Shane Hurlbut – Learning to Light Green Screens

THIS COURSE INCLUDES: 6 Lessons, 1 FREE LESSON,  over 1.5 hours of Instructional Video, detailed written Breakdowns, Top Down Lighting Schematics and Side by Side Comparisons

IN THIS COURSE YOU WILL LEARN:  How did I learn to light a green screen?  I had 4 amazing mentors that showed me their unique style and etiquette while I was coming up the technician ladder as a gaffer and key grip. Each one was different, some things I loved and some things I felt were over kill.  I took the best of all 4 and turned that into my own style and etiquette.

In this Green Screen Series you will learn all the latest techniques on how to rig, light, expose, balance and light your talent in front of it.  We will pull back the curtain so that you can understand what process lets your talent move within a green screen freely as well as if you only have two lights, which ones will do the best job.  Every storyteller will come across this ask, have you lit green screens, can I see some of your work?  When I was first starting out as a cinematographer, I got asked to show my work a lot, not in a demo reel , but breaking it down to showcase that I could deliver what I promised.  The proof is in the pudding and this art of CGI is fastly becoming a huge requirement for all artists to understand and master.

Course Highlights:

• How to light a green screen utilizing the Kino Flo Super Green Tubes
• How to rig, label, cable and position your Kino Flo tubes
• How to determine the correct distance that your lights need to be from the screen
• How to meter exposures on the green screen
• How to expose the screen correctly for best separation
• How to use falsecolorsettings on your monitor to increase your speed
• How to control green screenbouncelight contamination with grip support and flags