[senit] Chromakey - Blue screen

Alison,

thought it worth mentioning that almost any colour except flesh tones  
can be used.
give it a try... white sheets may have too much glare....

cheers

Jonathan Chetwynd

On 29 Jan 2007, at 14:33, Alison Barton wrote:

Good idea I will check my cheapo linen stores out.

Thanks, AL

On 29/01/07, N PRICE <normapp at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Alison
> Although I haven't used it very much yet I found a bright lime  
> green sheet
> in a charity shop. Revolting to sleep on but good for your first  
> dip into
> chromakey! It'll cost you about £3 instead of £100+ if you want to  
> give it a
> go.
>
> .....................
> Norma Price
> C2K / Granada Learning SEN support
> Northern Ireland
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Alison Barton <abarton3 at googlemail.com>
> To: senit <senit at lists.becta.org.uk>
> Sent: Monday, 29 January, 2007 10:47:34 AM
> Subject: [senit] Chromakey - Blue screen - what needed ??
>
>
> I am interested in getting a chromakey - blue screen set up - what
> resources
> will I need ?
>
> We have - imac with imovie, i can animate , new video camera, tripod.
>
> We do not have blue screen, support for blue screen, additional  
> lights.
>
> Is there anything else that I would need ? e.g additional software,  
> light
> meter ?
>
> I would like the set up to be portable so can take it to an off- 
> site drama
> group - particularly I would like to know how many (and what type)  
> lights
> I
> would need.
>
> Thanks in advance, Alison
>