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Yes, I’ve shot and tested all the mentioned techniques. I think luma keying works best when your background is the light source, like a real-life sky. I don’t see any problem with real-time compositing on set when you can see a composed image in real time and balance it with your background plates.

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dmullenasc wrote:

That BTS clip you put up doesn’t show a poor-man’s process, it shows a bluescreen process shot. Poor-man’s process is when you fake driving with no vfx, just a black background at night, or outside with wind machines blowing dust so you can’t tell the car is static, etc. And there is LED work in “Disclaimer”, like the backyard view from her kitchen. Personally I’d rather use LED screens rather than bluescreens for driving work and get everything “in-camera”.

 

Hey David,

Thanks for your explanation and for clarifying the terminology—I appreciate it! You’re right, this setup doesn’t exactly look “poor.”

I’m adding a video link that compares two different approaches to driving sequences: one using LED screens (from Joker, shot by Lawrence Sher) and the other using bluescreen (from Disclaimer, shot by Emmanuel Lubezki). You can watch them side by side, and while they have different colour contrasts—overcast vs sunset.

I think Disclaimer’s background perspective and out-of-focus elements look much better. It’s almost perfect—you can still sense a bit of keying, but it works far more convincingly in my opinion.

Regarding the Disclaimer scene you mentioned (Catherine destroys the “Perfect Stranger” book), I initially thought the backyard view was an LED screen. But now, I’m not so sure. It could be a large LED setup overhead with Vortexes or SkyPanels shining through a double diffusion with a net, or maybe just a single diffusion with a net.

I’d love to hear what Roger thinks about these driving sequences and the balance between LED screens vs. bluescreen, especially in terms of light density and realism.

Thanks again for the discussion!

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Hi, Inaki

 

I’m not a sir Roger. But from my experience, I could say another bulb is hidden behind that table lamp to reduce contrast. You can use different techniques to minimize the flair: from masking tape to dulling spray and black spray paint. Bare bulb and frosted bulb also works differently.

 

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