GREEN SCREEN

Using a green screen removes YOU from your background in the videos.  They are optional, but can make for some fun effects and currently i'm not shying away from them.  I love it!

HERE IS YOUR GREEN SCREEN “HOW TO” guide

You don't have to take it THIS far, but you could.

OR You could also just buy a $20 "green screen" fabric from amazon like i did, or spent alot more and get a real matte vinyl pull down one...but it really does need to be green, and a bright green.  olive doesnt work. in fact, if you dont have a green screen, its best to probably just record with your background because that is more interesting than a sheet I can't "key" out.

Using your green screen

If you have the space and can light your green screen as well as yourself, then please do this. Most of us won’t be able to though. Therefore the best thing to do is to be facing a window, with lots of diffuse light coming in. What you definitely don’t want is bright, hard, direct light on you, such as a spot light, or bright sunshine, as it will cast a shadow on your green background and this will not disappear properly and will make you look a bit strange. So take some test clips and make sure you’re not casting a shadow.

If you are able to record separate audio and video, you could move your video device further away from you to take a wider angle, and maybe even film in landscape mode, which will enable you to have your full bow arm in the frame, for example. For many of us though we will be limited in space and size of green screen, so don’t worry if you can’t do this! If you are recording both audio and video on the same device, please record with your device close to you and frame the video in portrait mode (as in previous projects) to enable you to submit a better audio quality. This is perfectly fine!

ANYTHING YOU WEAR THAT IS CLOSE TO THE COLOR OF THE SCREEN, WILL DISAPPEAR.  JUST SAYIN'.

Why?