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  • How to film someone in a small box?

    Posted by Bryce Douglass on November 22, 2015 at 4:36 am

    I don’t care for the song but saw this video and was curious how this is done.

    In the video Drake is seen standing in a box thing that changes colors.

    Is that a green screen and the rest is just effects to change the colors or is Drake actually standing in a box with lights above that change?

    Here is the video for reference https://youtu.be/uxpDa-c-4Mc?t=24s

    Thanks.

    Bryce

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    Bryce Douglass replied 10 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Kalleheikki Kannisto

    November 22, 2015 at 10:15 am

    To me it looks like they’ve built an actual set and are using colored lights. Probably adjusted further in post, but a real set used in the shoot.

  • Bryce Douglass

    November 24, 2015 at 5:04 am

    Okay thanks,

    How do you replicate it with a green screen? Just curious. I know you can at least get the green screen under your feet and behind you but what about the box look that goes over your head? I ask because I also saw a video parody of this done by a high school and they used a green screen but can’t figure out how they got the green at the top over their head. LOL

    Bryce

  • Kalleheikki Kannisto

    November 24, 2015 at 7:53 am

    You need the green screen only behind the person, doesn’t have to cover the image area, just the area where the person moves; everything else get’s masked out and replaced.

    If you don’t need a moving camera, it is pretty straightforward, plenty of tutorials on the subject can be found. (Although quality results with greenscreening is not a trivial task, first thing I had to do was get myself a new camera when I started.) Plentiful and even lighting is crucial.

    You could make your backdrop in Photoshop as a 2D still in neutral color (shades of grey), and add color lighting in AE.

    Or, if you’re more adventurous, create a 3D scene from 3D solids.

  • Bryce Douglass

    November 24, 2015 at 5:30 pm

    Oh, I get it now 🙂

    Thanks

    Bryce

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