How to Use off camera in a Sentence

off camera

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  • While filming, the actor would read the note out loud, off camera, so Williams had something to react to.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • The Roots could be heard reacting off camera, with Gillis thanking them for getting the joke.
    — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
  • So many of the crew members made the trek to Altadena that night and huddled off camera to watch Prince perform.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
  • When Cantu reaches towards Lopez and screams his wife’s name, a shot rings out and Lopez falls slightly off camera.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • When Bening, as Rob-Will’s mother, arrived late on the scene, Lind couldn’t keep it together off camera.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026
  • The Hitchcockian plot captivates from the get-go as a sort-of writer talks to someone off camera about his obsession for shadowing strangers.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
  • The actor recalled an instance in which Nicholson made funny faces at Cruise off camera while the younger actor was delivering his lines.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
  • In Oak Street, almost an entire neighborhood is killed off, largely off camera, but the film never shies from showing the resulting carnage littering the streets.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Here are key takeaways The victim was participating in but off camera during a campaign commercial for Fresno County Superior Court judge candidate Ashley Paulson when he was stabbed, law officials said in a Friday news conference.
    — Bob Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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