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Green Screen and Its Benefits for News Industry

 

Have you ever heard about the concept of ‘Green Screen’ at any electronic media institute?

If not, then you must have probably experienced it, when news anchors and meteorologists on television makes use of the green screen technology to bring a picture in front of your television screen.


 

The concept of the green screen is being widely used in today’s digital world. It is being taught to several students in almost every institute of media studies.

What is a Green Screen?

  • Institute of media studies, electronic media institutes, the entertainment industry, and Hollywood have been effectively using the concept of a green screen.
  • Green screen is also known as colour keying.
  • It is a vertical wall that is converted into green by painting it or covering it with a sheet.
  • The green colour is chosen because of the contrast factor.
  • The basic underlying principle of a green screen that many electronic media institutes teach learners is to isolate the green colour and use the computer software to make anything appear.
  • Technically, it is possible to use any colour. However, the institute of media studies and news companies use green because it is not a colour commonly worn by people or images.
  • The green screen technique makes use of layers of images.
  • The background layer is the green coloured screen that is created, while the foreground layer is the actual displayed image.
  • The screen is placed behind the image, which is to be displayed.

Use Cases offered by the Green Screen in the News and Media Industry:

Special Effects

  • According to the electronic media institute, it helps television channels, and news broadcasting companies to create special effects.
  • Be it the local weather broadcasting shows, television shows, or movies, we find the use of the green screen in daily life.

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