ON-CAMERA Definition & Meaning

on-camera

[on-kam-er-uh, -kam-ruh, awn-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

within the range of a motion-picture or television camera; while being filmed or televised.
on-camera blunders; The assassination happened on-camera.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of on-camera¹

First recorded in 1960–65

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Idioms and Phrases

Being 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.

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Example Sentences

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The biggest sticking point for actors under the umbrella of AI involved on-camera performers, whose job is often to disappear into the characters they are bringing to life.

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I think we’re good people to have the experience with of doing your first on-camera thing because we actually enjoy it.

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His voice is audibly weaker and tired than his on-camera interviews.

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Smith began to push the Squad toward “crush content,” a popular trend where influencers would be “shipped,” or paired together for an on-camera relationship.

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The storytelling format is a mixture of archival footage, artistic reenactments and on-camera interviews with Asco members.

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