Green Screen Stills

Green screening was easy because we followed simple steps from a youtube video that helped us through the steps.
The difficulties with green screenings is where to position yourself in front of the green screen when taking a picture or video. This is because if you aren't far enough away from the screen parts of your body can be lost in editing and green specs can be seen on the final still, which reduces the imagination that we are on a stage.
Green screening can be used in music videos, especially spectical genres, to show the artist in different places and create scenes that cannot be done in real life, for example being pictured on the moon, giving a Lady Gaga feel. Furthermore it is a good way to change the mood of the video, can reduce costs and is easy to produce.

My First Attempt At Green Screening

When Green Screening I found it easy to learn how to use the Chroma Key and the process of the technique. However with my first two attempts it was hard when knowing where to position the individual. For instance in our my first two attempts some of the keys on the keyboards disappeared and our legs looked a bit weird because we stood too far back and merged in with the green screen almost.









But once I tackled that difficulty it became a lot easier and i was able to expand my backgrounds and think of more imaginative poses.











You could use green screening within a music video (especially one under the spectacle genre), since it would help broaden that imaginative side that artist's such as Lady GaGa are famous for appreciating.











An example can be seen in Lady GaGa -Telephone ft. Beyonce, as they are driving in the car!











One benefit to green screening is the fact that it leaves your options for setting and location open a lot more, as your background imagery could be limitless. Overall I feel green screening may prove very usual in a music video, as it would reduce the cost during production and you could save time when finding a suitable location.