blue screen

[ bloo skreen ]

noun

, Movies, Television.

1. an electronic special-effects system that isolates and removes a static plain blue 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.

blue screen

noun

1. a special effects film technique involving filming actors against a blue screen on which effects such as computerized graphics can be added later and integrated into a single sequence

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue screen¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

He had marked out, from the first, the distance from the wall to the blue screen as a very decent distance.

From Project Gutenberg

By taking a third negative, through a blue screen, we could add immensely to the range of colours obtainable.

From Project Gutenberg

At last my fair guide stopped abruptly before a deep blue screen, and seemed to point to something below.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Jones opened the bright-blue screen door and motioned her caller into her house.

From Project Gutenberg

For a seat for herself she has a small hassock that you gave me, and behind the blue screen is a world apart.

From Project Gutenberg