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

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Far removed from Capitol Hill, Sunday’s edition of the show was filmed in front of a green screen, with viewers at home instead seeing a photorealistic version of Rockefeller Center behind the anchor desk. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024 In one photo, the family poses in front of a green screen showing Jurassic World, and in another, everyone except Callum hangs out on top of a Jeep Wrangler. Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024 Rodriguez takes the opposite approach, one also utilized in the Wachowskis’ 2008 Speed Racer adaptation: using green screen to create a world that can’t be replicated with practical effects, in this case a real-life city drawn by Frank Miller. Tres Dean, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for green screen 

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of green screen was in 1983

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“Green screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20screen. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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