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

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As for the teaser, the release states that it was produced with practical effects on location without CGI or use of a green screen. —

Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024 Davey Winder Microsoft Confirms New Reboot Fix, Albeit Temporary, For Windows 11 Users According to Bleeping Computer, Microsoft has provided a temporary fix for the blue screen and green screen Windows 11 reboot loop issues. —

Davey Winder, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 Others are unabashedly earnest in their enthusiasm, comporting the anachronistic typeface of Publishers Marketplace into new-media forms: dancing around it enthusiastically in a TikTok green screen, posting it alongside baby photos of themselves. —

Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024 Cuarón recalls threatening to shoot a scene inside a vehicle using a green screen if Lubezki couldn’t figure out a way to do it without cuts. —

Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for green screen