on-cameraadv.adj.
/ɒnˈkam(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈɑnˈkæm(ə)rə/, /ˈɔnˈkæm(ə)rə/ A. adv.
Within the range of a film or television camera, in front of a camera; while being filmed, recorded, 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] > on-camera
on-camera1944
1944 Billboard 1 July 10/3 He brought ballet dancer Bobby Jean Bernhardt..on camera by holding up a small box and having camera dissolve to what appeared to be an identical box.
1961 G. Millerson Technique Television Production iii. 45 (caption) Sample paint-cards and materials are compared on camera with a standard grey-scale chart.
1971 R. Parkes Line of Fire ii. 26 To give chase, play the heroine. Maybe get interviewed on-camera afterwards.
1988 Spectator 28 May 29/1 I asked him why he had changed his answers on-camera.
2001 Wired Feb. 172/2 You can assemble-edit on-camera, and apply 12 effects and 8 scene transitions.
B. adj. (attributive).
Usually with hyphen. That is being filmed, recorded, or televised.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > [adjective] > on-camera
on-camera1965
1965 Science 17 Sept. 1329/2 Perhaps the most significant change was a new confidence on the part of many of the on-camera reporters.
1975 Listener 28 Aug. 258/2 Sheikh Mujib..has refused all on-camera interviews.
1991 S. Faludi Backlash ii. iv. 101 The newscaster managed to badger one of the program's subjects into an on-camera breakdown.
2002 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 6 Oct. 4 e Students select a historic topic, research it and conduct on-camera interviews with members of the community.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.adj.1944