How to Light a GREEN SCREEN in 4 Minutes

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    5 TIPS FOR LIGHTING A GREEN SCREEN
    On this weeks episode, we talk about 5 important tips that can help make your green screen composites a success and look natural. Our guest once again in David Carmichael of Corridor Digital.
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  • @ImaginationVFXhouse
    @ImaginationVFXhouse 4 года назад +35

    Another reason for shooting on a blue screen over a greenscreen is greenscreens often leave a more contaminated edge while blue screens preserve detail better. Blue screens also work better for night scenes because less contamination and any blue spill will feel more natural. If you key an actor on a green screen and composite them onto a dark shot the edge will be harder to make natural. Green screens for day blue screens for night scenes.

  • @SanczykLucas
    @SanczykLucas 7 лет назад +6

    Every scene with Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump! Glad to see Charmichael here so often. Good tips btw!

  • @sparkyboomboomboi7051
    @sparkyboomboomboi7051 3 года назад +6

    Thank you so much for this! No wonder I was having so much trouble. I had the subject right in front of the green screen and had issues properly lighting both the subject and the green screen simultaneously and had a problem with editing due to spilling

  • @KidrenK
    @KidrenK 3 года назад +6

    Hi! I stumbled across this video and didnt realize how much I was doing wrong. Thank you for this and I look forward to more!

  • @Coops12241
    @Coops12241 7 лет назад +13

    Does shooting with a more open F Stop help make for a better key? Would f/2.8 or f/5.6 be better? Also, thoughts on upping the shutter speed to 1/100 to help freeze action making the key better as well?

  • @MRmediaiFilms
    @MRmediaiFilms 7 лет назад +19

    The Wolf of Wall Street scene when he was walking on the bridge in Venice. The green screen was used to construct the set extension. The bridge was merely a lament pattern laid down on the floor. There was a green screen placed in that deep background to be used as a plate. The entire environment was then constructed around them in 3D renderings.
    Another scene similarly constructed was from The Walk. In order to get the vintage New York city scape, the production shoot on location in New York neighborhoods, but used very large green screens in deep BG as a reference plate. They would track the screen and then use the camera data to mimic in a CG render of old style and textured New York Buildings. Many people never realize these are green screened shots because the green screen is used as a set extension. the CG images are layered over and incorporated with the already existing scenery!

    • @aputurelighting
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  • @artvisionproduction4773
    @artvisionproduction4773 4 года назад +1

    that is the best green screen tips and tutorial I have seen on youtube so far. To the point, and thanks for sharing.

  • @lightforce3642
    @lightforce3642 3 года назад +13

    Keep your green screen tight, light it even and under the level of your key.Introduce backlight to help with separation and keep subject as far away from the screen to avoid green spill onto the costume.

    • @pasxalismelissas400
      @pasxalismelissas400 2 года назад

      I don t really get that. How does the green spills onto the foreground? Could you please explain further?

    • @thecoach1683
      @thecoach1683 2 года назад +1

      @@pasxalismelissas400 light from green screen reflects back onto the subject

  • @TrapPhoneLoveMelodiesss
    @TrapPhoneLoveMelodiesss 4 года назад +4

    Great video, although I wish there would have been a demonstration of the “moving lights” at the end. Thanks!

  • @vineyardchickshomestead
    @vineyardchickshomestead 2 года назад +1

    Thank you! Great information.

  • @jonathanpalacios3108
    @jonathanpalacios3108 5 лет назад

    Awesome guys! Very great tips in a very short time!

  • @sergeipanov
    @sergeipanov 2 года назад +1

    Very helpful, thanks guys

  • @Ranger7Studios
    @Ranger7Studios 6 лет назад +26

    The best way to light a green screen is to light with kenos, from above (this is important), with green bulbs. The green bulbs will saturate the green screen and bring out the color for better keying. Also, your subject should be at least 6 to 8 feet away or more for a better key.

  • @bharatthapa2736
    @bharatthapa2736 4 года назад

    Sweet and short, loved it.

  • @shiznuts
    @shiznuts 7 лет назад +1

    Question... when are the NAB showcased LS-C20 mini fresnels coming out?

  • @dsouthall8265
    @dsouthall8265 7 лет назад +2

    the entirety of Sin City! such a perfect example of how green screen can be used!

  • @friendlywoodworks441
    @friendlywoodworks441 Год назад

    Putting a studio/green room together for my advertising campaign...thank you for the tips.

  • @nicholasjude7937
    @nicholasjude7937 7 лет назад +4

    My Favorite movie in which Green scene work was done was the movie Inception ... One can almost deny any VFX work that was done. It was that seamless. Thanks for the video guys ! Your Products Rock.☺

  • @ethan7793
    @ethan7793 7 лет назад +2

    David Fincher "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" the scene inside the Millennium magazine offices with Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) and Erika Berger (Robin Wright). All of the windows that look to the EXT are green screen. Actually, with many of Fincher's more recent works, most interior sets are blue/green screened for windows and doors.

