How to stop the screen saver?

Twice in the past two weeks, the screen saver come on when i'm watching a moving and pressing the D key or esc doesn't get it to disappear.  I've been powering off entirely and i know this isn't good.  Any advice as to what might be causing this and of course, how to correct it when its happening will be appreciated.  Thank you.

Try resetting the NVRAM.
Shut down your Mac.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the third time.
Release the keys.

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