Chromakey
March 27, 2009The true power and importance of Chromakey (more commonly known as Blue or Green Screen) as a cinematic process, is not just in creating special-effects but rather in the engament of a cretaive process that treats the assembly of a moving image in layers rather than only as a Sequence.
The act of compositing, of bringing together disparate image elements and combining them into a cohesive whole, is at the heart of contemporary cinematic media and the concepts that underpin Chromakey are universal from Editing systems to Motion graphics, from Final cut and Premiere to After Effects, Combustion, Flash, Photoshop and 3D apps like Maya and Cinema 4D.
Being familiar with Chromakey – and more significantly the principles of compositing – on both a technical and creative level is crucial for being a filmmaker in the 21st century.
Below are the notes on the Tier3 Greenscreen shooting class and the material generated from this class we will use when we dive into After Effects in a few weeks time.
t3-chromakey PDF
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