green screen

noun

plural green screens

: a photographic technique in which a subject is filmed in front of a green background so as to allow matte (see matte entry 3 sense 2) compositing of the film with other footage

Show curators are using green screen, augmented reality and visual effects to create an illusion of a near-real event.

—Ruhail Amin

also : the green background

The kids recorded themselves at home, shooting videos in front of a home-made green screen, which Mrs. Hopkins sent home for their families.

—Katie Morse

—often used before another noun

green screen technology

compare blue screen

Examples of green screen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The production marks Netflix’s first use of 3D In-Camera VFX technology for Southeast Asian content, allowing cast and crew to interact with the post-apocalyptic world in real-time rather than against green screens. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025

But the reality is that, on a number of big franchise movies, the director is back on a soundstage working with the principal cast on a green screen, while a massive second unit army is out filming the action. —Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 11 Apr. 2025

Before long, the meteorologist asks the studio's production team to swap out the forecast on the green screen for a video of romantic candles flickering in the background. —Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025

A little guy who had a green screen [in Michigan], and after the film wrapped, Eric went there. —Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for green screen

• agin
• alkene
• allene
• ameen
• amin
• amine
• arene
• athene
• baleen
• beeline
• benzene
• between