How to make a backdrop look more realistic
Sometimes, especially for music clips, we have to use backdrops. To make it look more realistic, light the scene where the subject is at least 2 steps lighter and reduce the depth of field to take the background out of focus just enough to hide the fabric wrinkles, but still the theme to be easily recognizable. Although far from perfect, a applied this concept in this music video I produced: https://youtu.be/M13ToCqaUJo