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successful plan that involved copious amounts of alcohol, smooth talking and correct
timing during the Christmas party.
Now, the readers may be tempted to ask: How did EFC people cope with
this problem before and what do Peter and Jens bring to the table this time?
The usual EFC solution for a green screen shoot was either hanging a green
piece of cloth on the wall or using pointing green-colored lights at the wall. The
former is a quick and dirty solution, easy to set up and use but also a headache in
post-production if the cloth was not properly straightened and stretched, which
is often the case. The latter gives a more consistent texture to the background for
keying but requires extra high-power lights, which is a hotly contested resource
during production periods.
So it was left to Peter and Jens to come up with the idea of setting up a permanent
green screen rig for the upcoming final round productions and of course for future
EFC generations.
The idea couldn’t have been more elegant: three green-painted smooth plywood walls
with rounded corners, a set of overhead lights and some mountaineering cables just in case
a superhero or fantasy movie need a flying sequence. Within a period of roughly two
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