[Sarah Galloway]

Thanks, Mark!

I hope Crowd Control is back soon; looks extremely useful. I’ll contact Aharon directly.

Best,

Sarah

Sarah Galloway, Senior Media Producer
Exhibition Department
The American Museum of Natural History

[Sarah Galloway]

Thank you, Mark for that very thoughtful summary of my situation!

I didn’t see any keyed high-jump footage in my initial search, but will check out fellow-COW member’s available green-screen work.

Hiring a crew to shoot what I need is the way to go as there are a number of story elements that need to be included.

Thanks for the tips on camera angles and depth of field. I agree— yards and yards of green-screen fabric isn’t going to automatically create separation. I need to hire an experienced Sports/Green-screen videographer with crew.

I am going to have a very detailed storyboard before shooting!

Best,

Sarah

Sarah Galloway, Senior Media Producer
Exhibition Department
The American Museum of Natural History

[Sarah Galloway]

John and Todd,

Thanks very much for the advice. I’ve been writing this script featuring a high-jumper and it occurred to me: “is this even shoot-able?” Good to know it can be done on location. I do plan to hire a crew; and I’m going to storyboard every shot.

Cheers,

Sarah

Sarah Galloway, Senior Media Producer
Exhibition Department
The American Museum of Natural History

[Sarah Galloway]

I hadn’t thought of that! Great tip.

Have you had success with mobile green/blue-screen? Is it very expensive? Are there specialized shooters who do mobile green/blue-screen?

I should have mentioned: the landing mats in the high jump are blue–maybe even blue-screen blue. And a high-jumper runs about 20 feet, jumps nearly 8′ high and the landing area is at least 12′ wide.

—Sarah

Sarah Galloway, Senior Media Producer
Exhibition Department
The American Museum of Natural History