My Solution to a Cheap Green Screen

[JDBar]

So a lot of green screens out there can run you maybe $50, give or take. And getting your own green fabric can be expensive if you're looking for enough for a full body shot. Some people just use bed sheets, but I don't have any green bed sheets nor do I want to look for any.

Instead I went and found this green kind of poster paper, it's really thick and heavy so it's pretty stable and won't tear too easily. And I found some green duct tape that was close to the color. Each sheet of paper was about 3ft by 2ft so I bought 8 of them for a dollar each, just enough for my purposes. The duct tape cost $5. So when I tape them all together it will be about 4 feet by 12 feet.


(Will post another picture later when it's all taped together)

So this is pretty much the cheapest green screen you can make for $13. Albeit, it may not last that long considering it's just thick paper, but you could make one four times the size (300 square feet) of this one for the average price of a 9 by 15 green screen. But for my purposes, considering I only need it for this weekend, it was a very good alternative.

[Gaijin]

Not bad man... It is really a better a cheaper alternative for your situation.
However, I think painting the Wall itself with green color, could be cheaper in long terms, or maybe use green wallpapers, if you can find such green. Blue would work fine aswell.

[JDBar]

Certainly. I don't have any good walls to paint without some major rearrangement of furniture. If I did though, and needed the screen for the future, then I undoubtedly would have a wall dedicated to my video shenanigans.

[Fragma]

Nice one. Green screens can be very pricey so you've done well to create your own on the cheap.

You should post up some of your work.

[Gaijin]

Yeah I know what you mean...
Next week I got to take some photos of a dude, for whom I'm creating a Website, I will need the green screen too, cause he wants pictures to be like he is already a big Hip-Hop star... Ghettobackground, Explosions and such lol stuff.
Gotta go your way, for now... It's cheap and easy removable, as I will not be needing one the next few months ;)

[Inventor]

Good idea, I might do something like that when I start filming.


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[Sunshine State]

This was a Fantasic Idea
I never thought of that.
Ima share this around my friends.

[Unreal]

this is very creative man i might try this out

[iNviZ]

Thats pretty smart i used to edit with pinnacle 10 like 5 years ago that would have worked perfect.

[The Don Killuminati]

Nice Idea, good luck with it.

I'm going to try it too.