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back projection

British

noun

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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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 • Feb. 15, 2024

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 • Oct. 11, 2022

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 • Aug. 24, 2018

Aladdin reprises Disney’s 1992 animated hit, using scrim screens, hydraulics, back projection and a flying horse on sticks to cleverly approximate the movie’s effects on stage.

From Time • Jun. 1, 2012

At one point the girl sweeps her younger brother from the tracks as a train rushes by � no back projection, no stunt doubles, just plain old daredevil moviemaking.

From Time Magazine Archive

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