Using green screens (unit 2- 2.1 & 3.1)

Green Screens

Today we used green screens for the first time and experimented with the footage we recorded in Premiere Pro. We found it fairly okay to work with the green screen, however it took some time before a few students recorded some footage that we could use. 

In Premiere Pro, it was easy to remove the green screen, but it was quite difficult adjusting the options as when we removed the green screen, the person in front turned a different colour, such as pink. What we did to remove the green screen was, select the footage in the bottom right part of the screen where you cut and move the bars of footage, then in the box in the bottom left part of the screen there is a tab that is called 'effects'. You could either look in the folder named, 'Video Effects' -> 'Keying' and then drag 'Ultra Key' onto the footage in 'Video 2'.

 For example here, the green screen behind the students is present. To remove it, I dragged 'Ultra Key' onto the video footage and in the box beside the green screen, there is a selection of options and I chose the option where you can select the green behind the students and once you do, the green screen disappears and it will end up looking like the image below. As I said before, the colour of the students has changed to a mixture of pink, red, silver and green.

 In the image below are numerous options where you can change the colour of the image such as:

• Matte Generation
• Matte Cleanup
• Spill Suppression 
• and Colour Correction.

And in these options are separate options such as in 'Matte Generation' you have the options to change the:

• Transparency
• Highlight
• Shadow
• Tolerance
• and Pedestal

And this section is the part of premiere pro where you can view the footage you're editing. You have the option to pause, play, forward, rewind, to back to the beginning or go straight to the end.

Matt Lucas

Matt Lucas
Matthew Richard Lucas, born March 5th 1974, Paddington, is an English comedian, actor, screenwriter and singer in which is known for his work with David Walliams in the TV show 'Little Britain'. He also played Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and the sequel, Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) both produced by Tim Burton, Bridesmaids (2011) and Shaun of the Dead (2004).

Matt Lucas' career began in 1995 when he appeared on the show, 'The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer and then went onto another show called 'Shooting Stars' which is a British TV comedy panel game, broadcast on BBC 2 and hosted by Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. As a child, Matt Lucas wanted to be a drama teacher, then he wanted to work in a children's foster home, then a painter/decorator as he was a fan of art and that's when he moved on to theatre. Lucas said that even though school was tough for him, he felt relaxed, in control and at home when he was performing on stage. 

Scenes from 'Little Britain':

He suffers from Alopecia Universalis (causes rapid hair loss including the eyelashes and eyebrows), and lost all his hair at 6 years of age. At school, he played a character called Accrington Stanley in the school's play, The Roman Invasion of Ramsbottom. This then went on to be shown at the Edinbough Festival in which landed him a place in the West End at the age of 14. By the age of 19, Lucas auditioned for the 'National Youth Music Theatre' where he met his future TV partner, David Walliams. Later on, he was best man at David Walliams and his wife, Lara Stone's wedding in 2010. 

Matt Lucas has also been listed number 9 for the most influential gay men and women in the UK public sphere, where he was number 16 in the previous year. He studied drama at Bristol university, until he dropped out due to being offered parts in TV shows while studying drama at uni. This was at the time Little Britain was created and became a huge success.

I quote I found on IMDB stated that he liked the 1986 TV show, Pingu because he liked 'the way they used gibberish' and I believe this is how he gathered his inspiration for the TV show, Pompidou (2015) which only has one season released and there has been no further notice as to whether another season is going to be recorded.