The quickest & most professional way to create backdrops for indy film makers

Shooting video’s on a green screen is so 2004. Shooting video on a blank wall is boring and shooting video’s in a professional studio costs more money than I want to spend.

So how can a regular Joe create a professional looking backdrop that is temporary yet looks permanent?

After playing around and experimenting with different materials and production techniques, I settled on printing directly to 1/2″ sheets of foam core at 858 Graphics. This material is lightweight, inexpensive, and the edges are soft, so when you push two sheets together it is really hard to see the gap in between them.

Shooting the video straight made the image look a little flat, so we wanted to get the feeling of depth. We made the graphic wrap around the corner, added a plant, and placed a 3D logo we had on top of the foam core panel.

Now we can change video backdrops in minutes while still getting a professional, polished look.