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on camera
cam·er·a C0049700 (kăm′ər-ə, kăm′rə)n.1. A usually portable device containing a photosensitive surface that records images through a lens.2. A camera obscura.3. pl. cam·er·ae (-ə-rē) A judge's private chamber.Idioms: in camera Outside of the public view: The committee met in camera to discuss the report. off camera Outside the field of view of a movie camera. on camera Within the field of view of a movie camera.
[Late Latin, room; see chamber.]Thesaurus| Adv. | 1.on camera - within range of a movie or television camera; "the senator didn't realize that he was speaking on camera" |
on camera
on camera1. Within the view of a camera's lens during a photo or video recording. Hyphenated if used before a noun. You can see the suspect signaling someone on camera just before the blast.2. While being filmed or photographed. Hyphenated if used before a noun. The two wrestlers play up their on-camera feud for the sake of television dramatics, but they're actually great friends in real life. He is renowned for his calm, dignified demeanor on camera, but the famous talk show host is a rather brash loudmouth in person.See also: camera, onon cameraBeing filmed, as in When the talk-show host began, I wasn't sure if we were on camera. This usage dates from the first half of the 1900s, soon after the birth of motion-picture and television filming. The same is true of the antonym off camera, meaning "outside the view of a movie or TV camera," as in Go ahead and scratch-we're off camera now. See also: camera, onon ˈcamera being filmed or shown on television: Are you prepared to tell your story on camera?See also: camera, on on camera Within the field of view of a movie camera.See also: camera, onOn Borrowed Time
On Borrowed Timean old man chases “Death” up a tree and keeps him there until the old man is ready to die. [Am. Drama: Sobel, 517]See: DeathMedicalSeecameraLegalSeeCameraAcronymsSeeovercoat |