Quote - What's the technique, or is it an item, that creates a seamless background, as if the figure was standing on a huge seamless piece of paper attached at the ceiling, going down the wall and along the floor all the way to the camera?

You need to use a prop that is curved, like a seamless photographer's BG.

Paolo

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