One of our customers recently pointed out a great video about painting a green screen. In the video Paul Shillito, founder of Video Alchemy, did a comparison of what he calls "DIY keying paint,"...

[guest_author] I love watching movies and TV shows where the characters are walking around dark rooms and you plainly see their flashlights and other light sources. Most are aware that this is done...

Above is the music video for a song entitled “Intelligente Marionette” by the band Cats & Breakkies. There are a few things that make this video remarkable: 1. Most of the video is one, continuous...

When a group of VIP Chinese filmmakers visited Hollywood for the ASC 2016 International Cinematography Summit, they took time out of their busy schedules to visit Rosco’s Los Angeles office. The...

When broadcasters want to share the view outside their studio with their audience – they have two window-control challenges that they need to overcome: #1: maintaining the proper exposure through the...

It seems that almost every shoot I work on has at least one green screen setup these days. How I light that green screen depends on if I am using a client’s gear or my own equipment, how large the...

Back when theaters were lit almost exclusively with Tungsten-Halogen lamps, choosing gel colors was easy! In today’s venues, there is a healthy mix of fixture-types – especially as white LEDs find...

At NAB last year, I met filmmaker Micah Van Hove who was shooting booth videos for NoFilmSchool.com. While he was there – I introduced him to the LitePad Vector. Since then – he and I stayed in touch...

The 2016 Summer Games in Rio are quickly approaching, and many set and lighting designers are searching for ways to add depth, color and spark to their broadcast set design. The solution, in my...

With space and power continually at a premium, backlighting scenic graphics or creating interesting color backgrounds can be a formidable task for set and lighting designers alike. The solution to...