How do we make a basement video production studio?

Question

My friend has a pretty large basement in his house, and recently purchased Final Cut Express for his 2.0GHz Dual Core iMac, and we wanted to make a cheap (less than $1000) production studio. Together, my friends and I have two decent mini DV camcorders, and I have a 2.4GHz iMac and Final Cut Express as well. We want to do some chroma-keying, and some editing and publishing. What equipment will we need and do you have any recommendations where we can get everything? Thanks in advance!!!

Answer 1

You have all the tools you need for editing and publishing with the computers and FC Express.

For chroma keying, you will want a greenscreen and plenty of lighting. You could try the DIY approach using either Chroma paint or something like this:

http://www.jakeludington.com/photography...

The paint is available through a search of Amazon for about $50 a can.

Lighting can be put together cheap using work lights from Home Depot for about $50, depending on how big an area you need to light.