It's unfortunate and frustrating to be limited by things outside of one's control. In my situation, I am limited by the amount of space I have to work with. I've been trying to move out of my tiny 1 bedroom condo and into a bigger place. When I've needed to do green screen work on my own, I have to unwrap my material and drape it over walls/book shelves/TVs/etc. in my living room, and move furniture around just to get the shot. And I can't leave it like that, so I have to tear down as soon as I'm done. It's even more frustrating because I have several ideas and Proof of Concepts that I have in my head that require extensive green screen.
I pray, and hope, and wish to finally move out of here into a bigger place. I have huge plans to build a studio/screening room, but until then, I gotta make do with what little space I have.
The next Proof of Concept that I wanted to do, was to put together a Sin City/The Spirit style action sequence depicting the hero of our last two films; Abraham Lincoln. Jumping across buildings, running on rooftops, all flash and eye-candy to catch his nemesis Stephen Douglas. I chuckle every time I think about the sillouette of Abraham Lincoln on a night background standing superhero-vigilant style on a rooftop; the protector of Bank Cards everywhere!
Before I film this though, I am currently capturing status shots of building rooftops to be used as elements. Downtown Wheaton has proven quite useful for this, as well as Chicago skyline backdrops I shot a couple years ago. I'm going for iconic, comic book, superhero action. Something people wouldn't expect, and something we might be able to use to finish up our Missing Bank Card trilogy, and hopefully win first place at the contest this year!
