From the course: Green Screen Techniques for Photography and DSLR Video
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Positioning the subject
From the course: Green Screen Techniques for Photography and DSLR Video
Positioning the subject
Abba Shapiro: In this movie we're going to talk about positioning, where you're going to position your model or your talent relative to your green screen, your camera, and even vertically in the set. Why don't you step on in and stand next to me? Well, the first thing you realize when she stands next to me is this ridiculous height difference. So, if I was going to do a two shot here you can see that I'm dramatically taller. So, what we're going to have you do is stand on this apple box. Now if you're in a situation where you have two people standing next to each other, you can see it's a lot more natural. So, if we were looking at each other we would look like we'd be having a normal conversation instead of me having to look down. So, you have to take into account the height of the people that you are shooting. Now, another reason I'm going to put her on an apple box is we're doing a sports shot, and I want it to be a kind of a lot of power. Usually, you want to be below your talent…
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