Green Screen Magic
Tap Into Student Creativity
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Consumption or Creation Device?
Technology's Place in the Classroom
"Students today can't prepare bark to calculate their problems. They depend on their slates which are more expensive. What will they do when the slate is dropped and it breaks? They will be unable to write!" Teacher's Conference 1703
"Students today depend on paper too much. They don't know how to write on a slate without getting chalk dust all over themselves. They can't clean a slate properly. What will they do when they run out of paper?" Principal's Association 1815
"Ballpoint pens will be the ruin of education in our country. Students use these devices and then throw them away. The American values of thrift and frugality are being discarded. Business and banks will never allow such expensive luxuries." Federal Teachers 1950
Creativity
Green Screen by Do Ink allows you to easily add green screen special effects to videos. Graphite gave Do Ink's Green Screen app 5 stars out of 6. The cost of the app is currently $2.99.
Supplies Needed
There are a few basic items you must have in order to accomplish the Green Screen effect in a video. At a minimum, you must have an iPad, green screen, and good lighting. Below is a shopping list of the basics and other items if your budget will allow.
- iPad (32GB)
- Tripod $21.96
- iOgrapher $69.95
- Polaroid Studio Wide Angle/Telephoto Lens @34.99
- Rode SmartLav $65.99
- Cowboy Studio Lighting Kit $44.99
- LimoStudio Photo Studio $79.00
- Behr Gamma Sector Green $35.00
- Cotton Fabric - Clover Kona $6.29 per yard
- Do Ink Green Screen App $2.99
- Eye Stabilizer (optional tripod attachment).
Lighting
Start by lighting the green screen with two screen lights. Place two screen lights on either side of the green screen. Move them so that their light covers the screen equally.
Next have place a light to focus on the subject. It is better to have the subject light somewhat elevated.
Backgrounds
Before you start recording your video, you should have already selected your backgrounds. All backgrounds need to be saved to the iPad's camera roll.
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Front Page
Background Image
Video
3. Find a background for video and save it to the iPad's camera roll.
4. Use the iPad's camera and shoot video.
5. Open the Do Ink Green Screen app.
6. Load your images from the bottom of the timeline up. Tap the plus sign and choose Image. Select your front page image.
7. Tap the next plus sign up and choose Image. Select your background.
8. Pinch to resize your background to fit in the green box.
9. Tap the next plus sign up and choose Video. Select your video.
10. Produce the video. Save to camera roll.
App Smash
Christina Jontra
Grace Community School
Tyler, TX
Email: cjontra@gracetyler.org
Twitter: @Jontracation