Green Screen and Lip Sync

Green Screen and Lip Sync

 

 

For this task, we had to create a minute video with the use of green screen and lip sync. The overall task was fun to film and produce. Setting up and making sure that there was little to no shadow being produced was the hardest part of the task.

We first set up the green screen. We made sure that the green screen had been attached to the poles as tightly as we could get it to be in order to eliminate creases. Looking back and at the video, it is clear to see that we did not do as well as we had hoped. In the short video clip that I edited, I noticed the creasing of the green screen, and I believe that this did effect the overall quality of the video.

We also had to carefully place the lighting as the green screen picks up shadows easily. We ended up only using only two of the three lights that we have just to reduce the amount of shadow being shown on the green screen and camera.

In terms of editing and matching the lip syncing to the music, I found it to be the easiest part of the whole task as it was the easiest to manipulate and control. The whole video has been matched perfectly to the song and the cuts and effects has been added to add emphasis to the lyrics. Cuts had been used systematically to make the match-on-action as effective as possible. I also edited out derogatory terms used in the music to also match the lip syncer of the video. I experimented with the green screen background, but then concluded to keep it simple by placing a grey brick wall behind the protagonist. The 3 way colour wheel was used, and I settled for adding cool blue tones to counter-act the natural warm yellow/orange tint that we got from the filming.

Overall this task was fun to do and easy to edit. I learnt that if I wish to use a green screen in my main task,I should take many different factors into consideration. These are: shadows, lighting placement, colour of lighting and set up of the green screen.