  • @HomemadeHorror
    @HomemadeHorror 2 года назад

    Sweet. This will really help with our short horror film this year. Thanks!

  • @DariusWeedenTv
    @DariusWeedenTv 3 года назад

    This was informative af, thanks!

  • @MichaelHunt69
    @MichaelHunt69 6 лет назад

    Fabulous video guys 👍🏻😎

  • @chrisdayton35
    @chrisdayton35 3 года назад

    Very informative!

  • @videocasetteTV
    @videocasetteTV 7 лет назад +2

    Very awesome, we need a tutorial about lighting gags

  • @JacquesvanWyk
    @JacquesvanWyk 5 лет назад +22

    I was the 1000th like and thanks this helped a lot. My problem was my green screen was not evenly lit.

  • @jeremyquint848
    @jeremyquint848 Год назад

    If you don't have a proffesional moniter I think you can use an instant camera (like Kubrick did, yet he didn't use greenscreens (he used other tools)) to check for light and shade and problems that may occur. It works especially well if you're using film.

  • @waltercheng078
    @waltercheng078 6 лет назад

    The best green screen tutorial on RUclips

  • @theboldchick
    @theboldchick 3 года назад

    thanks guys great tips!

  • @andrebendahan
    @andrebendahan 3 года назад

    Thanks! What if I don't need to match my subject with any background (in short: gonna be transparent bg), can I then light my background first?

  • @mcgruff8047
    @mcgruff8047 3 года назад

    Appreciate the tips! thank you :)

  • @NativeMedia210
    @NativeMedia210 6 лет назад +1

    It’s Carmichael!! Hi Carmichael your awesome

  • @Fluxzone90
    @Fluxzone90 4 года назад

    What kind of lights are you guys using here to light the green screen? I'm limited on both space and storage space and so don't want to have to use full size bank lights. Do yours illuminate it as well as a bank? And with just 2?

  • @hehexd1462
    @hehexd1462 6 лет назад

    sweet video! cool to hear some strategies used! :>

  • @tiffsaver
    @tiffsaver 9 месяцев назад

    Great tutorial! Btw, are those expensive fabric green screens any better than the paper rolls??

  • @eaglehealthy
    @eaglehealthy Год назад

    Thank you

  • @greglr19751
    @greglr19751 2 года назад +2

    I'm broke, so I'm using a bedsheet with a projector behind it. The menu screen is set to green, so it lights up the white sheet green. It works for now until I get better at after effects and can justify a more expensive setup.

  • @outsideworlds
    @outsideworlds 7 лет назад

    Zodiac, the scene outside when police investigate the cab driver's murder. I was blown away when I found out they had shot that in a studio with a wrap around green screen and 3D markers.

  • @Lowercaseqb
    @Lowercaseqb 2 года назад

    is there like one cost effective package you can recommend for a green screen kit, of course best quality too.

  • @StickOnHair
    @StickOnHair 3 года назад

    I am painting my bedroom wall with rosco digicomp HD paint. I want permanent lighting in the ceiling to light it. I would prefer Philips hue bulbs. B22 806 lumen white ambiance are the bulbs I’m using throughout the house - all voice controlled with accessories. I was thinking maybe five in a bar along the ceiling in front of the wall - 4 for the screen and 1 for the backlight. What do you think?

  • @toapyandfriends
    @toapyandfriends 2 года назад +1

    I bought the emart green screen lighting kit and I realized after turning it on in my apartment that actually the key to good home decor is lighting....try using a green screen lighting kit to light your home instead of just a normal lamps and stuff and you'll know what I mean I think I found another secret to awesome home decor if you don't mind your home looking like a studio which is pretty awesome 😎👍'its what I do!

  • @rickolsonmusic
    @rickolsonmusic 4 года назад

    Paint is best? Matte? What’s the name of the shade? Thanks!

  • @dj_emby
    @dj_emby 7 лет назад

    What is a good light to use for lighting the green screen. Price range about 400€ for 2. Already have lights for a 3-point-lighting. Just wanna use it for a news segment, nothing fancy, really simple green screen use.

  • @affrikanhistoryatlarge4161
    @affrikanhistoryatlarge4161 2 года назад +1

    Thanks

  • @jianping5976
    @jianping5976 Год назад

    can you comment about white balance when background and subject lighting color temperature s are different

  • @somenbi264
    @somenbi264 3 года назад

    what size is the collapsible green screen in this video? what minimum size for full body?

