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

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green screen

Together they have developed a new process that lets actors be filmed naturally -- no green screen, no motion-capture suit -- and then surrounds them with a hyper-realistic AI-generated world.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

“These are smaller stages, closer to green screen than a massive soundstage.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

Between their baby pink uniform and quick cut videos - usually featuring Darshan superimposed via green screen - their style is definitely unique.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 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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