The majority of the green screen sequences we filmed in the end were not originally in the script and only got chosen after problems getting locations. I met with the director to discuss what we were going to do to replace the shots we couldn't get from the script and we decided to film 2 scenes just on green screen after coming up with the idea of the stop motion. I had already done research into green screen last semester so I was well prepared in dealing with the larger quantity of footage.
The first thing I did was create 2 video tracks and layer the green screen footage on the top track with the stop motion on the bottom.
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| Layering video tracks. |
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After doing this I applied the Spectrematte effect onto the top green screen layer and selected the colour that I wanted the Matte to apply to by dragging the select colour icon onto the green of the video.
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| Selecting the colour |
This made the 1st video track visible but also created a slight green glow around Daniel. To negate this I altered the Matte Processing which eroded the edges around Daniel, smoothing out the green screen's "spill".
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| Smoothing out the edges around Daniel. |
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This did the job fairly effectively but to make sure it was completely negated and looked 'realistic' I altered the 'Inner Softness' which merged the background and foreground more.
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| Using inner softness to merge background with Daniel. |
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Finally I did some quick light matching to make turn down the brightness of the green screen shot to make it fit more easily with the lighting of the background.
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| Doing preliminary colour correction. |
After completing both sequences I viewed the whole film again to make sure they fit in with the narrative and visual style and I believe they do. They also help build on the themes of childlike whimsy and imagination effectively and keep in line with the films fantasy nature.
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