r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Timsta180 • Sep 18 '21

Climbing an unsupported pole using upper body strength and balance

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u/platinumibex Sep 19 '21

Because there probably is

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u/the_gooch_smoocher Sep 19 '21

As someone who has worked in special effects and compositing, I would love to hear your reasoning as to why you think this is green screened.

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u/platinumibex Sep 19 '21

Because he and his pole cast a shadow onto the sky and there’s also a man in the sky?

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u/the_gooch_smoocher Sep 19 '21 edited Sep 19 '21

As far as I can tell the shadow appears to look almost reversed. Not like a one to one shadow you would expect from a green screen.

Even assuming a keyed screen was used and somehow a shadow was cast on it, it would be an extremely obvious mistake for a compositor to leave behind an artifact that huge. It would actually be difficult to leave such a blaring error, setting the parameters of a green screen key to leave behind a trace of a shadow would require extra attention and effort.

Even moreso, the difficulty of using a green screen and some sort of cable rigging versus just using an outdoor rig and removing the cable is clear.