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US 2019/0294031 A1Published application
Method and system for filming
AssigneeHolicom Film Limited
InventorsStephen Ley, Ian Christopher O'Connell, Bruce Finn
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Abstract
This invention concerns a method of filming a subject to be projected as a Pepper's Ghost image. The method may comprise filming a subject under a lighting arrangement having one or more front lights for illuminating a front of a subject and one or more backlights. The lights may be controlled such that the total brightness of the one or more front lights, as measured of the subject, is less than or approximately the same as the total brightness of the one or more backlights, as measured at the subject. The subject may be located directly above one or more floor lights such the subject is illuminated from below by the one or more floor lights.
Claims20
A method of filming a subject to produce film suitable for projecting in a manner that creates a full bodied Pepper's Ghost of the subject, the method comprising:
- filming a subject in front of a black, blue, or green back screen under a lighting arrangement to acquire images of the subject, the lighting arrangement having one or more first lights for illuminating a front of the subject, wherein the first lights have a drop-off distance such that the majority of light emitted by the first lights is not reflected by the back screen back to the subject or are angled such that the majority of light emitted by the first lights is not reflected by the back screen back to the subject, one or more second lights for illuminating the rear and/or side of the subject and operable to sharpen an outline of the subject, and one or more third lights for illuminating the feet of the subject;
- wherein the camera used to film the subject is stationary, the subject is a moving subject and the lighting arrangement is arranged to produce shadows in the subject's clothing and cause shadows to move across the subject as the subject moves under the lighting arrangement;
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- wherein a total brightness of the one or more first lights, as measured at the subject, is less than or approximately the same as a total brightness of the one or more second lights.
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A real time streaming telepresence system, comprising:
- an image source arranged to project a full bodied human image directly towards a semitransparent screen for receiving the full bodied human image projected by the image source and generating and directing a partially reflected full bodied human image toward an audience, the partially reflected human image being perceived by the audience as a virtual life size full bodied human image or hologram on a stage;
- wherein the full body human image projected by the image source is filmed using a filming studio including a black, blue, or green back screen positioned behind a subject area in which the subject moves or is positioned during filming, and a lighting arrangement having one of more first lights for illuminating a front of the subject when viewed from a camera used to film the subject, wherein the first lights have a drop-off distance such that the majority of light emitted by the first lights is not reflected by the back screen back to the subject or are angled such that the majority of light emitted by the first lights is not reflected by the back screen back to the subject, and one or more second lights for illuminating the rear and/or side of the subject and operable to sharpen the outline of the subject, the total intensity of the one or more second lights being greater than the total intensity of the one or more first lights as measured at the subject at all points within the subject area, and one or more third lights for illuminating the feet of the subject, wherein the camera used to film the subject is stationary, the subject is a moving subject, and wherein the lighting arrangement is arranged to produce shadows in the subject's clothing and cause shadows to move across the subject as the subject moves under the lighting arrangement, and wherein a total brightness of the one or more first lights, as measured at the subject, is less than or approximately the same as a total brightness of the one or more second lights.
A real time streaming telepresence system, comprising:
- a semi-transparent screen configured with a reflective front or rear projection screen and amplified light source to display video of life size human images from the amplified light source in a ‘peppers ghost’ arrangement;
- wherein the life size human image generated by the amplified light source is filmed using filming studio including a black, blue, or green back screen under an LED lighting arrangement having one of more first lights for illuminating a front of the subject, wherein the first lights have a drop-off distance such that the majority of light emitted by the first lights is not reflected by the back screen back to the subject or are angled such that the majority of light emitted by the first lights is not reflected by the back screen back to the subject, and one or more second lights for illuminating the rear and/or side of the subject and operable to sharpen the outline of the subject, and one or more third lights for illuminating the feet of the subject, wherein a camera used to film the subject is stationary, the subject is a moving subject, and wherein the lighting arrangement is arranged to produce shadows in the subject's clothing and cause shadows to move across the subject as the subject moves under the lighting arrangement, wherein a total brightness of the one or more first lights, as measured at the subject, is less than or approximately the same as a total brightness of the one or more second lights.
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