cinematography White backbround

[wparrish24]

I am shooting a commercial. What is the best way to achieve a solid white background?

 

[Cracker Funk]

well, I have to say with my new fangled DIY chromaring kit (**coming soon to a web site near you) green screen WOULD be easier than lighting paper.. but with the old fashioned green screen tech.. .. I agree with Pie..

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[Dreadylocks]

I found a video of someone using a green screen and then replacing it with a white background. It looks unnatural around the edges compared to the other video using a white sheet.

http://vimeo.com/8688203

Yeah that's because they feathered it to cover up some bleed/bad keying. If your footage is well lit, you won't have this issue.

Or you can just use a white sheet of paper, as has been said a bunch. But in both cases you will need to make sure everything is lit properly to pull it off.