DIY wall for Chromakey green screen recording.

After spending a lot of time trying to get good quality green screen footage for e-learning projects using cloth backgrounds, we decided to build a dedicated wall at the studio unit for green screen recording.

2 trips to the diy store got all the materials including:

• 20 2.4m battens
• 5 sheets of 9mm plasterboard (8x4) size
• A door which was on special offer
• Lots of screws
• Lining wallpaper and paste
• White paint for a base coat
• Can of Rosco Chroma Key paint

The available space was approx 4.5m high by 4.45m wide.

We built a wooden frame 3m high which was secured to both side walls and the floor using the battens and made a door frame to allow access to the front of the unit.

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X1 - Fitting the standard xbox games console into a commercial CD player case. More...

X2 - Custom case built to make the Xbox console as small and quiet as possible.

This case was built using aluminium and perspex for the top panel. More...

XMobile was my attempt at fitting an xbox into a car.

Stage 1: Mounting the LCD

The car which i was to fit the xbox in was a Citroen Saxo. The LCD monitor was a 7" model taken from a Goodmans portable DVD player. Not the best quality but it does the job.

The first job was to find somewhere suitable for the LCD to sit. The dashboard in Saxos is made up of lots of curves so finding an area big enough for the LCD wasn't easy. In the end it was decided that the best place would be above the radio in the centre console, this would mean relocating all of the buttons such as hazards and rear heater and building a framework up for the screen to sit in. You can see the progress below. More...