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My company has a shoot coming up involving green screen....i have some experience shooting in front of one (few years ago at the Art Institute) but we will be using my HVX200 and if I cant get access to P2 cards, probably ghetto rig it to a powerbook or macbook and capture thru FCP....

what are some good tips to remember....?

we are shooting this for a major corporate client and we dont wanna look like idiots....

we will most likely be shooting this in 720p.....i know this is usually comes down to preference but for a corporation like this do you guys recommend 24p with it or 30p or the standard crisp broadcast look of 60i ?

plus will shooting in Hi-Def be easier to key out the green?

we will be doing the key job in FCP, but i hear AE has a phenominal keying process...

All this will eventually go to flash form....as a swf file specifically...so it will be heavily down converted
 
24p 30p 60i, man it depends on whoever got hired to think creatively for the project. whoever that is, (if it's you) then you have to figure out what you're shooting, why you're shooting it and then what finished product you want. There are no rules to it. I just finished a 20 piece interview/video promotional series for a company who hired me because they wanted what i could bring to the table. I shot mostly 24p (and some 30p) cause I was shooting musicians. 60i would have looked lame to me. But that doesn't mean 60i is lame. 30p looked great on some of them. I mixed it up a little. If I was shooting a promo for Nike on an upcoming golfer, i'd probably go 60i for that. But then again, maybe not. It helps to shoot practice footage on whatever you're shooting so you can see what looks cool and what sucks. A documentary on shark fishing...who knows??? 35mm! jk.

it's up to the guy who is getting paid to come up with that answer. That should be why he's getting paid in the first place.

Murf (sonic)

PS-i'll tell you one thing that i can't get enough of on this camera.... the slo motion. I can't get enough of it when i want powerful images.
 
Hey guys wrong section to post this move it to the technical section. First off dont key in final cut get after effects and use keylight. 2nd shoot 1080p works better for a downsample and most colour info. 3rd i use these settings Cinelike V, normal matrix, colour +2, detail -2 or -3. 4th light evenly have your screen lit 40-50ire using your scopes on fcp and you want it a flat even line on the waveform then light your talent put them a good distance from your screen and give then side/back light if appropriate to get a good separation from the key ie knock out any spill
 
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