The Challenge

When a client wants special effects but cannot get to our studios there is only one thing to do. Take the studio to them!

Whilst we would love to take shots in the Arctic or on some South Seas beach paradise we know that sadly the budgets and timescales do not always stretch that far. The alternative is to use a Green Screen and match in stock footage or special graphics to replicate what you would get in real life.

For this project we had to turn an office conference room in Leeds into a full length Green Screen studio so we could shoot a video for later special effects editing.

The client

We often work with agencies on behalf of their clients. They are able to get used to our technical, production and directorial skills in video and audio production. In this case our client was Hampshire based White Communications, who we do a lot of video production work for.

The Equipment

Sony ex3
10 lights of varying sizes from arri 150′s to 2k
Tele-Prompt
Sound equipment
Green screen cloth

Setup

We travelled up the night before and started at 7am in the agencies clients offices by clearing the conference room and setting up the green screen, lighting, sound and then the video equipment. Within 2 hours we were ready.

The result

Within 1 hour of the start we had filmed three verions, full length, mid and head and shoulder shots of the script, ready to be edited and then add in the special background effects. The agency client was then all done.

Within a couple of hours we had cleared the room, packed our stuff up and were on our way back to Southampton.

As they say – all in days work.

For an example of Green Screen in action check out the video on our web site, click here