About This Class
It's time to rethink visual effects! This one-hour class with 11-time Vimeo Staff Pick film director Paul Trillo takes you inside his process for using green screens in unique and artistic ways.

Using only a piece of green card stock, a picture frame, a digital camera, and Adobe After Effects, Paul walks through how to create a “window into another world” through video.

Perfect for filmmakers, video editors, aspiring directors, visual effects artists, and anyone looking to learn how green screen works, this class breaks it down into easy steps:

coming up with a creative green screen concept
lighting and shooting your green screen scene
editing your footage in After Effects to remove the green
replacing the green with a variety of wacky things
creating an "infinite looping mirror" effect
As a bonus, Paul even teaches motion tracking, so that the footage inside your picture frame moves along with the rest of the scene.

You’ll leave this class with not only a fundamental understanding of green screen production and post-production, but also the inspiration you need to unlock a surreal look and feel in your next video project.

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Note: a base level understanding of Adobe After Effects is recommended before jumping in.

ASSIGNMENT

Using a picture frame and piece of green card stock (or other green screen material), your assignment is to create a portal into a different dimension through a 5-10 second video.

Here are a few ideas to get you started on what to replace the green with:

a window that didn't exist before
a painting you can't afford
gears and machinery (e.g. inside of a robot or engine room)
stars whizzing by
good ol' fashioned fire
Feel free to use one of these as a jumping off point, layer together different footage or GIFs, or come up with your own artistic world!



DELIVERABLE

Get started right away by sharing your creative concept or rough mockup in your Project Workspace. What is your creative twist on green screen?

Then, once you shoot and edit your clip, upload it to Vimeo or YouTube and embed it so we can all watch. I'm excited to see your imagination run wild!



RESOURCES

Downloads from Class to Get You Started
https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/attachment/52409119/6a18f66e/Skillshare_GreenScreen_Tests.aep.zip
https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/attachment/52409119/d2d6683d/fire-footage.mp4
https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/attachment/52409119/da933611/tv-static.gif
https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/attachment/52409119/c2b3b9ca/weird-star-spirals.gif