Re: Time Remapping, Echo Effect, Blur and Keying Anyone?

First I want to thank you for being "honest". Maddening as it is...

"Best is to hire someone to help you out."

not to sound harsh, but that would be great, except for the fact that this project is for a non profit organization, and I have volunteered to do this, and I have no budget whatsoever except that which I spend out of my own pocket. Every one else involved is also volunteering in the creation of this "music video".

I am not looking for "Hollywood" quality here, just a little advise on how I could do something’s better to increase the quality of my work. Everyone starts somewhere.

Is there anything that you would suggest so that when I reshoot the green screen part I might have a better key? Should the screen just hang or should I angle it to the bottom to get more even light falling on the screen? Is there anything that you think I might be able to do with camera settings to help? The camera we are using has the ability to do 60 frames a second, would that help?

Thanks for the link; I have been through all of that tutorial and a few others on other sites. I think part of the problem is the amount of speed I have added to the time remapping part of the project. I also think I am trying to use way too much of the footage in the foreground layer causing "blips" of people in the scene. I am going to work with that later today.

Am I in the wrong place? Should I not be here because I don’t do this for a living? Am I unwelcome on these boards? I don’t understand why asking questions of those who live and breathe this stuff gets me responses like this. Is it the way I am asking? I really love the resource this site is, but lately all I have felt in these forums is hostility towards my questions.

Thanks for any and all help.