| Filming for an artificial environment is considerably | | | | margin. |
| different to filming on location. With professional | | | | How do you match shots to sets? Once you |
| productions the subject filming generally takes | | | | have been shooting for VR for a while, matching |
| place first with the virtual set being created and | | | | sets to your camera shots will be second nature, |
| applied in post. However, conversely, with smaller | | | | however, in the interim, have your set available |
| companies without the post production budget, | | | | and import a couple of seconds vision before |
| filming may take place after the set has been | | | | each take to ensure a match. This will save you |
| chosen, with filming conforming to the | | | | the frustration of useless film and the client will |
| environment. This establishes a number of | | | | gain confidence seeing them or the subject safely |
| predefined factors. Your shots, the lighting, and | | | | placed in the VR set. |
| subject positioning have all been decided for you. | | | | How do you pan and zoom in a VR set?You will |
| Why use a pre-created set? There are a number | | | | need to match up your chroma filming with your |
| of providers on the internet who sell pre-designed | | | | Virtual Reality set. You will need reference points |
| virtual reality sets for a reasonable cost. When I | | | | for you chroma application so that any |
| say reasonable I mean about $40 usd for 6-10 | | | | movement in the chroma environment will be |
| perspectives. A simple Google search should bear | | | | relative to that in the artificial environment. Don't |
| fruit. For that type of money it hardly seems | | | | get me wrong, this is the harder part of chroma |
| justifiable spending time and effort doing it | | | | keying and although even the cheapest application |
| yourself. However, if you have the talent and the | | | | will enable some movement within the set, it will |
| time, an original set is pretty great. | | | | take you practice, practice and more practice to |
| Additionally, with pre-created sets, you can usually | | | | achieve a seamless move. |
| send a number of links or watermarked copies to | | | | Looking for a professional product?If you love the |
| your client for prior approval. When creating the | | | | idea of green screening but don't have the |
| set yourself, you run the risk of the client hating | | | | knowledge or equipment, try hiring a green screen |
| the set and requesting another and that means a | | | | studio. Let professionals turn your concept into a |
| waste of your time and ultimately your profit | | | | reality. |