{"id":7447,"date":"2014-06-23T20:59:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T15:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/?p=7447"},"modified":"2014-06-30T16:21:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T10:51:12","slug":"behold-green-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/behold-green-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Behold the Green Screen!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first winner of Internshala’s all new blog contest, Mohammed Hidhayat, chose the road less\u00a0travelled\u00a0by, and has some stories to tell about it! Here he talks about the green screen – a concept oft used in Electronic Media that we have all seen<\/strong> but not\u00a0noticed.<\/strong> Read on for an\u00a0experience in his journey into the unseen…<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cGreen screen?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou mean a screen that\u2019s green in color.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYep.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the big deal about it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s everything man. Robert Downey Jr wouldn’t be such a badass if not for the green screen (of course there\u2019s applause for his spontaneous tricks and one liners!) and Man of Steel wouldn’t be so stunning either without the green screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alright. A green screen is actually a technique that makes people look like they are somewhere they aren’t. The subject is filmed against a plain background, which is normally either green or blue. The green background is later replaced with whatever surreal atmosphere you want and a lot of work goes into making it look believable.<\/p>\n

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Man of “steel ropes”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My encounter with the green screen was accidental and here\u2019s how –<\/p>\n

\u201cEngineering, engineering… engineering!\u201d What is wrong with my parents? For a kid who was placed 1st<\/sup>\u00a0in his school in the 10th<\/sup> grade public exams, the next herculean task of clearing the 12th<\/sup> grade must have been a piece of cake. Well, what is life if not for its mystery, oodles of sarcastic fun and wrong timing! Then on a fine Tuesday morning, all hell broke loose; the results were announced and I passed out with a mere 61%. Not bad! Actually I was pretty nauseous about Physics and Math! So, the lingering question was, why the sudden drop in percentage? For which I had no answer.\u00a0 I realized that I had lost my grip on differential calculus and equations and that I was no longer worthy of being called a nerd \u2013 the moment of realization.<\/p>\n

Before my parents decided to deploy the engineering bomb on me, I underwent a massive changeover shifting my perspective to HBO and Media! Thankfully, the time I spent on HBO, CBS Prime and Tech Forums, they provided me enough content to brag about movies and technology! So, long story short- I\u2019m a Media Science Student now embarking on an incredibly creative journey on Photography, Film Studies, Public Relations, Cinematography, Script and Content Writing, Advertisements, Event Management, VFX &\u00a0SFX , Editing and Animation. (Obviously, you have to specialize in a particular field and choosing it is an excruciating pain because\u00a0they\u2019re all tempting!) Now, I get to wake up saying film dialogues instead of formulae\u00a0and equations!<\/p>\n

Creativity is a serious quality. The ability to create a feature film or to fill a green matte with breath taking visuals requires rigorous practice and whooping creative quality to make it a success and a critics choice. Speaking of the green screen, does anybody know how important it is? The green screen is like our modern day God. It gives you so much creative control that it makes you feel like the Old Greek Gods. Let\u2019s say you want to create the illusion of hanging down from a highly treacherous mystical mountain. Raise a uniform shaded green screen behind you as a background. Give proper lighting. Record yourself hanging down from a bunker bed or a ledge. Say hello to composting software \u2013 I use\u00a0Nuke. With a little bit of tweaking and masking, you\u2019re hanging at the edge of the Mount of Doom!<\/p>\n

With that being said, I would like to point out the name of the university I\u2019m studying in. It\u2019s College Of Engineering, Guindy (CEG), where I’m pursuing M.Sc Electronic Media (5 years integrated) at the Department Of Media Sciences. You see, the word \u2018engineering\u2019 follows Indian youth wherever they go!<\/p>\n

I would also like to add\u00a0a little thank you to God! I normally don\u2019t thank God because\u00a0I believe in the theory of randomness, but the plan to escape the idealistic concept \u00a0of \u2018engineering\u2019 notoriously planted by advertisements and ultra- modern\u00a0 educational fundamentalists in the minds of innocent parents required a \u2018fictional\u2019 upper hand!<\/p>\n

My only regret \u2013I spent an insane amount of time preparing for the IITs (Seriously, what was I thinking!)<\/p>\n

Image credits-<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ddreams.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Green-Screen-2700-800.jpg<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.fortressofsolitude.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CZA3o1C.jpg<\/p>\n