blue screen
The filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit…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.
» The blue screen of death popped up on the screen.
На экране выскочил синий экран смерти.
Meaning
2 sensesThe 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.
The visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the colored screen itself, especially blue.
Examples
2 sentencesThe blue screen of death popped up on the screen.
ruНа экране выскочил синий экран смерти. — ZegPhig
I see that your Windows laptop was hit by the blue screen of death.
Origin
A compound of blue + screen, from the historical film-making technique of using blue backgA compound of blue + screen, from the historical film-making technique of using blue backgrounds.
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