Posts Tagged ‘cityscape’

NewscastTip: On-set video backgrounds present many challenges

This week’s incident of a bird wandering in front of a live camera that was feeding an on-set video background — creating the appearance of a giant gull “attack” — is a good reason to consider the options for video backgrounds like this.

It’s no doubt rear projection and huge flat panel screens are becoming more and more popular in set design.

The screens allow the flexibility to instantly changing out a background, instead of having to manually change out duratrans, as well  being able to use motion and video.
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One problem with projected cityscape backgrounds: Giant seagulls attack

Using a live video feed as an anchor background is becoming increasingly popular. In this type of setup, the image is projected onto an in-studio rear projection screen, flat-panel or chroma keyed in the picture.

However, one downside is when nature gets in the way.

Read more and see the video after the jump.

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