  • @Anime-nl9mr
    @Anime-nl9mr 3 года назад

    Hey there, I need a green/blue screen for several youtube interviews. Thing is that I have very little room in my room. Any recommendations? I have same exact F light you say I should avoid at minute 2:57 on my bedroom X'D I'm also on a budget

  • @Mitron805
    @Mitron805 4 года назад

    ❤️

  • @CosplayLosAngeles
    @CosplayLosAngeles 7 лет назад +56

    You forgot to iron /steam your fabric! and stretch it out as much as you can. not really gonna matter for users with gh4, a7s, but if you use a cheaper camera like canon t2i , it will help a lot

    • @virgilpillay
      @virgilpillay 4 года назад +1

      Great tip. Thanks

    • @sascha_becker
      @sascha_becker 3 года назад

      Don't iron it, make the screen wet and those wrinkles will go out by themselves while drying

  • @gcastroism
    @gcastroism 3 года назад

    what about a green screen iluminated by natural light? would that work?

  • @WhirlOmar
    @WhirlOmar 5 лет назад

    If you don't get your green screen even around your subject you can just do more than one keying to key out any other shades of the green. More work but sometimes you don't have the right lighting setup at your disposal.

  • @barathchandran6131
    @barathchandran6131 4 года назад

    What are the minimum stuffs we need to Use Green Screen?

  • @King-2077
    @King-2077 5 лет назад +2

    What if my subject is reflective and I have to make the floor green as well? How can I avoid spill on the subject?

    • @gr2159
      @gr2159 5 лет назад

      using a different color light for the subject can help as well as moving the subject closer to the camera. if the subject is too reflective, try changing the location, like for product shoots.

  • @joshuafitzpatrick7624
    @joshuafitzpatrick7624 7 лет назад

    The Shallows - I didn't realize most of those shots when she was stranded on the rock was green screened.

  • @lincolnlivetv8288
    @lincolnlivetv8288 4 года назад

    We use a green screen for our high school newscast. This year, we want to add a LCD monitor behind the anchors so we can play graphics and video in the monitor. No problem, except that our logo is blue and yellow and when we key out the green screen in our Tricaster, the logo becomes transparent. If we adjust far enough to get the logo to look correct, the green screen begins to appear. Can this be solved by adding separate lights to the green screen and the anchors? Right now, we pretty much just have the area flooded. Any help is appreciated, or lincolnlive@gjps.org. Thanks.

  • @MateFilep
    @MateFilep 7 лет назад +3

    Have you decided on the winner?

  • @Kai-O-Ken
    @Kai-O-Ken 7 месяцев назад

    For samsung phones, what app can I download for the colour value?

  • @tysongalland8681
    @tysongalland8681 6 лет назад

    What IRE do you want your green screen to be? I see many different ideas on what that should be online and from the video, it looked like you're IRE was around 70-80.

  • @DARKLYLIT
    @DARKLYLIT 7 лет назад

    The scene in SKYFALL where they blow up the MI6 building They actually built a huge green screen structure and on top of it blew up a model of the top of the actual building, then keyed-in the bottom of it.

  • @danmanw1
    @danmanw1 7 лет назад

    When is the winner being announced?

  • @casualking4548
    @casualking4548 7 лет назад

    The dock scene in Italy from Wolf of Wall Street.

  • @GrandGeneralKukov
    @GrandGeneralKukov 7 лет назад

    In his 50-year career directing movies, Woody Allen (81) recently used a green screen for the first time for 2016's CAFE SOCIETY, in the scene where Jesse Eisenberg and Kristin Stewart drive to the Hollywood sign of the 1930s, proving definitively that you're never too old to learn new things.

  • @moviedorkproductions9465
    @moviedorkproductions9465 4 года назад

    I have two scenes, if that's okay?
    All the scenes of the Mickelvoss Twins from The Social Network (Armie Hammer is NOT a twin!), and the birth of the newborn baby in Children of Men (scary good VFX).

  • @Hangs4Fun
    @Hangs4Fun 4 года назад +9

    Your voice sounds very similar to Dwayne "The Roc" Johnson :-)

  • @spider1g5
    @spider1g5 7 лет назад +1

    Cmike!

  • @hutamagio2680
    @hutamagio2680 4 года назад +1

    why should i avoid 8 bit 4:2:0 in green screen?

  • @jonathanalfred446
    @jonathanalfred446 7 лет назад +1

    Aww I wanted to see the results 😢

  • @DivineMisterAdVentures
    @DivineMisterAdVentures 5 лет назад

    Yeah - that's much better.

  • @BabyVistaLaHasta
    @BabyVistaLaHasta 4 года назад

    shutter island - ruffalo and dicaprio on the ship in the beginning.

