Shooting with 3 cameras on Greenscreen

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xhridhar

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As we are on a very tight schedule , we are going to shoot with 3 cameras simultaneously on Greenscreen. It's a drama quite dialogue heavy.

I am thinking of doing cross angles as well - 2 speakers on opposite sides (which would normally be a very bad idea but as its Greenscreen I can key out the opposing camera and the lights )

Is this a bad idea or can I get away with it? I don't want to light flat even as in sitcoms.

Any tips on what to watch out for? I will be looking for green spills,shadows etc.

Cheers
 
xhridhar said:
Is this a bad idea or can I get away with it? I don't want to light flat even as in sitcoms.
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Sitcoms are lit flat specifically because they're three-camera. Pretty hard not to do so. The greenscreen will make it even more complicated, especially matching whatever backgrounds you plan to put in.
 
Yup, greenscreen lighting for one camera is hard enough :) - doing so for three will be an uphill struggle :(. In a 'proper' greenscreen studio with a curved green background, it might be doable.

And you may be stuck with flat foreground lighting for the same reasons - anything else raises the risk of green spill from the backgrounds and crappy keying. Unless of course you want to spend months rotoscoping unkeyable footage frame by frame...

Definitely do some pre-testing. Fast production is pointless if it results in long post-production nightmares.
 
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