How To Effectively Light Your Green Screen 

keeping in mind that this was made back in 2011 vid quality may have been bad but the points he made were solid and valid even today

Sir! This is one of the most useful RU-vid tutorials I've seen on this subject. Thank You.

I am not sure how you can keep a fill light off the green screen, if you have it set in front of the subject, like you have in the diagram. I like that stage scaffolding, wish I could find some locally

Awesome guidelines! Thank you for a professional video!

Ty for sharing! This definitely answered my questions

this is one of the better lighting tutorials for green screening, back to the shop I go Cheers

Well done, Matt! Very helpful and succinct.

Thanks for the tips Matt, was very helpful!

Great video man. You were simply keeping it light and having fun while explaining some basic tips. Not sure why the ones that commented nastily can’t see that...

Thanks so much! This video was VERY helpful.

Fantastic video and extremely helpful. Thx man!

thank you, my movies have always came out fuzzy on my green screen until i watched this video:) thnks so much for teaching me how to light a green screeen!

thank you matt cool video and i enjoy your joking around. taught me a lot

Thank you!!! This was the only tutorial that explained WHY you need to do each step instead of just saying "put a light here or there"

Easy video to understand even without visual examples. Thank you :)

Thank you. Practical and informative!

Thanks for a great video. I'm going to have my first try at chromakey this next week,

Thanks for the video! It was quite helpful, I believe I'll use LED.

muy interesante, me agrada la explicación que das y me parece muy útil. Ya me puse a rearmar mi pantalla verde con tus recomendaciones :)

that intro was HILARIOUS

Really great tutorial !! Thanks !

Thank you for the free advice that makes sense.

Thanks for sharing & great job.

Thanks for the tips, Great info

Really great video. Well explained and clear.

thanks Matt, that's really helpful. Of course, for some of us, we only have 2 lights to work with. I love the intro btw.

Very nice video thanks. I learned some helpful tips.

Thanks for your video. Definitely the best about green screen!!

Very nice. Thanks!

THANK YOU!!!! you actually guide your viewers through soft, unlike so videos that rush the whole tNice tutorialng or talk too fast.

Keith J Excellent fundamentals video Matt! Thank You!

FINALLY!!! A decently intelligent tutorial on green screen lighting. The first 50 I watched were shit. Thanks Matt. Make more movies please. It seems everyone claims to know what they're talking about and don't, but you actually do. I don't pass out compliments very often, but you get one for this video. Cheers

Great info...Thank you!

great video. Very clear and straight to the point

We normally use green screens with qualities that looks like so proffesional but the you teach the begginners are so wounderful and helpful we are proud of you keep on doing such god videos.

Thanks for the great tips.

Wonderful... and so nicely explained ...

Any recommendations or suggestions on making/getting ceiling lighting for the green screen? Im trying to figure out how to set up decent ceiling lighting!

Thanks Man! Great Video!

Cool tutorial, thanks!

thanks really well explained!

Very cool and easy to follow. Thank you.

great tute.........thanx a ton Matt

This was really informative and helpful

Hi. good video. Question: Where could I get the lighting structure you have?

Thanks for this usefull tutorial that helped me create my first green screen music video this week :D Peace!

Where can I buy the rail you have hold the lights

That is so cool.... GREAT VIDEO!!!

Great video, really informative.

I run a small public assess tv studio. I use green screen occasionally. My studio is small but I have a variety of light fixtures to use. I have a question. I have overhead fluorescent lights, should I leave them on or turn them off when I light our green screen wall?

great video....very helpful...thanks

thanks Matt awesome video she gave some great tips :-)

I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN REAL COLD DANGER!

Thanks. Very professionally explained. I see the video is from 2011, but I'm gonna take a chance and ask a question: I want to film full shot of a person (including the feet). I see you've set up for the green screen to touch the floor as well. The problem is that when the subject steps on the screen, he will cast a lot of shadow just around the feet. Is there a way to effectively get rid of these shadows?

amazing explanation thanks. You deserve like..

Great video ..thanks !

Awesome video very informative and helpful thankyou very much :)

What a boss solid gold man brilliant video

Thanks for this professional video. Yes, that intro was a little corny but, overall, this was much more helpful than the other things I've been able to find on YT about greenscreening.

great tutotial thanks

Thx for that Video. Just bought 5 new theater lights to get my studio enhanced. Was looking for a good video, showing me how i have to position my lights for decent results. So time to play with wirecast maybe :)

I am trying to do a news scene. how should I do it with the lights.

une bonne demonstration, est ce que vous pouvez nous donner les dimensions pour realiser ces fond

Good stuff!!! Thanks!

Great video, informative and I didn't fall asleep. :)

Haha! Thank you soo much for this video! YOu really helped me! And I have a question that I really been wanting to ask someone. Every time i see a home-made video and they are using a green-screen, the green always reflects off of them. Or if they don;t have any green on them the outline doesn't look sharp and because of that it looks phony. So, how do they fix that in the movies? If you know the answer thank you soo much and any tips would be great too! Thank you!!

nice to watch. build up learning.

thanks for the tips...

what lights do you use?

thank you so much

thanks for the info

Great tutorial.

What's the name of the bar that the lights are on?

hello what's the name of the steel cage looking thing that allows you to hang/attach lights overhead?

thanks man, nice guide

may I ask how do you build that green background? what's the floor material ?

Hello, What is the size and brand of the LED lights you are using? Those would be perfect for my needs. Thank you

Nice job Matt.

thanks for this short lesson

again!! Great work

Very funny, and good info! Thank you so much! Pascal

thanks alot Mr.Mathew.how can i meet you?

That was very helpful

great vid thank you.

Which camara to make green screen and croma key

I am new to green screen and I basically just want to use it for static images. For a nice background to my videos. What is suggested for lighting for that kind of use? any help at all would be great!

LOL the dinosaur in the end was so random, cracks me up

Hi, can i use flourecent light for green screen?

GOOD TIPS...........TNX

Nice old-school green screen guidance

Excellent!

can I use natural sky light?

thanks..very well

Please what model of led lights are you using?

Getting wrinkles out can be tricky, and different approaches work for different fabrics. However I've found that using a small portable steamer (the type with a hose attachment) works best for most fabrics - that is what we used here. Hang your screen, stretch it out as best you can, and then apply the steam to the wrinkles. Wrinkles gone!

nice ... its awsome ... very informative

What kind of lights are you using? Cost? I'm also curious about the screen itself. Is that paper or some sort of cloth? Thanks! Great video.

love it...

the beginning should be in a cringe compilation

thanks a lot