel. I did about six takes of this shot, so that i had plenty of choice.

Shot 2. Walk Past

This is the shot where i am getting off the train and walking down the platform. During the shot i walk from behind the camera past it and into the center of the shot.

Again we have the studio lights set up for this one for the natural lighting, as the footage i have for the back plate has no seriously strong light, its all very subtle. We also had two Kino Flo light set up behind me (pictured at the top of this blog entry) with filters over them. They were used to light my jacket and legs more naturally.

I did about twenty takes for this shot. This was because i was not sure of the exact angle that the camera was on the station platform. All i knew was that the tripod was as high as it could go on its legs and that the camera was fully zoomed out. So in every take i changed the angle at which i walked in to the shot past the camera, some close and then moving further away so that i had plenty of shots to play with.

We also had to do two versions of both of the shots as i had forgotten if the camera i had filmed my back plate on was set to progressive or interlaced, which was a silly error.