In How Not to be Seen by Hito Steyerl, a green screen is used to not only change the surroundings of the female character but to transport the viewer to a world that the cinematographer isn’t actually in. The green screen is used to change the surroundings of the character and objects she has, going back and forth from the studio that the character is in, and a world created by the green screen. The way the green screen is used challenges realism of traditional cinema, specifically when they put green paint on the character which makes parts of her face one with the background, and when they have an environment and a “green screen” in it, which makes the environment seem “real” and the green screen fake, but in actuality it is all still green screen. These effects make the viewer have a sense of an altered reality and makes them second guess which representation is the reality.
In Whispering Pines (series) by Shana Moulton, A green screen is used in a cut out shape and a line drawn off center which shows two different perspectives. At first it seems that the second perspective represents what the character is visually thinking, but then this perspective shows different environments. Showing two different perspectives at the same time alters traditional cinema as the viewer does not know which perspective is the real reality for the character. By showing two different perspectives side by side at the same time, the viewer must change their focus back and forth from both representations to try and understand what is happening.