off-camera

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

adjective
  1. 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.

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

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

Origin of off-camera

1
First recorded in 1950–55

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