camera operator
5
3.2
- noun
- /ˈkæmərə ˈɒpəreɪtə/
:
operador de cámara
- During the filming of the documentary, the camera operator carefully adjusted the lens to capture the perfect angle.
- reporters and camera operators
- camera operator and crew
- television camera operators
Listen, Golden Globes camera operator, I know it was you.
- Listen, Golden Globes camera operator, I know it was you.
- So when I came on the show, I was just a camera operator and then worked my way up where I was like the lead Cameron ADP on the show.
Examples
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It just so happened that Mark, the camera operator from Bogota was the director of photography for my film.
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The camera operator receded until she was a tiny figure against the gray landscape.
Fiction book (2002) -
Hey guys, it's Max, the camera operator and hand model.
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I told our camera operator to widen the shot because this was the best part.
Fiction book (1995) -
The video camera operator stopped filming as Cameron composed himself.
Academic text (2001) -
The kid nods to the camera operator who lowers the crane as we boom way up...
Fiction book (1995) -
But our main guy was this great camera operator out of Spokane named Deshawn Bedford.
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Our camera operator, Jerry, was also a pilot and he pointed out that while there was a United Flight, 30,000 feet above us, we could not track the Cattoor helicopter.
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Greg and the reporters moved in closer to him while the two camera operators stood back to back like two besieged cavalrymen in Indian country and aimed their cameras at the crowd.
Fiction book (1998) -
Tas was the camera operator back then, and he was sort of the protege of a very great cinematographer named Philippe Rousselot.
Synonyms
110
2.9
A person who operates a film or television camera
14
5.3
A person who records video at events like weddings and conferences
2
3.7
A woman who operates a movie or video camera professionally
1
4.5
A person who records video with a camera
1
8.6
A person who takes photos or makes films professionally
How Professional
- Specialized
20
7.0
- Specialized
14
5.3
5
3.2
- Jargon
11
3.4
175
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who operates a camera' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'camera' (a photographic/video device) with 'operator' (a person who operates equipment). This is a regular agent–noun composition found across languages and follows common English word-formation patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The name camera operator comes from early film sets where a person had to 'operate' a large camera, moving and adjusting it by hand to follow the action. So today camera operator means a person who controls a camera during filming.