Green Screen Practice

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To make our music video of a high quality, we need to explore techniques such as green screen. Unfortunately, we were not equipped with the greatest green screen, as it was creased and very short, which hindered what we could attempt. Next time, I would make sure the screen/material we used was bigger and flat as it is essential for a good result. However, only in a few clips can you see the failures of the screen, as it served well. We did lose some of the clips due to a computer malfunction, so we sourced clips from YouTube to practice with. This was a good challenge as we had to film form a right angle and prospective for the desired effect. These clips had a crisper look as they had a solid green screen, and to place into iMovie we did the reverse to what we initially did.

Steps for using Green Screen in iMovie:

1. Film using a green background, considering the creases and lighting to the best effect.
2. Import the clips into iMovie 
3. Place what you would like behind the green screen first and then add the green screen clip
4. Double click the clip, selecting 'green screen' under the cutaway menu.
5. Adjust clips to match the action

This task has extended abilities on iMovie and what our video can later contain, as the use of green screen is used often in the music video production. We have learnt from previous mistakes, meaning that we will consider our actions next time