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04/18/2008 05:29:08 PM · #1 |
My son, the aspiring filmmaker, wants lights and a green screen set up for his birthday. Obviously something that would serve his needs as well as my own (a barebones studio) would be ideal.
Here's a kit I found:
//photovideozone.com/10ftx21ft-Chroma-Key-Green-Backdrop-with/M/B00166ZUVG.htm
Any thoughts on the lights? Can I use the screen for anything? Is it overpriced? Can you suggest something different or less expensive? I don't currently have any sort of indoor studio, so I don't know much about this.
Thanks in advance.
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04/19/2008 06:39:54 PM · #2 |
Doesn't seem like a bad deal. Those lights will be perfect to light that green screen. But you are going to need some lights for the subject as well. See the deal with a green screen is, it has to have perfectly even light with no shadows what so ever. Thats what the lights in the kits are intended for. But check out tubetape.com they have all kinds of green screen stuff. I just bought the green screen paint. It cost $50 plus $20 shipping. Then I just painted a wall in my garage. Tomorrow I am going to buy two sets of halogen work lights for about $50. This will be a perfect setup to shoot movies. You can use it for photography as well. But like I said you are going to need more lights than just those as they are used to evenly light the greenscreen.
Travis
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04/19/2008 09:14:20 PM · #3 |
Three 25w flourescent bulbs? That's not much light. An inexpensive flash would give you lots more light.
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04/19/2008 10:00:44 PM · #4 |
You will want nice even lighting across the backdrop. You will want the light on your subjects to be the same brightness or less. Anything brighter on your subjects could throw some shadows onto the back drop which can cause grief when you do the chroma key. This does depend some on what program you are using to do the chroma as well as how you have your lights set up.
ETA: One cheap option is to get some green paint. I have one wall in my basement painted green. I had the paint mixed at the store, They used one of my green screen clothes to get the color sample then mixed it to exact shade.
Works quite well and best part is I do not have to take it down or remove wrinkles etc... basically hit a switch to turn on the lights and I am ready to shoot.
Message edited by author 2008-04-19 22:05:11. |
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