camerawork

noun

cam·​era·​work ˈkam-rə-ˌwərk 

ˈka-mə-rə-

variants or camera work

: the photography produced by a camera and especially a movie, video, or television camera

Despite the realistic orientation of the writing and camerawork of Tour of Duty (which in its first year occasionally employed "documentary" techniques such as a shaky camera and grainy footage), the sound effects aren't meant to be realistic at all.

—Laura Cohen

It doesn't help that the tape's sound is borderline cheesy, or that the camera work is lackadaisical.

—Jim Farber

Examples of camerawork in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s none of the impulsive lightness of handheld camerawork; even in fervent motion, the film’s images feel tethered to the ground, deeply rooted in terrain and locale, in physical and intimate histories. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025

Fueled by hyperkinetic camerawork and dialogue that name-checks the celebrities who are not actually dragooned into making cameos, the series promises an under-the-hood look at the sputtering engine of the motion picture industry in the age of streaming. —Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025

That pertains not just to the dexterity of regular cinematographer Shane F. Kelly’s camerawork, which weaves around the joint playing with spatial dynamics and maintaining visual interest. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025

Since 2011, YouTube has provided the best seat in the house, with world-class, musically savvy direction, production and camerawork by a stellar team that’s enduring the same heat and wind and cold as the artists and the audience. —Thania Garcia, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for camerawork

• artwork
• beadwork
• berserk
• breastwork
• brickwork
• brushwork
• casework
• classwork
• clockwork
• coursework
• ductwork
• earthwork