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green screen

American

[green skreen] / ˈgrin ˌskrin /

noun

Movies, Television.

an electronic special-effects system, commonly used in television weather forecast segments, that isolates and removes a static plain green background from the live foreground shot so that the background can be filled or replaced with another image or video in a composite with the foreground.

Etymology

Origin of green screen

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

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Zheng recorded himself in front of a green screen and then asked the software to modify his face to make him into all the different characters in the movie.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Filmed in front of a green screen in one of the rooms of her San Diego home, De León’s videos aim at helping young children learn vocabulary for specific real-life situations.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

No CGI or green screen was used, with the "infected" actors sometimes spending hours in the make-up chair.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025

He hung up a green screen and, after determining that he didn’t yet have the broadcasting chops to rant on command, started writing scripts.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025

The empty green screen stared back at him; he saw himself in its curved glass, a story as still as the others had been antic.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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