VISUAL EFFECTS: The Green Screen

If you have access to a Green Screen and some digital editing software, you can make some great looking visual effects. When using a green screen, be creative: green screening objects (like toy spaceships) or animals (like the chicken seen below) is a great way to liven up your movie.

*From NOVA Special Effects

Building a life-size monster (or spaceship) is usually too expensive and hard to maneuever. By building puppets not bigger than humans and then shooting them using particular angles, directors can make something appear bigger than it actually is. Using the green screen is a perfect way to insert new elements into your shots.

Check out our "How'd They Do That" segment to find a similar Visual Effect technique.