English

Alternative forms

• bluescreen

Noun

blue screen ‎(plural blue screens)

1. (film) 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. (film) The visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the colored screen itself, especially blue.
3. (computing) Short for blue screen of death.

Synonyms

• (film technique): chromakey, chroma-key, chroma key, greenscreen, green screen
• (error screen): blue screen of death, BSOD

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See also

• blue screen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia