Space Mountain Question: The Green Screen Effect

[wishesjake]

Lime green can be a decent color. I looks good on the signage of SM outside and where they have it there. In those situations, I love it. Splattering it over a big section of wall though is another story.

Oh I wasn't defending the wall, just the color.

 

[EpcotServo]

Frankly I don't see whats wrong with the color. I think it's nice. Green typically represents hope, relaxation, and nature.

[ducks]

The rule of Green: If kermit can easily stand out in front it...It's too green.

 

[Tom]

Around it's opening, a couple of tech guys said that the green screen effect was cut from the budget. Who knows if we will ever see it working.

I saw this masterpiece for the first time today.

Could they have at least printed a sign in the sign shop that was on a solid piece of fiberglass or plastic instead of this cheap vinyl banner?

At least they spent a lot of time hanging the black fabric behind it, nice and straight and taught. Oh wait...

 

[marni1971]

I am curious about the IR or UV tech you are talking about, I have never seen or heard of it and I try to stay current with new tech in the industry.

I saw a demo at work for `on the fly` keying; basically this kit was in a suitcase; a ring of IR LEDs that sat round the lens facing the subject/screen, and a reflective cloth that is actually designed to only bounce light back from the direction of the source ie the LEDs and lens. Key onto only the IR part of the spectrum and you have near invisible to the eye keying. I admit the scale of this was really for head a shoulders shots but upscale it and don`t worry about the bouce (use more than just LEDs as a key source) and you have non-green (or blue) keying.

 

[WDITrent]

What's wrong with TDO? Can't they finish anything?

 

[Skyway]

I remember the head Imagineer on the project (name?) was quoted in the Orlando Sentinel saying that the green screen would be used to put people in the locations "advertised" in the post show scenes.

That would seem to shed doubt on the budget cut theory.

But why has it taken nearly 2 months to install?

 

[_Scar]

Probably technical problems.

TDO isn't that stupid to let it go that far without finishing it.

 

[Exprcoofto]

Probably technical problems.

TDO isn't that stupid to let it go that far without finishing it.

You're right, thats why we have triangles in SSE that don't do anyhting :lol:

 

[janoimagine]

TDO isn't that stupid to let it go that far without finishing it.

Don't hold your breath on that one.

And thanks Marni - I will have to look into that tech, sounds pretty cool. (And expensive ...)

 

[_Scar]

You're right, thats why we have triangles in SSE that don't do anyhting :lol:

At the time I first rode SSE after the refurb I didn't realize it was unfinished at all. But after you see the green screen and a cheap banner on the otherside, it's common sense something is not working and it looks cheap.