shadowcasting

Noun

1. The generation of shadows from a three-dimensional model.
   • A different shadowcasting arrangement results when light rays are oriented oblique to the picture plane. In this situation actual and bearing rays appear to vanish in perspective. - 1979, Kevin Forseth, David Vaughan,...
2. A technique in which an incident ray at a small angle to the horizontal casts a shadow, thus making an object easier to see.
3. The live amateur performance of a film by a group of people at the same time as watching the film.
   • One of the most common of these gay male participations with Rocky Horror is 'shadowcasting', a type of camp performance in which the actor dresses in costume as a character and mimics his or her actions in front of the...