A new background, a set that runs past its edge, a different century, another sky — behind the performance you shot.
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As shot 
Period 
Snowfall What it does
Environment work changes the world around the performance: a background you couldn’t shoot, a set that stops at three metres, a present-day harbour that has to play 1760, an overcast sky that should be a storm. The actors and everything they touch stay as shot; the world behind them changes.
The jobs
What you mark
Describe the world or bring a reference plate: “a 1760s harbour, wooden ships, stone warehouses”. Mark anything that must stay, like the cart the actors are loading.
What you get back
Shots it’s for
Blue and green screen, windows, car plates, skies.
The rest of the street, the castle above the gate, the city beyond the steps.
Cranes, cars, cables and street furniture out; the period in.
Replace the sky, add snow, rain or fog to the world around the actors.
Questions
Yes. nolanlabs pulls a matte of the actors from the plate itself and puts the new world behind them. A clean edge on fine hair against a busy background is still the hardest case, and you get the matte to refine it.
No. The people and what they touch keep their original pixels; only the world behind them is new. When weather has to land on the actors, we tell you before the run that they will change.
Use cases
Access to nolanlabs is by invitation. It starts with a 30-minute demo — on your own footage if you like.
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