Green screen is commonly used in TV dramas to create realistic scenes in a cost effective manner. The document describes 4 shots where green screen is used: 1) A cruise ship crash scene to avoid the costs of creating an actual crash. 2) An arctic scene to avoid traveling to the location. 3) A street scene to represent houses on a hilly road without finding the perfect location. 4) A street scene with falling snow to extend the setting in post-production. Green screen allows complex scenes to be filmed efficiently and within budget constraints.

1. Green Screen used in TV Dramas
By
Jessica Ribeiro

2. Shot one
This is where
the cruise
ship is. The
ship is
engulfed in
flames and is
crashed upon
the peer,
which is also
part of the
green screen
Green screen has been used here, for a scene in greys anatomy, the series about E.R surgeons'. Green
screen has been used here, to set the scene of a cruise ship crash. They have used green screen for this
scene to save money and time, as creating an actual crash would cause, health and safety violations and
would cost millions. Which is why Green Screens are a very popular choice with most filming
companies today.

3. Shot Two In the
actually
series they
will appear
to be
surrounded
by snow in
the arctic
conditions,
this helps
create a
realistic
surrounding
A green Screen has been used here for a scene in the hit series 24. The green screen has been used
to set the scene. They have been placed to look as if there in arctic conditions. They have used a
green screen instead of flying them over to the exact location because that takes more time and also
would cost thousands in transferring equipment staff etc. So green screen is the most efficient
choice.

4. Shot Three This is
where the
green
screen has
been placed
to show the
hilly road
linking to
the actual
road on the
film set.
Green screen has been used here in this particular scene, I’m unaware of the name of this episode,
but the green screen has been used for little effect to make it a believable street. The green screen is
a representing a double row of houses upon a hilly road. This is not a massive special effect but, it’s
used to help take the pressure of finding the perfect location for filming.

5. Shot Four Here is where the
street will go in
further to show
more houses, road
and little things
like lampposts,
letter boxes etc
they have also
made it look like
snow is falling
from the sky,
which makes the
scene a whole lot
more realistic.
Green screen has been used here in this particular scene, I’m unaware of the name of this episode,
but the green screen has been used here to create a believe snow shower. They have created some
fake snow for the foreground (street) but where the green screen has been placed will be showing
more street and will show snow falling from the sky.

6. Shot Four Here is where the
street will go in
further to show
more houses, road
and little things
like lampposts,
letter boxes etc
they have also
made it look like
snow is falling
from the sky,
which makes the
scene a whole lot
more realistic.
Green screen has been used here in this particular scene, I’m unaware of the name of this episode,
but the green screen has been used here to create a believe snow shower. They have created some
fake snow for the foreground (street) but where the green screen has been placed will be showing
more street and will show snow falling from the sky.