Green screen studio owners have a propensity to ask the same questions about lighting, background materials, shooting and compositing techniques.

1. How to Get a Great Green
Screen Shot for the Talent

2. Green screen studio owners have a
propensity to ask a number of
questions about lighting,
background materials, shooting and
compositing techniques.

3. Questions to ask
beforehand:

4. When must I use green or
blue screen?

5. What type of cameras
should I use?

6. What type of materials
should I use?

7. How do I light the
talent?

8. To accomplish good output
from your project, here are
some techniques that may
help:

9. Bouncing Light
The common problems with poor green
screen studio shots result from:
- improper lighting
- incorrect positioning
- use of backgrounds with wrong colour

10. Solution:
- If you light off of anything such as umbrella
or ceiling, the POWER OF BOUNCING LIGHT is
harnessed.
- But be aware that reflective surfaces like
metal, silver and other shiny surfaces absorb
less light.

11. Tips for Lighting the
Actor/Actress

12. - Light the talent for the proposed setting they
are to be composited into. The talent lighting is
independent of the backing lighting.

13. - Turn off the backing lighting in order to set up
the lighting for the talent. Then, turn the backing
lights back on and re-meter after the lighting is
set up for the talent.

14. - Keep the talent 8 to 10 feet from the
backing. The closer they get to the backing
the more spill light lands on them.

15. - Make sure the talent lighting does not hit
the backing. Make sure the backing light does
not hit the talent.

16. - Watch out for reflective objects on the
talent such as rings and other metal objects
as they will reflect the backing color.

17. - Never counter-light the edges of the talent
with a complementary color of the backing
(yellow for blue screen and magenta for green
screen).

18. - Place small lights out of frame and
slightly behind the talent to subtly rim
light them.