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90 degree angle
Shooting in HDV, I’m about to do a green screen shot and want to try something new. If I turned the camera on a 90 degree angle to shoot a head to toe shot of the talent (making the shot 9×16 instead of 16×9), then rotate it in post, I should have better control over scaling the footage to many different sizes for a virtual set, particularly since the final out put will be SD 4×3. Does this make sense to anyone?
-Troy
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3 Replies
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Yes, this is a common trick to get more resolution for chromakey use. Go for it!
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People do it all the time, there is even an illustration in the COW magazine of this being done. I would only ask myself if the extra bit of resolution and screen size gained is really worth the extra effort, or if I can just scale the shot as it will be finally used, right during acquisition, and will that be good enough. That’s a subjective decision.
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It can be a nice trick, but remember that moving the camera far or close to the subject using the same lens angle will give you a better sense of space than just zoom in-out (or re-frame in post, in this scenario). So, if you have the time to do an extra shot, move your tripod.
I hope this helps
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