How green is green? What is the best green screen? For some Digital Compositors you will hear that digital green is the way to go, because it is easier to isolate. This makes it easier to pull the subject matter for the composite. True. Ask most Cinematographers and traditional Post Production Supervisors and they will lobby for the more traditional chroma key green. The reason for this is there is less “spill” on the subject matter. The chroma key green is a little more dull in color and less reflective. It absorbs more light rather than reflecting it back onto the subject. This makes for a cleaner edge on the subject matter, especially in the hair, which makes it easier to clean up the pulled subject matter. The digital green tends to reflect a green hue onto the edges of the subject matter if they are too close to the green which makes pulling out the details on the edges much more difficult.
But truly the greenest of the green screens is when you have an all electric car that can go from 0 to 60 in less than five seconds and reach a top speed of 200 mph like the Tesla
being shot on our green screen stage. The non-fossil fuel consuming, non-carbon emitting sports car graced our Santa Monica studios and we were more than happy to have them.
You see ProHD Rentals has based their business on a reduced carbon footprint simply by promoting and providing digital film equipment. No more using film or hazardous chemicals to process that film. No more trips to the lab. The data just moves from camera to computer. How easy is that? And empowering too!
ProHD Rentals is proud to have hosted a Tesla shoot, because green is our favorite color.

