Here are my rules for greenscreening (technically known as pulling chromakeys and sometimes blue is better than green but…)
RULE #1 – If there is anyway to avoid having to pull chromakeys then do it.
RULE #2 – If you have to use a chromakey do it with an uncompressed video feed right off the camera and record the resulting key
RULE #3 – If you have to key it in post spend lots of time with great equipment and learn how to make it work or you’ll be wishing you’d stuck with RULE #1.
But it you’re going into this swamp here’s how to live through it as gracefully as possible.
Jem Schofield has a great video blog called theC47. Go there and subscribe. He shoots all the segments with a Canon 5D, is always pulling the gear he uses into the segments and showing you how it works. He’s a working professional who also speaks and trains people on Final Cut and DSLR shooting. Like I said, go there and subscribe.
Here are links to a series he recently posted on doing greenscreen work. It’s a great set of tutorials and you’ll understand RULE #1 much better after watching.
