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Green Screen Services
Professional chroma key filming for VFX and compositing across New York.
Green screen filming uses chroma key backdrops to isolate subjects for compositing against virtual backgrounds, environments, or visual effects in post-production. This technique is fundamental to modern filmmaking, and New York—with Steiner Studios' 30 stages on 50 acres (the largest US studio complex outside Hollywood), a $700M annual state film tax credit, and Wildflower Studios adding 775,000 sq ft in Queens—has one of the world's most robust chroma key ecosystems.
We coordinate green screen setups at Steiner Studios at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (largest stage 27,000 sq ft on the East Coast), Silvercup Studios, Kaufman Astoria Studios, and Broadway Stages. A new Sunset Park hub adds 8 more stages. Our team sources cyclorama stages, portable backdrops, and the specialized lighting required for clean chroma key extraction, with direct handoff to Picture Shop, PostWorks NY (2 Emmy sound awards), Harbor, The Post Crew, Nice Shoes, and String & Can for Dolby Atmos mixing, HDR color grading, and VFX.
Capabilities
Complete Green Screen Services
From dedicated studio facilities to portable location setups, we provide professional chroma key solutions optimized for clean compositing.
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Studio Facilities
- Dedicated green screen studios
- Cyclorama walls
- Drive-in capabilities
- Soundproofed stages
- Climate controlled
Full Studios
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Lighting Systems
- Even background lighting
- Talent separation
- Spill control
- LED & tungsten options
- Color-matched setups
VFX Ready
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Portable Solutions
- Location green screens
- Pop-up backgrounds
- Mobile lighting kits
- Quick setup options
- Outdoor chroma key
On Location
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Technical Support
- VFX supervisor coordination
- Tracking markers
- Reference photography
- Data management
- Post-production handoff
End-to-End
On Location
Steiner, Silvercup and Kaufman Astoria chroma key stages
Here is how the work lines up. Green screen filming in New York operates inside the deepest US stage network outside Los Angeles, anchored by Steiner Studios at the Brooklyn Navy Yard with thirty stages across fifty acres — the largest US studio complex outside Hollywood — Silvercup Studios in Long Island City and the Bronx, Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens with Stage K running one of the most cavernous cycs on the East Coast, Broadway Stages across Brooklyn and Queens, and York Studios in the Bronx.
The Wildflower Studios complex in Bayonne is adding 775,000 square feet of stage capacity, and a new Sunset Park hub brings eight further stages online. Chroma key productions span the Marvel/DC New York-set features, the Apple TV+ Severance LED-volume hybrid work that ran alongside green-screen pickups, the Mrs. Maisel virtual-production sequences. The major broadcast and streaming series that ship out of Steiner Stage 5 and Silvercup West for tentpole episodics.
The NYS Film Tax Credit at 30% with the 10% NYC outer-borough uplift, the $700 million annual programme cap and the Empire State Development administration make New York one of the most fiscally aggressive chroma key destinations in North America.
Clean keys depend on even backdrop illumination, careful talent separation and disciplined spill control, and the New York gaffer pool drawn from IATSE Local 52 brings that experience from decades of feature, episodic and commercial work. Lighting packages run flicker-free HMI and tunable LED units through ARRI SkyPanel, Creamsource Vortex, Litegear LiteMat and Astera Titan tube stocks sourced from KinoFlo NY, ARRI Burbank's East Coast delivery and the BB&S NYC rental network.
Tracking markers, reference photography and HDRI capture run at the plate stage, with footage flowing into the New York VFX pipelines at Picture Shop (Mrs. Maisel, Master of the Air), PostWorks NY with two Emmy sound awards, Harbor, Nice Shoes, The Post Crew, String & Can on Herald Square and the post-houses anchored in the Post New York Alliance network. Dolby Atmos mixing and HDR 4K colour grading sit alongside the compositing pipelines, with our coordinators handling the Empire State Development paperwork through the Local 600 cinematographer and Local 52 gaffer documentation alongside the deliverable masters and final audit.
FAQ
Chroma Key Expertise
Do you provide green screen studios?
Yes, we partner with Steiner Studios (30 stages on 50 acres at Brooklyn Navy Yard, largest 27,000 sq ft on the East Coast), Silvercup Studios, Kaufman Astoria Studios, and Broadway Stages—from interview setups to massive cyclorama stages.
Can you set up green screens on location?
Yes, we provide portable green screen solutions including pop-up backgrounds, fabric screens, and mobile lighting packages. We can create chroma key setups in almost any New York location with proper space and power.
What about blue screen vs green screen?
We work with both green and blue screens depending on your requirements. Blue screen is often preferred for blonde hair or scenes with green elements. We advise based on your specific compositing needs and VFX pipeline.
How do you ensure clean keys?
Clean keys require even lighting on the background, proper separation from talent, spill control, and attention to edge quality. Our New York teams bring extensive feature and episodic production experience to every chroma key setup.
Do you coordinate with VFX supervisors?
Yes, we work closely with your VFX team—in-house or at New York facilities like Picture Shop, PostWorks NY, Harbor, Nice Shoes, or String & Can—to capture tracking markers, reference photography, HDRIs, and clean plates.
What resolution and formats do you support?
We shoot green screen in formats up to 8K depending on camera selection. We ensure footage meets the resolution and codec requirements of your post-production pipeline with Dolby Atmos mixing and HDR color grading available.
Related Services
Productions in New York that need this often pair it with Virtual Reality Filming, Virtual Production, and AR Production for full coverage. Most projects also draw on Sound Recordist Teams and Sound & Audio.
On Set
Need Green Screen Services?
Tell us about your VFX requirements and we'll provide studio or location solutions.