off camera

phrase

1

: while not being filmed by a television or movie camera

he's a different person off camera

2

: outside the scope of a television or movie camera

sounds of gunfire taking place off camera

Examples of off camera in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The documentary includes an interview with the young man’s mother while he can be heard sobbing off camera. — Daniel Lachance, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

After an audition off camera, the finalists were asked to come out on the sidewalk for an on-camera interview. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

Later in the trailer, Kardashian is shown lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to machines, while someone off camera asks whether that is what her father, Robert Kardashian, died of. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026

The central midfielder appeared to sarcastically applaud supporters, before repeating the actions of pointing to the sky and then making an eye-pointing gesture towards the section of the stand, off camera, from where the chant appears to emanate. — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026