Question about greenscreen studio set up vs just better camera and light

[VideoMountainClimber]

Hello everyone, I am new to videography. My question is about video production equipment.

I have been taking videos for the company I work for using my tripod, iPhone 16 Pro Max, a ring light, and Rode's wireless mics. I am shooting at 4K.

I told my bosses that I can purchase a green screen for future video production. They asked for a quote on the equipment. But here lies my concern!

I don't think this building has enough space to set up a green-screen studio. Sure, there are conference rooms we can use. But we would not be able to move the tables. I fear this would be a humiliating situation for me to experience after such a purchase!

If you are an experienced videographer for a company, how would you resolve this dilemma? Do you think I should discard my idea of setting up a green screen and purchasing professional lights, a quality video camera that also takes photos, and a quality tripod?

[ozymango]

I don't think this building has enough space to set up a green-screen studio.

Hi, VMC. I'm a retired tech support analyst, and I didn't work with 4k video, just HD, but at the university I worked at, if people needed to make a green-screen video, we had a couple of simple cloth green-screens, of various sizes, and they could be tacked to a wall, or set up on a frame, and these worked well for the limited space and limited needs of the staff and students. Now when you say "studio" then yeah you might require a larger set and various features that you'd probably best set up before you get a green-screen, and then if/when you get that set up, you can get a more custom green-screen to fit your space and portability needs. But really even a simple cloth green screen can be a very useful tool, you can pick one up for under $50 on Amazon (including a stand), or under $20 for just a plain screen, and certainly it would be worth getting one just to test your room and lighting. Lighting is really the biggest issue -- for our setups, we usually had about four LED floodlights, two on the screen (aimed at from side angles from behind the talent) and then two lights on the talent, just for even lighting and no shadows on the screen. But again this is something you'd have to experiment with in your room, depending on any other ambient light, etc. But I'd definitely recommend just starting with an inexpensive screen and testing to see if it'll look decent enough for your needs.