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

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

The latest season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives picks up after the women of MomTok experienced an explosive last few months off camera, following the drama and scandal that largely surrounded the group’s once-leader, Taylor Frankie Paul. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026