blue screen

[bloo skreen]

noun

Movies, Television.

1. an electronic special-effects system that isolates and removes a static plain blue 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.

blue screen

noun

1. a special effects film technique involving filming actors against a blue screen on which effects such as computerized graphics can be added later and integrated into a single sequence

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue screen¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Perhaps that’s why the film’s very talented cast is having a difficult time sinking their teeth into each character’s motivations, beleaguered to find much to say other than the same talking points that have likely been parroted to them while acting in front of a blue screen.

From Salon

There are some great visual jokes like a prayer symbol on the overhead panel and a Microsoft blue screen of death on the TV panels.

From Los Angeles Times

“The reason that CG and digital VFX got maligned is that there was an overreliance and a kind of laziness that started to develop in the industry where it was like, ‘Just shoot everyone on a blue screen and figure it out later,’” Saxon says.

From Los Angeles Times

To achieve the special effects of the solar eclipse, the house was reassembled on the largest blue screen sound stage in the world, constructed ad hoc at a hockey arena in Nova Scotia.

From Salon

Erivo extensively rehearsed the flying portion, which was shot using wires and against a blue screen.

From Los Angeles Times