Green screen tips
The journey towards green screen: part 2
In our last blog we began discussing the journey, from the late 19th century, towards our modern day green screens. Now we know about matte technique, the glass shot and the black screen but what came next?
The journey towards green screen: part 1
These days, we couldn't imagine a film without special effects, CGI and the abundant use of green screens. These amazing effects are taken for granted in big-budget movies but they weren't always around. We may laugh now when we watch an old film with comparably bad special effects but the art of illusion and trickery in cinema dates back further than you might think.