back projection

British  

noun

1. Also called: background projection.  a method of projecting pictures onto a translucent screen so that they are viewed from the opposite side, used esp in films to create the illusion that the actors in the foreground are moving

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Example Sentences

Yorgos was keen to redo old cinema techniques like back projection, things he’d seen in 1930s cinematography, with a 2022 slant on it.

From Los Angeles Times

Enid Love, assistant head of schools programming, proudly introduced the multi-purpose set with its magnetic map of the world, back projection screen and the possibility of staging “simple” dramatic productions.

From BBC

Aside from the enthusiastic use of LED lights to glam up this new Silver Arrow, Mercedes also reaches into its future tech bag for the display in front of the driver, which is said to be a curved panoramic screen with back projection.

From The Verge

The action opens with that staggering skiing-off-a-cliff stunt, just after Moore is seen supposedly skiing in front of an obvious back projection.

From The Guardian

And in several scenes, Almereyda uses old-fashioned back projection, which gives the film a theatrical sensibility.

From Los Angeles Times