Alan Wishnoff

I am going to shoot green screen footage to superimpose on other video footage (2 couples dancing, superimposed on 2 couples dancing). Does anyone have any suggestions for lighting the green screen on a relatively small budget? And if I just go with plain old clamp lights that I have here, can you recommend what type of bulbs to use, including what wattage, lumens, LED?, indoor floodlights? Thanks.

Thank you both for your quick responses. If you don't mind, if you can give me a slightly more granular response about lighting it would be much appreciated. As noted above, I am an amateur, trying to work with a limited budget, so for now I am just using clamp lights to light the green screen, and I'm doing the filming with an iPhone. I already did a test, and while the green screen effect is pretty good, there are still some light artifacts of the screen that are visible. Assuming I stick with the clamp lights, can you recommend wattage, lumens, LED versus tungsten, "regular" size bulbs versus indoor floodlights? And assuming I want to spring for a relatively inexpensive lighting kit, can you recommend a brand/model. Based on reviews and articles I've been reading, I am considering Emert Photograph Softbox Lighting Kit, Dazzne Bi-color LED video light, FancierStudio 2000 Watt Lighting Kit, Lincostore Photography Studio Video Quick Softbox Lighting Kit, and Neewer Bi-Color 660 LED Video Light kit. Do you have any opinions on any of these kits, or can you recommend another one in the roughly $150 or less category? Thanks again.

I am going to use a green screen to create video of 2 people dancing to be superimposed in a scene with 2 other people dancing. I am an amateur/rookie at this. I bought a 13x8 Westcott x-drop green screen for the project. Can anyone suggest lights by brand and model if possible for lighting the screen? Also, if I want to use lights I already have, is it better to use LED, tungsten, fluorescent? And do I need shadowboxes? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.