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

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Like most “Housewives” series, the Trump administration has plenty of "friends-of" dropping into its cast of cartoon villains, and if they make a good enough impression during their time on-camera, they might just get bumped up to a season regular.

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Initially, Lund intended to have him play an on-camera role, but Wiseman’s advanced age — he is 95 — complicated his involvement.

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Cantwell deemed himself one of the “edgiest” guys in the movement, edgy being slang for “very racist,” and we agreed to meet for an on-camera interview the day before the rally.

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No on-camera experience at all.

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