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
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 Katie Morse green screen technology
compare blue screen
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The Wicked leads dispelled an assumption that there must have been a lot of green screen used in the filming of the movie.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
The characters move within even the grittiest spaces as if walking past backdrops or C.G.I. green screens.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
One potential litigant is director David Lee Fisher, who decided to reuse the beguiling backdrops of the original by way of green screens, then hire actors whose every line reading makes the invention of the talkie seem like a mistake.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
When Taylor-Johnson shows up in smaller roles, as in Bullet Train, The Fall Guy or the upcoming Nosferatu, or is simply one person among many pointing at green screens (see: Godzilla), his black-hole presence is offset by other factors.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
The characters move within even the grittiest spaces as if walking past backdrops or C.G.I. green screens.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
One potential litigant is director David Lee Fisher, who decided to reuse the beguiling backdrops of the original by way of green screens, then hire actors whose every line reading makes the invention of the talkie seem like a mistake.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
When Taylor-Johnson shows up in smaller roles, as in Bullet Train, The Fall Guy or the upcoming Nosferatu, or is simply one person among many pointing at green screens (see: Godzilla), his black-hole presence is offset by other factors.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Green screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20screen. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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