
The test involved an actor, dressed in a cowboy outfit, lighting up and smoking a cigar. The test was done late in the day, with no additional lights, and we were racing against the sun. The green screen we had was a little bit on the pale/unsaturated side, but we went ahead with it anyway. We imported the footage into Final Cut Pro and applied the Keyer effect.
Most of it was working well, except there were some areas that were bleeding through the image so we tried to clean that up with the addition of masks/garbage mattes. You can see where the keyer had difficulty handling the translucent nature of the smoke, and as the greenscreen had wrinkles in it, that also caused some keying problems. We shot in HD (1920 x 1080) on an old Sony EX-1 camera.
For more information on the Show Us Your Shot series, click for Guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions. You may also view related articles here.
Adam Cruz's Bio
Adam Cruz’s career began at Broadcast Arts, a NY-SFX house. He was as a producer on "Palante! Siempre, Palante!" a documentary about the Young Lords. He worked at Curious Pictures, which produced commercials and original programming for HBO, Cartoon Network, and Disney. He is presently working with his business partner, Ruth Cruz, at Thunder Child Productions. They currently have several projects in development including "Nightingale & Co," and a sci-fi/western web series entitled, "Montana Wilde."
0 Comments