I’ve always wondered: why is a green screen green?
- Written by Lincoln Turner, Researcher, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Monash University
Since it was first used in 1940, green screen technology has become a common feature of film and TV production.Vancouver Film School/Flickr, CC BY-SA
This is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, a series where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au
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