blue screen (English, noun)
expansion: blue screen (plural blue screens)
Senses:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: 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.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: The visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the colored screen itself, especially blue.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of blue screen of death.
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
ellipsis
Forms:
form: blue screens
tags: plural
form: bluescreen
tags: alternative