Just to let you know that this past week I stopped by the local Joann Fabrics and was able to pick up a 72″ wide x 9 Feet long Piece of lime/electric Green felt that works great for an inexpensive green screen. I have to say in the samples I have completed thus far it really is working out quite well.
As with any green screen you need to make sure to evenly light it and make sure the actor / presenter is at least several feet away from it or it will reflect green onto them causing that to blend in as well.
The big reason I mention Joann’s is that this is that the felt is normally $5.99 a yard but at Joann Fabrics the felt is on sale for only $2.99 a Yard so this inexpensive green screen only cost me about $12 to make.
I already had a way to mount this - I have a expandable Clothing Rack (Shown on Right) I picked up at the local target or wally world I forget which one. And to hold the green screen in place on the clothing rack I use several heavy duty hand clamps like the ones shown to the left. I got my hand clamps at the local dollar store. A Three pack for a buck. Pretty good deal - I bought 2 packs of them as the smaller one in the pack could not clamp over the clothing rack. But still quite useful in videography and photography.
Well after all is said and done the complete green screen kit was less then $40 bucks for a really easy to use inexpensive green screen.
Keep Videoing and Lights - Camera - Action!!!
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