The phrase "artificial backdrop" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a synthetic or man-made setting or environment, often in the context of theater, photography, or visual arts.
Example: "The play was set against an artificial backdrop that mimicked a lush forest, enhancing the overall visual experience."
Alternatives: "synthetic background" or "man-made scenery".
Against this backdrop, artificial intelligence's inevitable first job with any company is to act as a fixer.
We continued beyond the castle on a meandering milelong trail planted with magnolias and weeping willows that wound around an artificial lake, castle as backdrop, past crumbling stone farm buildings, some undergoing face lifts, and bordering a stretch of old railroad tracks.
Fishing boats and the occasional sea creature passing through the waves of the Pacific form the backdrop for an artificial beach area at this modern showplace in MariSol Malibu, an 80-acre community of 17 estates.
He had characters look directly into the camera, pioneered the use of camera ramping, and applied very artificial lighting and phoney-looking backdrops.
In each, a studio portrait of an African-American or Latino adolescent appears in one panel, and an artificial tropical flower, set against the backdrop of an urban landscape, in the other.
The exterior backdrops tend to be overtly artificial, the skies so streaked with orange that you half expect to see Scarlett O'Hara shaking her fist at the heavens.
There is a Venus Grotto right out of "Tannhäuser," with artificial rocks, a murky pool and a painted backdrop depicting Tannhäuser, a medieval knight and minstrel, being attended to by Venus and her retinue.
Against this backdrop Rockwell was accused of purveying an artificial and squeaky-clean view of America, which remains a criticism of him today.
The artificial environment plays an important role, particularly the photo backdrop (of an empty pool) behind which the dancers can hide.
