We take a look…
The internet often becomes an echo chamber when it comes to films.
Not just about films themselves, but also what the best way to make them is.
Greenscreen, the means by which film sets facilitate later digital additions, has a particularly poor reputation.
Not even James Bond himself could escape it…
But how does it work?
You know, the one your dads watched umpteen-billion times on a sleepy weekend afternoon.
And yes, it definitely required rehearsals for them to act convincingly against thin air.
First, the foreground creatures would be matted out, leaving only the background photographed.
This disaster-parody masterpiece deliberately plays up the techniques hokiness to hilarious effect.
No further descriptions needed, just watch it.
It didnt take the advent of digital effects to phase out rear projection.
Real sets arent going away.
Especially JJ Abrams and the crew behindStar Wars: The Force Awakens.
I am ultimately glad, though, that we have greenscreen over rear projection.
Simply, the color grading matches between effects shots and regular shots much better with todays digital technology.
Combined with todays digital tools to make their presence seamless, it would really be something.
But alas, Hollywood will always focus on whats known to be generally popular and marketable right now.
