Making a Talking Head Video Blog Show.

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rezanaghibi

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Hello,

As always this is probably the wrong place to have posted (as easy as it may seem when reading the forum sub-sections, it's quite confusing) this but here goes...

My client has a blog that he posts to bi-weekly and has expressed a desire to trim some of those blogs into a sort of rapid fire, brief video blog that would supplement his blog website. We've shot him talking to the camera with a green screen behind him and i've got the footage and all that ready to go.

what i want to kno is where to go from here:

1.) best keying techniques?
2.) best process to conduct with this sort of project? ie: trim in final cut, render separate clips then take to AE for keying and titles and thirds?
3.) best things to keep in mind with this sort of project? ie: shadows on the green screen, lighting, audio, editing, compositing, etc.

The above are the only questions that I have but there may be many others I should keep in mind so I would greatly appreciate you're exhaustive and considerate tips and tricks.

THANKS!
 
Hi,

If you want good key, you want good lighting of course, if the green screen and client was lit with a light measuring tool, then there should be no problem removing the green screen.

Editing you want to use premiere if you are looking to go into after effects, FCP can do it all in one shot, make your lower thirds and titles and just bring them into FCP as animated pngs

Just make sure you have good lighting, and even if it is 4:1:1 cam, it can still pull a good key. (the details on how to key in after effects are on www.creativecow.com)

Organize the shots so you do them all in the same lighting conditions (makes the keying work easier), if it is just him sitting and talking, you can batch the process and clean up little details.

Good luck

-Tim
 
keying seems to work better in AE than FCP which is why i'd prefer to do it in AE. Im just not sure if I should edit the footage and then take it into FCP to trim and what not. basically i need someone to gimme a step by step of what should be done with the footage from square one.

thanks in advance!
 
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