CONSTRUCTION: GREENSCREEN AND VOICE RECORDINGS

We were interested in the idea of using a news broadcast as a way to give the audience an insight into the story. This news read would only suggest what is happening to motivate the audience to keep watching. We experimented with the use of a green screen to create a digital newsroom from which a news anchor reports. 

For the green screen to work properly, there were several precautions we had to take to ensure the best quality. The subject/actor was positioned at a distance away from the wall, as well as the camera. This was done so that the camera focal point could be set on the subject and the brick pattern on the green screen would be less visible. As well as this, the subject has positioned a distance in front of the green screen to prevent spill. Spill is where the green colour from a green screen "spills" onto the subject. This can result in the subject having a green glow, as well as areas being removed by the editing software. Also to ensure that the editing software (Adobe Premiere Pro) would effectively remove the green screen, two sets of lights were shone onto the background to keep the colour bright and vivid. This would mean it would be easier for the editing software to distinguish the green colour that needs to be removed. 

In this photo, the lights are being set up to ensure that they are lighting the background and not the subject/actor (Tom). Also in this photo, you can see the distance between the subject and the green screen. 

Audio quality is an important part of a good film if the audio does not match the footage, or the quality is poor it can turn away audiences and break your sense of immersion. In the photo, the microphones are being set up. This is to record what the actor says in good quality. This was done because the camera we were using was far away from the actor, meaning the audience would not be able to hear him. If we were to increase the volume of the camera's mic, it would result in unwanted sounds become more prevalent (e.g. footsteps or white noise). After the filming was done, we did another voice recording where the actor spoke directly into the microphone. This was so that we could have a high-quality recording that could be used as a voice-over in different parts of the trailer. 

Here in Premiere Pro, we used the ultra key effect to remove the background (green screen). This will allow us to place anything we want behind the actor, which will be a newsroom. As well as this we used the crop tool to remove the microphone's boom arm that was protruding into the shot. On top of this, we also had to sync the voice recording captured by the microphone with the video. This was done by having the actor(s) clap, and we would use this clap to pinpoint the position the audio need to be.