Need advice for lighting toys w/ green screen

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Kugar13

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Hey guys and gals!

I'm working on a project where I need to film and photography toys with a green screen background. I've done some research on how to best do this and came up with a few creative ideas as well, but I wanted to check with you guys as well. Time and time again you guys have given me killer ideas I never would have thought about on my own. So, my question to you is how to best light and manipulate toys (in real time) with a green screen background.

Is anyone familiar with light tents? If so, what advice/instructions could you share?

The toys are going to be jets. I'd like to manipulate them in real time in front of a green screen. I assume using tiny metal rods painted chroma color green may work best.

I want to light the toys with no shadows. What is the best set-up to do this?

What wattage is best when dealing with a small scale? I have 1000 and 650k lights, but they will be too hot.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!
 
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I want to lock the camera down to film/photograph the toys. Manipulating the toys in real time is optional. The alternative will be manipulating them in post using After Effects.

I'm using a DVX100a with no additional camera manipulative equipment used for precise control of the camera.
 
I would love to do motion control on the models, but wasn't sure of the most effective means to do so. I was contemplating using chroma color green metal rods attached to the models to manipulate them in real time, but wasn't sure if this was a wise decision. I can manipulate them in After Effects in post as an alternative.

There are some shots I'd like to have the camera track forward/across a large model that represents the exterior of a structure, but I'm not sure how to best go about this. I'd like to have the camera pan across the model at the same smooth speed over and over without variation in speed so I can combine the shots into one long tracking shot in post. An example would be the camera tracking down a long stretch where I can loop the footage to make the distance/model longer than it really is.

Thanks for the help!
 
Maybe you could take the first large pan shot and place it in your editor. Then, get paste the same shot in again, but reverse it and flip it horizontally. Then cut off the shots where the end of the model is shown and link them together.

Not sure if this will work for you, but it sounded good on paper.

Edit: obviously this wont work on all types of models, but it could possibly work on a building or a horizon. What exactly is it you are panning across?
 
I'm panning across a model that is, for the lack of a better way to describe it, looks like the trench on the death star in star wars. It's not Star Wars related, but there ya go. =)

Any ideas on how to best photo toy/model aircraft? Is a light tent/box best?

What about wattage? My 1k lights are way too powerful.

Thanks guys, you rock!
 
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