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Posted by blackburst@aol.com on 01/20/06 17:43
nobody special wrote:
> "Be advised that pros consider chromakey a very
> amateurish effect, in many cases."
>
> Yeah, I couldn't enjoy Sin City, Star Wars or King kong, because of all
> the video pros complaining about the keying. I had to walk out of the
> theater, the din was so cacophanous.
Well, there's something of a difference between rookies CKing
themselves over cheesy video and a studio using green screen (a
different process) for serious compositing.
>
> Blackburst, you sound like you are intimate with the switcher in
> question, but reading the rest of the thread first may have been useful
> before posting. These are school kids; I don't think they'll be held to
> the same standards as Rodriguez, et al.
Up until a couple of years ago, I taught TV production at the college
level. I was giving a bit of sage, avuncluar advice to the guy: Rarely
does a traditional RGB CK look good or convincing, but rookies love to
overuse or misuse it. Composite CKs on a frame sync switcher are even
harder to "clip out". Some people in this group enjoy a little real TV
tech talk once in a while.
Unrelated, my students used to love to do wipes and dissolves during a
hard talk multi-camera segment. I would tell them to watch TV and see
that the pros do (cutting).
>
> I say more power to them, because a great deal of modern TV production,
> especially in commercials, involves compositing and keying.
And it can be done well with the right equipment and preparation.
Is it wrong of me to suggest that they make it look professional?
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