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
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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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Their relationship has about as much chemistry as if they’d been filmed separately in front of green screens, but losing Lois makes Superman even lonelier and more vulnerable.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
Aided by green screens behind him, Park was rapidly elevated in a chair, achieving the effect of appearing to shoot out of the cockpit’s ceiling.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 9 July 2025
That meant that not only did the racing sequences avoid process shots and green screen, but the more intimate moments did too — even when they theoretically could have been shot on a stage with much less expense and effort.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 2 July 2025
The video echos the lyrics through its otherworldly theme, as the camera cuts between scenes of Finneas filming against a green screen, his fruitless attempt to catch the eye of his director (Hudson), and the musician caught in a life-sized diorama of the solar system.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
Aided by green screens behind him, Park was rapidly elevated in a chair, achieving the effect of appearing to shoot out of the cockpit’s ceiling.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 9 July 2025
That meant that not only did the racing sequences avoid process shots and green screen, but the more intimate moments did too — even when they theoretically could have been shot on a stage with much less expense and effort.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 2 July 2025
The video echos the lyrics through its otherworldly theme, as the camera cuts between scenes of Finneas filming against a green screen, his fruitless attempt to catch the eye of his director (Hudson), and the musician caught in a life-sized diorama of the solar system.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2025
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“Green screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20screen. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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