This probably isn't the right place to post this, but I couldn't find anywhere better.
Anyhow, I've had some people ask me about my "100 dollar greenscreen." Well, I added it up and it was actually considerably more than 100 bucks, but still cheap in the scheme of things. It currently lives in my garage and is going to get a lot of use in the next couple weeks.
Here are some screen captures(I cranked the chroma level way up to make it easier to key later):
Anyhow, I built this thing with:
2 8X4's (10 bucks each)
Rosco Chroma Key Green Paint (40 bucks, but I have a ton left)
Primer (not really needed--10 bucks)
Then I propped the two boards up in my garage.
I lit the it with 3 $20 lights I bought at sears. They can be switched from 300w to 500w to 150w, which is really nice and they are round so they don't have as sharp edges as most. I put rosco diffuse gels (another 6 bucks or something) in front of the two which lit the greenscreen. Then I used one to light the subject (with a piece of cardboard attatched to it to block it from lighting the greenscreen.) I also used a 200w standard bulb to fill the other side of the subject. I don't expect to use this greenscreen for anything too professional, but I have a short film I'm working on (mostly as a vanity project) and since I have no budget but need a lot of greenscreened shots, I built this.
(Don't even ask how this image was made and compressed. I don't want to get into it.) And yes, I know there are hotspots here...I have to move the diffuse filters forward or the lights back before I shoot next.
Btw, it's worked a lot better for me than cloth greenscreens, but I've never used a well lit cloth greenscreen. Although I was advised to raise the detail level for greenscreening, I prefer to keep it at -3 so that the imperfections in the wood don't show up.
Anyhow, I've had some people ask me about my "100 dollar greenscreen." Well, I added it up and it was actually considerably more than 100 bucks, but still cheap in the scheme of things. It currently lives in my garage and is going to get a lot of use in the next couple weeks.
Here are some screen captures(I cranked the chroma level way up to make it easier to key later):
Anyhow, I built this thing with:
2 8X4's (10 bucks each)
Rosco Chroma Key Green Paint (40 bucks, but I have a ton left)
Primer (not really needed--10 bucks)
Then I propped the two boards up in my garage.
I lit the it with 3 $20 lights I bought at sears. They can be switched from 300w to 500w to 150w, which is really nice and they are round so they don't have as sharp edges as most. I put rosco diffuse gels (another 6 bucks or something) in front of the two which lit the greenscreen. Then I used one to light the subject (with a piece of cardboard attatched to it to block it from lighting the greenscreen.) I also used a 200w standard bulb to fill the other side of the subject. I don't expect to use this greenscreen for anything too professional, but I have a short film I'm working on (mostly as a vanity project) and since I have no budget but need a lot of greenscreened shots, I built this.
(Don't even ask how this image was made and compressed. I don't want to get into it.) And yes, I know there are hotspots here...I have to move the diffuse filters forward or the lights back before I shoot next.
Btw, it's worked a lot better for me than cloth greenscreens, but I've never used a well lit cloth greenscreen. Although I was advised to raise the detail level for greenscreening, I prefer to keep it at -3 so that the imperfections in the wood don't show up.
