noun
projection screen; movie screen
Refers to the physical screen in a cinema. The cross-reference 映写幕 is a more technical term for a projection screen.
See also: 映写幕
映画館の銀幕に映像が映し出された。
The image appeared on the movie theater's screen.
noun
the silver screen; the film world; movies
Metonymic use referring to the film industry or cinema as a whole, often with a nostalgic or classic connotation.
彼は銀幕のスターとして一世を風靡した。
He took the world by storm as a star of the silver screen.
映写幕 is a more technical term for a projection screen, while 銀幕 is the common word for a movie screen and also carries the figurative 'silver screen' meaning.
スクリーン is a general loanword for any screen (computer, phone, projection), whereas 銀幕 specifically evokes the cinema screen and the film world.
Compound of 銀 (gin, 'silver') and 幕 (maku, 'curtain'). Originally referred to the silver-colored projection screen used in early cinemas, later extended to mean the film industry itself.