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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During that performance, Roan wore a pink gingham leather set by designer Zana Bayne—a riff on cowboy buckskins—and performed in front of a green screen with a giant tree and small critters dancing along to the song.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2025
The film doesn’t hide its use of tech, explicitly showing the green screen being set up before each scene.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2025
No green screen or other neutral backdrop is required.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
The semi-screwball antics of Teller and Taylor-Joy in tandem get reduced to a lot of running around, dodging explosions, and staring in mock terror at whatever CGI grotesquerie the VFX team have decided to throw on the green screen.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2025
The film doesn’t hide its use of tech, explicitly showing the green screen being set up before each scene.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2025
No green screen or other neutral backdrop is required.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
The semi-screwball antics of Teller and Taylor-Joy in tandem get reduced to a lot of running around, dodging explosions, and staring in mock terror at whatever CGI grotesquerie the VFX team have decided to throw on the green screen.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Green screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20screen. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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