VPA | Interactive | Responding to the Arts: Media Arts Exploring Green Screen (Grade 3)

Media Arts: Exploring Green Screen (Grade 3)

This course is an exploration of a learning experience aligned to grade 3 media arts standards. Students will be introduced to green screen or chroma key, a technique used in film, TV and video production, in which an actor or object is photographed against a monochromatic backdrop (usually green or blue). Once the video has been shot, the background is replaced with a different image or video, creating the illusion of the actor or object being in a different place. For example, students might be able to show themselves swimming in the ocean with sharks, broadcasting “live” from the top of Mount Everest or entering and becoming part of a painting.