Green Screen/Chroma Key Recourses

Justin Swain · March 13

I'm just curious to see if there are any recommended suppliers of resources for shooting on green. My responsibilities for the shoot are only the puppets and puppeteers. I will not be involved in sets, or any lighting/camera work, but I want to make sure that things on my end are not creating complications on the days of shooting or with post production. Specifically, I'm going to be needing full body puppeteer suits, spike tape, and maybe paint?. Obviously, I can find green morph suits on Amazon, but as I'm new to the world of chroma keying, I don't know the downsides of the cheap and easy route, though I'm sure there are some. I do like the idea of separate articles of clothing.

I welcome and appreciate any recourses or input on this topic. Thanks!

Chris Ellerby · March 22

Since your focus is on the puppets and actors, I would think about the following:

Make sure none of the puppets have any wardrobe or props that are green
Have chroma-green paint/tape handy to cover rods or any other puppet-related hardware you wish to vanish.
Have some extra greenscreen fabric to drape over a performer, apple box, stand, etc. (Talk with production, they should be able to provide some if you don't wish to purchase it yourself)
Avoid hard-to-key elements like feathers, translucent materials like lace, frizzy hair, etc. where possible.

That's just what comes to mind, I'm sure others may have more suggestions!

/Chris

Justin Swain · March 24

Thanks for the tips Chris.

Here are a few sites that I have found.

https://www.hollywoodexpendables.com/shop/
https://www.chromakeysuit.com/

Green Screen/Chroma Key Recourses

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