Free Your Mind

James • 25th Jan 2006 • Work

The majority of special effects that involve actual human actors (not cartoons) seen in movies are made possible with the use of a Green Screen. Anytime you see someone flying or doing anything uncharacteristic of potential human behavior, you can bet that a green screen is involved. Take “The Matrix” for example, virtually every scene is created with green screens, allowing the editors to create whatever they want in the background of their footage, making a sci-fi film more realistic than ever.

I enhanced my digital studio with the purchase of a green screen a short time ago, so now I can use this technology to make all kinds of crazy videos. In fact, I just got back from Dallas, TX, where I did some filming for Cholestech, and I made use of this screen. You can see in this brief clip, I moved my dad in front of this photo (which happened to just be on the other side of the room that we were filming). And this is only the beginning of what can be done. Pretty cool eh? I think so too.