Anyone done outside greenscreening? at DVinfo.net

Kelly Goden · March 27th, 2008, 07:52 PM

I am going to be doing a digital compositing experiment and thought I might try an outdoor greenscreen shot to see how it compares to indoor. I want to do it in sunlight not overcast to see how convincing the lighting is off the object.
Anyone tried it? Tips etc?

Thanks

Paul Nixon · March 28th, 2008, 10:07 AM

I did some not too long ago. Biggest problem I ran into with sunlight is the brightness - it caused a lot of reflection and thus green spill (my talent being close to the green material - I was filming a scene where he was climbing up a building. I shot this on our driveway with the talent "climbing" along. It worked, but my results were not quite what I was hoping for).

I shot from multiple angles, and for some reason the shadows came out fine from the side but not from the front.

Kelly Goden · March 28th, 2008, 11:38 AM

Interesting thanks.

Ted Ramasola · March 28th, 2008, 12:19 PM

kelly,

we did a major shoot with greenscreen outdoors. time constraints did not allow us to transfer indoors for the composite shots. I bought a collapsible frame to stretch on the greenscreen.

The benefits are, natural looking light to match the non composite shots.

Things to watch for are; make sure your green screen is either thick or is proped up against a plain flat wall. otherwise you'll see thru the cloth. take note of walls or dark background in the area
And to match shadows take note of where the sun is at certain times of the day at that location.

Ted

Kelly Goden · March 28th, 2008, 02:12 PM

Good advice exactly what i was looking for.
Thanks Ted.

March 27th, 2008, 07:52 PM	#1
Kelly Goden Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Surrey BC Posts: 259	Anyone done outside greenscreening? I am going to be doing a digital compositing experiment and thought I might try an outdoor greenscreen shot to see how it compares to indoor. I want to do it in sunlight not overcast to see how convincing the lighting is off the object. Anyone tried it? Tips etc? Thanks

March 28th, 2008, 10:07 AM	#2
Paul Nixon Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 141	I did some not too long ago. Biggest problem I ran into with sunlight is the brightness - it caused a lot of reflection and thus green spill (my talent being close to the green material - I was filming a scene where he was climbing up a building. I shot this on our driveway with the talent "climbing" along. It worked, but my results were not quite what I was hoping for). I shot from multiple angles, and for some reason the shadows came out fine from the side but not from the front.

March 28th, 2008, 11:38 AM	#3
Kelly Goden Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Surrey BC Posts: 259	Interesting thanks.

March 28th, 2008, 12:19 PM	#4
Ted Ramasola Trustee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Allen, Texas U.S.A Posts: 1,117	kelly, we did a major shoot with greenscreen outdoors. time constraints did not allow us to transfer indoors for the composite shots. I bought a collapsible frame to stretch on the greenscreen. The benefits are, natural looking light to match the non composite shots. Things to watch for are; make sure your green screen is either thick or is proped up against a plain flat wall. otherwise you'll see thru the cloth. take note of walls or dark background in the area And to match shadows take note of where the sun is at certain times of the day at that location. Ted

March 28th, 2008, 02:12 PM	#5
Kelly Goden Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Surrey BC Posts: 259	Good advice exactly what i was looking for. Thanks Ted.