I'd like to second what Tim said.  You can either pay up front to shoot greenscreen right and have it look good with a little post work, or you can cheap out up front and spend a ton in post trying to save it from looking horrible. If production screws up the shoot, making it look "not horrible" is the best you can hope for.

-bH

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:10 PM, <pixelbot@comcast.net> wrote:

yeah - I alway think green screen cost about the same amount whether you hire a pro-shooter or not - it's just where you want to spend the money, on the shoot or in post. of course paying more for the shoot may improve the overall look easier than than getting "good enough" in post. but all this seem fairly obvious, green screen shooting is becoming the desktop publishing revolution - I mean if you've got a camera and a green surface, viola.

and thanks Todd for the helpful answers I'll have to pass those off to our post manager - he's always looking for info to pass on to our directors/DPs.

tt