Existence in a green screen studio can be quite exciting… if you’re not one of the cameramen, that is. It could be so unexciting and monotonous to keep fixing and organizing the lighting effects and the rest of the piece of equipment which is in the studio. On the other hand, for us who only see the finished film, life inside the studio (especially one which boasts of the very best quality green screens) is incredibly exciting. One wonders exactly how it is possible to catch on film a person being chased by a ferocious tiger or something a whole lot worse.
There are photos in newspapers and magazines of football players during a game. At times, a picture comes out having a specific player whose facial expression is shot vividly while carrying out his play. It is possible that this photograph was in fact caught in the confines of a green screen studio and not on the football field. An image of the football match in progress is superimposed on the green screen which can serve as the background in the studio. The football player is actually asked to stand in front of the screen, a look of ecstasy on his face, to duplicate that moment where he made that brilliant pass in the course of an essential league game against a rival team.
Needless to say, not all photos are orchestrated on a green screen studio. There are a lot of photographers who endanger their life and limb to record the live action on film. These would be the folks who belong to an entirely different group. Their love for the art of photography takes them to places that they haven’t gone to before. Additionally,it gets them involved with circumstances that may sometimes even cost them their life. For example, award winning photographers don’t win honours based on pictures that are taken in a green screen studio. Rather, they win awards based on pictures taken out in the real world without the special effects that are ideally and very easily produced using a green screen studio.
Likewise, there are numerous photo pros who feel that it is very important get wild animals in their natural home, endangering their life in the process. One classic example of this is the unfortunate tale of Steve Irwin, who ended up being fatally attacked by a stingray while away filming in the underwater. There is no chance of this type of thing happening inside a green screen studio; except if, someone is attempting to make a movie on Irwin, where the last moments of the ‘croc hunter’, as Steve Irwin was fondly called, needs to be reenacted.
To be able to do that, the actor would be requested to perform all of the moves and facial expressions that Irwin could have done in his final moments, however this time around from the backdrop of a green screen studio. Once this is accomplished, the superimposing of the underwater battle between the stingray and the perishing Irwin will be carried out via film editing. Compositing techniques using the newest software are available for the movie business today.
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