matte shot

noun

, Movies.

1. a shot in which parts of the background and sometimes the foreground are masked so that a different background, foreground, image, etc., can be substituted during printing.

Example Sentences

The small saddle was not visible; the pipe and black cloth, which were seen, were later painted out in a traveling matte shot.”

From Los Angeles Times

We know the technique behind each matte shot, each jive emotion.

From Time Magazine Archive