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blue screen

blue screen noun: the filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit monochromatic background for the purpose of removing the background from the scene and replacing it with a different image or scene. Also the ellipsis of blue screen of death.

Noun

blue screen (plural blue screens)

  1. The filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit monochromatic background for the purpose of removing the background from the scene and replacing it with a different image or scene.
  2. The visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the colored screen itself, especially blue.

Also used as

blue screen is also the ellipsis of blue screen of death.

Synonyms of blue screen

All synonyms of blue screen

Forms of blue screen

pluralblue screens
alternative formbluescreen

Origin of blue screen

A compound of blue + screen, from the historical film-making technique of using blue backgrounds.

Questions about blue screen

What does blue screen mean?
Blue screen means the filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit monochromatic background for the purpose of removing the background from the scene and replacing it with a different image or scene.
What part of speech is blue screen?
Blue screen is a noun.
What is the plural of blue screen?
The plural of blue screen is blue screens.

Words near blue screen in the dictionary

  1. blue sausage fruit
  2. blue sausage fruits
  3. blue savory
  4. blue scale
  5. blue scales
  6. blue screen
  7. blue screen of death
  8. blue screens
  9. blue screens of death
  10. blue seal
  11. blue seals

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