  • @rango-konk
    @rango-konk 4 года назад

    Yo CMike is here!!!! Cool..!

  • @HelamanGile
    @HelamanGile 3 года назад +3

    so technically we're all red

  • @CineFan911
    @CineFan911 6 лет назад

    Man I wish the giveaway was still going on, David Fincher anything.

  • @aaronjohnson4604
    @aaronjohnson4604 3 года назад

    Maybe I was looking for more technical information about the lights and color of the green screen. Most viewers I assume are looking to find the MOST OPTIOMAL conditions and WHY they used those specific lights in the film cuts you used in the beginning.

  • @nyvarsitysports
    @nyvarsitysports 8 месяцев назад

    Three questions:
    1. What paint would I use for my wall, if i were to make that my first choice? Would it require non-reflective paint?
    2. What lights would you recommend? Is there a green bulb that makes it better or worse?
    3. How don't you guys don't already have views in the ten's of millions?
    On another note, for so many of these videos saying that our problem is the lighting but not even hinting at the type or brand of lights we need? Is so Californian.

  • @EZEonIon
    @EZEonIon 7 лет назад

    Many scenes in Gone Girl, but if I had to pick one, the city apartment scene.

  • @MateFilep
    @MateFilep 7 лет назад

    In The Nice Guys when Ryan Gosling and Russel Crowe is in the elevator the background is green screen :)

  • @altermann1ify
    @altermann1ify 5 лет назад +63

    Anything is easier though if you have money

  • @nintendoplayprebeta2879
    @nintendoplayprebeta2879 2 года назад

    thanks,for this expenssive unattainable on bugdet tips, next video, how to repaint your ferrari

  • @ElishaZakai
    @ElishaZakai 7 лет назад +1

    In The Avengers all of the war scenes in the city were greenscreened (quite well if I may add)

  • @studiodaz
    @studiodaz 5 лет назад +4

    What did you say at the beginning, sorry with that loud into music blasting out into my headphones and the quiet voice it's just crazy and my ears aren't too happy.

  • @austinjansma8303
    @austinjansma8303 3 года назад

    I know the giveaway is over. A movie that you would think didn't have green screen in it was "The Room" for the famous "oh hi mark" scene.

  • @krakiii
    @krakiii 7 лет назад

    The wolf of wall street when they are walking toward the yacht in Europe.

  • @ShahzaibNawab
    @ShahzaibNawab 6 лет назад +1

    What software u used in the video to remove the greenscreen?

  • @ThrillpillFilms
    @ThrillpillFilms 7 лет назад

    Logan in 'London' Gilmore Girls on Netflix - green screen.

  • @dp-mason
    @dp-mason 4 года назад

    holy shit i didn't expect to see carmike on this vid

  • @KwasnikPictures
    @KwasnikPictures 6 лет назад +1

    "PERFECTLY LIT! " xD

  • @blueghost8057
    @blueghost8057 4 года назад

    I use blue screen if I want to put the subject in a dark place. Then I don't have to worry too much about the green edges

  • @ItsAlwaysHappyHour
    @ItsAlwaysHappyHour 10 месяцев назад

    Good tips for lighting, thank you, but you guys nearly killed me with the intro music volume.

  • @benallen3424
    @benallen3424 7 лет назад

    The oner from 'Hugo'

  • @jamesoconnor7888
    @jamesoconnor7888 3 года назад

    Karmicheal!

  • @MeadeSkeltonMusic
    @MeadeSkeltonMusic 3 года назад

    I like wearing green. Blue screen for me.

  • @mitschcrafter6766
    @mitschcrafter6766 4 года назад

    *5

  • @CreepyFilmz
    @CreepyFilmz 6 лет назад +1

    It said...Avoid cameras with 8bit...…………...why?? What if you shoot with the Canon 5d mark iv

  • @IntrovertDil
    @IntrovertDil Год назад

    why avoid 8bit ?? can some1 please tell me

  • @lerm2mysquirm183
    @lerm2mysquirm183 7 лет назад

    The Matrix-fight in the subway

  • @yojoono
    @yojoono 7 лет назад

    The entire Hobbit house in the movie "The Hobbit" is a green screen.

  • @DMarcoTheBeast
    @DMarcoTheBeast Год назад

    "Human flesh tends to be red skin toned."

  • @smoms
    @smoms 7 лет назад

    I bet there is no Blockbuster that didnt use green screen at all 😂

  • @lthopper3615
    @lthopper3615 5 лет назад +4

    Wait just one second... Where did CMike come from :D

  • @RustyCam
    @RustyCam 7 лет назад +1

    Kung Fury XD

  •  7 лет назад

    A lot of shots in Boardwalk Empire are amazingly seamless greenscreen shots. Here's a breakdown: vimeo.com/34678075