Chroma Keying

Chroma keying is the use of technology which is used on a daily basis. The most common form of chroma keying is the green screen. These have been used in 10,000s of films along with being used on the news everyday, yet people dont understand this is what it is.

Here is a green screen in action.

They are used on a regular basis so why is it no one understands the term chroma keying?

'Chromakey opens up the horizons of your portfolio. Event and studio photographers can benefit financially from using this. Cruise ship photographers can slip a photo of Venice behind images of embarking passengers, Wedding shoots in bland and brown registry offices can be transformed by dropping a portico behind the subjects to frame the happy couple, Children dressed in Spider Man outfits can hold a specific pose and you can insert a wall behind them, and hey presto they are climbing the Empire State Building'(Taken from Creativity Backgrounds website, http://www.photography-backgrounds.co.uk/Photography/How-to/Using-Chroma-key-with-Blue-or-Green-Screen-backgrounds.html)

It is an effective tool when putting together a creative production. Due to the lack of facilities and exspenses this form of production is seen to be unsuitable for the production of my animation at the end of term. It is however something in which can be useful within my career in the future.