Everything you have wanted to learn about GreenScreens, Lighting, Cameras

Published: July 24, 2017, 9:49 a.m.

Welcome to the 24th  episode of the Tech Educator Podcast.  The Tech Educator Podcast is a weekly roundtable discussion about current topics in educational technology.  For more information, please visit www.techeducatorpodcast.com.
Guest Host: Richard Cleveland – Naked Ape Productions
Ways to Green Screen:

* Gamma Sector Green Paint – Disney Spectrum Chart (permanent)
* Green Cloth (mobile solutions)
* Use Clamp Lights that point down on the Green Screen to create separation between the subject and the screen.

Lighting:

* Daylight balanced bulbs give more dispersed lights.
* Consider 3 point lighting

App for iPad

* Touchcast
* Select one of their templates
* Choose Camera/Effects and Green Screen
* Have the app recognize Green as Gray
* Determine what will show in the Grey/Green space.
* Use Green Screen for students to present ‘in front’ of their Slide Presentation using Green Screen

Uses in the Classroom

* Virtual Fieldtrips (put students on location)
* Have students narrate classroom activities
* Record classroom activity then has students reflect upon their activity experiences by narrating what happened in the class.

Links

* DEN Blog Post about Green Screening: http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2012/02/13/green-screening-for-dummies-kim-adair-and-mark-perlman/
* Example in French 1 using Green Screening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBTe_7T6SgI (thanks Catherine Ousselin)
* B&H Photo Link for Green Screening: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=green+screen+kit&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=
* Jerry Blumengarten (Cybraryman) Green Screen Page: http://cybraryman.com/greenscreen.html
* Clips perfect for Green Screen: http://speedclip.net/
* Green Screen Tips for iPad: http://diaryofatechiechick.blogspot.com/2013/05/green-screen-effect-on-ipad.html
* CS2 offers green screen in post-production – Free Download here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=cs2_downloads
* VeeScope Full – iPad Green Screen Shooting: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/veescope-live-full/id605757864?mt=8
* Green Screen Movie FX – https://itunes.apple.com/be/app/green-screen-movie-fx/id445285983?l=nl&mt=8&ls=1

Software Options:


Camtasia


iMovie


WireCast


Ustream


Touchcast on iPad


Recorded August 11, 2013