How to Build Your Very Own Green Screen Los Angeles Studio | The Communication Blog

Friday, August 5, 2011

How to Build Your Very Own Green Screen Los Angeles Studio

By Phillip Guye


Do you want to make your own green screen Los Angeles home studio? This short article will teach you how to make a green screen that is effortless. If you produce your personal movies and would like to have the ability to produce some amazing special effects, you should consider creating a green screen studio in your home. A green screen studio will help you to record images and then overlay them on to numerous backgrounds. You can record friends and family and place them on a Martian surface, a remote beach or anywhere you wish.

Chroma-key is a software in which two pictures are blended together. The subject stands in front of a single-color screen that is usually green, and then another image is inserted in its place. For instance, you can insert a football arena into the background, and it will look like you are there. These types of screens can be created at home to assist you in making images and videos. Listed are steps on how to make your own green screen studio at home. First, find some open area in a basement or large spare room to use as your green studio. Clear plenty of space and make room for hanging a large green cloth or backdrop.

You may need to purchase stands to hold up your green screen backdrop as well. Measure the room and decide how large of a piece of green screen you need. You may be able to find a roll of green screen material at larger camera or video stores in you are, if not you can order online at places like Studio Depot. You will need to buy your green screen materials. This can be any type of non-reflective green material such as felt, fleece, or even cotton. You have to buy a big enough size. 10 feet will be a good deal. You want to buy a little more to ensure that you have enough to complete your green screen. Next, you need to cut your fabric to the desired size.

It's far better to clean out a large space in a space and clear it of all disturbances and measure before cutting your green screen material. There are two approaches to put up your green screen. You can just staple the fabric to a wall or you can build a frame. To construct your green screen frame, you will have to buy PVC piping from a local hardware store. You will need to make your frame slightly bigger than your green screen material cut-out. If your material is a 4x6; you may need your frame to be a 5x7. If you're creating a frame you have to cut holes in your fabric about every foot.

Now, you probably know how to construct your own green screen Los Angeles home studio. All that you should do is follow the instruction stated above to begin producing one. Make sure that your green screen LA will be of use to you and other small film makers that might wish to rent your studio.




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