off-camera

[ awf-kam-er-uh, -kam-ruh, of- ]

/ ˈɔfˈkæm ər ə, -ˈkæm rə, ˈɒf- /

occurring as part of a film or program but outside the range of the motion-picture or television camera: the off-camera shouts of a mob.

out of the range of a motion-picture or television camera: The star walked off-camera at the end of his monologue.

(of an actor) in one's private rather than professional life: Off-camera the movie star liked to cook.

QUIZZES

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He was a person that was just so easy on the set and so fun, and it would translate on- and off-camera.
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The lines—by both actors—are delivered as if they were read from an off-camera teleprompter, and the chemistry is non-existent.
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I went everywhere he was, and I was just off-camera talking to him so we could riff stuff back-and-forth.
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An off-camera light source spotlights him from the front, highlighting the action.
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So I felt in a way that our off-camera lives on set started mimicking the on-camera lives of the characters.
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