green screen

noun

plural green screens

: a photographic technique in which a subject is filmed in front of a green background so as to allow matte (see matte entry 3 sense 2) compositing of the film with other footage

Show curators are using green screen, augmented reality and visual effects to create an illusion of a near-real event.—

Ruhail Amin

also : the green background

The kids recorded themselves at home, shooting videos in front of a home-made green screen, which Mrs. Hopkins sent home for their families. —

Katie Morse

—often used before another noun

green screen technology

compare blue screen

Examples of green screen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Why is that man carrying an enormous plastic hammer around, dressed in a breast plate on a green screen? —

Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 Oct. 2024 This time, however, a green screen freeze has also been seen by some users. —

Davey Winder, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 There’s a lot of humor built around Adam, Peter, and their beleaguered female co-star Quinn (Katherine Waterston) having to do most of their work on cheap-looking sets and/or green screen, with most of the movie being constructed later via computer. —

Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024 Creators can only generate backgrounds, and add them to their videos through a green screen feature called Dream Screen. —

Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for green screen

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