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off-camera
[ awf-kam-er-uh, -kam-ruh, of- ]
adjective
- 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
- 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.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of off-camera1
Example Sentences
“Peter was always right there off-camera becoming an ape, snorting, sniffing, acting out and getting the performers into the mood,” says Saxon.
On a visit to New York, Munn, 44, was eagerly inhabiting her off-camera identity as a mother.
“Someone was off-camera being like, ‘Buzz ...’ — literally, it was like that,” she says.
Like “Roseanne,” the spin-off focused on the same family, living in the same Lanford home and experiencing the same working-class existence, except they were also dealing with the off-camera death of Roseanne, who died of an opioid overdose.
Her dog, an enthusiastic Labradoodle named Zuka, offered brief commentary off-camera.
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