Is It Real or Is It Green Screen?

Chroma keying (better known as greenscreening, bluescreening or color keying) is popping up everywhere. It’s so commonplace that, rather than deal with price and troubles of filming outside, many elect to construct entire green screen sets for even the most mundane of scenes.


The Stargate Studios backlot reel below shows off how just about every scene filmed on a city street is digitally altered:



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