off-cameraadj.adv.
/ɒfˈkam(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈɔfˈkæm(ə)rə/, /ˈɑfˈkæm(ə)rə/ A. adj.
That happens away from or outside the range of a camera.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > [adjective] > off-camera
off-screen1932
off-camera1955
1955 Healdsburg (Calif.) Tribune 2 June 4/1 [She] has stepped from an off-camera role as one of The Pied Pipers singing group right into a featured spot on Pacific Telephone's half-hour filmusical, This Is Your Music.
1962 G. N. Fenin & W. K. Everson Western ii. 31 The audience heard the off-camera kiss. Then the camera would swing back to a hot-and-bothered Autry, wiping off lipstick.
1980 N.Y. Times 21 Sept. iii. 21/1 In the new commercials, an offcamera voice asks a woman why she buys Crest for her family.
2002 Observer 6 Jan. (Review section) 9/4 The cheerfully scabrous off-camera repartee.
B. adv.
Outside the range of a film or television camera; when not in the process of being filmed or televised.
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society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [adverb] > on or off camera
off-screen1935
on-camera1944
off-set1948
in(to), within, out of shot1958
off-camera1960
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > [adverb] > off-camera
off-screen1935
off-set1948
in(to), within, out of shot1958
off-camera1960
1960 News Chron. 15 July 4/5 He is certainly the most telegenic personality of our time—yet off camera he is shy.
1970 Guardian 14 Nov. 8/3 Off camera Garbo..would display a charming naïveté very different from the sophistication of the rôles she played.
1973 L. Snelling Heresy i. iii. 20 If Frank thinks I'm going to let that pretentious little prick..keep me off-camera..he's crazy.
1995 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Sept. 49/1 The crew was dealing with snow-glare, a dogteam that consistently veered off-camera.., and shivering actors in 1940s clothing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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adj.adv.1955