Green Screen Pupil and Teacher Activity Pack
Please note: This activity pack can be used by teachers of all ages to use with their classes. If the pupils are using their activity pack independently then it is designed for ages 7+. Pupils do not see this paragraph in their activity pack.
What will you learn?
Use green effects to add backgrounds to foreground objects.
Crop and mask videos to improve effects.
Export projects to use with other software.
What resources will you need?
You will need an iPad with the Green Screen by Do Ink app.
A green or blue background such as a painted wall, material or a big TV screen with a green background on.
You could try a green colour background on a whiteboard but the projector will also project green so it may not work very well.
Use the video tutorials to help you.
Please note: This activity pack can be used by teachers of all ages to use with their classes. If the pupils are using their activity pack independently then it is designed for ages 7+. Pupils do not see this paragraph in their activity pack.
What will you learn?
Use green effects to add backgrounds to foreground objects.
Crop and mask videos to improve effects.
Export projects to use with other software.
What resources will you need?
You will need an iPad with the Green Screen by Do Ink app.
A green or blue background such as a painted wall, material or a big TV screen with a green background on.
You could try a green colour background on a whiteboard but the projector will also project green so it may not work very well.
Use the video tutorials to help you.
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1. Capture a video with a green background
Record a classmate or yourself against a green/blue background such as a painted wall or material. Make sure the iPad is in landscape position and that the person is not wearing clothes the same colour as the background. Tip: If you have more than one iPad and have the Pages app then you could use the Presenter Mode on it to create a script that you can use as a teleprompter.
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2. Save a background image and combine it with your green screen video
Save a background image from the Internet to your iPad's Photos app (Camera Roll) by holding your finger down on the image for 2 seconds and then tapping 'Save Image.' Then combine it with the video you have from Task 1 into a project in the Green Screen app. Use the multi-coloured (Chroma) wheel to adjust the amount of green or blue you want to remove to make the effect look better. Tip: Add the green screen video first to the top layer and then the background image below. Use the video tutorial to help. |
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3. Crop and edit the green videos
Use the different tools in Green Screen app to remove parts of the green screen video, such as cropping the borders or rubbing out the shadows. Remember, if the person in the video moves into parts that are cropped or rubbed out, they will disappear. 
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4. Save Projects
You can save the projects as an image or video to your iPad's Photos so that it can be used in other apps such as our iMovie Activity Pack to add music, effects, titles and other videos. 
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Green Screen Ideas
Christmas Card
You could make Christmas cards for parents either as videos or static images. |
Drama
Green Screen can really add to drama work such as performances of Shakespeare as shown below. |
News and Weather Reports
Green Screen work well for news and weather reports. The videos could be used with our iMovie Activity Pack to add headline titles and move between the anchor, reports and weather in one video. |
Flying
By covering a chair or table with a green or blue cloth then you can achieve flying effects with your foreground object. This works even better if the background is a video instead of an image. |
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