In response to the Modest Mouse greenscreen footage Max Tyrie and his friends created a music video using stop motion and physically printing out thousands of frames of Modest Mouse footage onto paper.

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(Via Photojojo)

Björk is giving anybody who want the chance to make her latest music video, basicly a competition to find the video she likes best. On the competition site you can even download a 3D model of the sculpture or outfit that is already in the album photo. What is great about this competition for a profiled artist like Björk is that it gives all eager video-creators a fair chance to prove themselves.

I found out about this competion at CreateDigitalMotion, they also inform that Apple and Modest Mouse have a so-called “green-screen” contest. More about the contest and for raw-material downloads check out Apple’s Eduction Community Pages.

Greenscreen footage is great for students, since proper lighting and recording becomes rather pricy. (See my small greenscreen project with a static anchor/host type greenscreen here.)

In January I was asked if I would produce a short information video, to be used to give practical information at a large youth conference in Stavanger called Impuls. I decided that this would be a good opportunity to further test the principles of a greenscreen. (In my case I ended up using a bluescreen.)

The setup was rather simple, as the nature of the information presentation was supposed to be a rather static “news anchor” kind of host, giving the practical information. I made a quick animation in After Effects (AE), basically mixing 3 Photoshop layers, then animating them using masks in AE. Adding a 3D camera movement created the necessary dynamics in the background. The actual greenscreening, setting up the matte background, went smoothly thanks to an exercise me and Ingve worked on before Christmas.

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I am quite happy with the result of my first completed greenscreen project. But I must not forget to thank the people who helped me, so a big thanks to Camilla, Ingrid and Jan Magnus.

A wonderful display of what human hands can display in a shadow performance. Again, it is these simple commercials that are the most effective in my opinion. (Again contrary to the new wave of complex being in… Check out my post: Logo of Letters. KISS or NOT?( http://stepheno.net/2006/12/20/design-before-and-after-kiss-or-not/)

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If the video does not work the original link to the YouTube movie is here.