How do I light the green screen?

When setting up your lights don’t aim your lights at the green screen floor. If you aim bright lights at the floor then the green is likely to bounce onto your subject. Take a few moments to ensure that your lights are not shining too harshly on the floor. If you are using a hair light, in most cases you should try to avoid pointing an overhead hair light directly down at the green screen. Place it behind the subject but at an angle that hits the subjects head and continues past the front edge of the green screen.

Make sure that your green screen is actually green in your image. If your green screen is turning a dark forest green when you take a picture then the actual color is not true green screen. We often designate at least one light with an umbrella modifier to help ensure the green screen doesn’t turn out dark and sometimes two lights pointing towards the background are necessary to get an even light across the green screen. Too much light can be bad too. If your background is lighter than my well lit green screen sample then you need to turn the power of your lights down.

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