Technical Tutorial 1 - Green Screen, Music Video Shoot and Final Cut

Green Screen:


I recently used and learnt how to used a green screen production package for a music video scenario.


The packaged we used looked like so...

We had a artist infront of the screen performing and where told how its used, what for and they we all got a go of seeing it used for its purpose.

Things to note about the green screen :

• The green screen must be a constant colour, for example there cannot be and shadows on the green screen as when it comes to editing out the green cololour it wont work properly.


• There must be atleast 2 contant lights, preferably 3 lights, one from the left, one from the right and another upabove the artist(s) so eliminate all shadows.


• The green screen must also come down onto and past the floor like so in the picture so when taking the green out there isnt a faint black line on the floor.

Music Video Shoot:

I learnt how to operate multiple camera's at once and how to operate them professionally in accordance to the music being used. For example, the floor director would normally say camera's stand by when they are about roll.

I also learnt the use a variety of camera shots simultaneously, for instance one is a long shot, another would be in a position for a close up and another would be hand held.

Final Cut:

I learnt how to use this program to edit a video, and also mute the audio and dub over the album version of a song so the video goes perfectly with the audio.

In addition, i learnt how to use the chromer key edit out the green colour from the green screen and how to apply any colour background to the video clip to make it look like your in a different surrounding. In addition, i also learnt how to add in a different background, for example a pre recorded clip of a surrounding.