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Green Screen, Blurred Background or BackDrop for explainer videos?

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26 Mar 2021 11:39 #113683 by Cameron Jake
Which do you think would look best for a talent on screen explainer for a corporate?

Green Screen - To hide this being filmed at home - 
Backdrop - As above but to light with LEDs for a nice wash background.
Blurred background - To hide some studio imperfections / equipment and so on.

I wondered if there was a plug in that could act like a TV screen which could also block out some of the background? At the moment I have used the excellent 3dVideo Walls 
Plug in  fxfactory.com/info/xeffects3dvideowalls/

Which of the above options would be the least stress full to film and most cost efficient.

I have seen very few youtube green screen examples that don't look dreadfully bad. 

That said - I could just use another room in my house and stand away from the green screen and try and do it more of a weather man thing, but lighting can be a nightmare and I have zero lights at the moment 

This though seems to be a cheap lighting and green screen / backdrop set that might work?

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Which would you say looks the cleanest and most pro???

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26 Mar 2021 22:18 #113693 by JoeEditor
You always want your green screen to be evenly lit softly and without wrinkles.
You always want to be at least 10 feet from the screen itself.

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27 Mar 2021 04:33 #113699 by Karsten Schlüter
follow Ben's advice.

And:

Cameron Jake wrote: … and I have zero lights at the moment …


This is no good start for a professional look :)
We speak of two 'levels' of green-screen: Do you want to create the illusion of being at the keyed location? Then you have to mimic light situation, keyword 'compositing' … Imagine, you use a night-scene with colorful, blinking neon-lights as bg, – which should create reflections on the talent! plus perspective, lens length, yaddayadda.

Or, do you want to 'just a second, imposed level' (weatherman)? Which also asks for a well-lit green, but also a well-lit talent, for a clean key AND a pro-look (three-point lighting, yaddayadda)

FCP is very forgiving conc. 'even, wrinkle free bg' (for some no-budget projects I demand the title 'worse green screen ever" LOL!… Even ultra cheap solutions give good looking results (by my standards)

oh, and to mention: you don't need a full size green studio, apply a quick 'dirt-mask, covers unwanted parts…

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27 Mar 2021 12:07 #113705 by Cameron Jake
I like the dude with the motors behind. Not sure if that is green or a murial?

The girl is using green screen and matching objects in the fore ground.

The guy at the table is a clean look green screen again with clever lighting.

The guy with the white car is not the look I want! :) 

I don't have ten feet unfortunately - I could if really needed 
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