on camera
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3.2
- idiom
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ante la cámara
- She was nervous speaking on camera for the first time during the interview.
- caught on camera
- capture on camera
Like any time that I'm talking on camera, those are those days.
- Like any time that I'm talking on camera, those are those days.
- I think what they mean is he is shown on camera but not on air.
- What I do that's not on camera, people don't know.
- Normally, a journalist on camera would have a prompter.
- The mayor says this on camera, which is a pretty big deal.
- I wouldn't do it on camera and in your filming room.
- That's a speed I I probably shouldn't say on camera, but that is quick.
- The marks look great on camera and the food is still edible.
- Yeah, but on camera, please don't bring your gun out.
Examples
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Normally, a journalist on camera would have a prompter.
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And Pumps shows her face and her name on camera every day.
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That looks a little weird on camera, but it's OK.
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- Did you get that on camera?
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- Okay, can we roll on camera?
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Capturing this on camera is just one way to educate people about our nation's past.
Academic text (2006) -
For the intro, you could interview Andrew on camera and give all the background information.
Fiction book (1998) -
There's a few more things I'd like to get on camera.
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Morena's dress looked much better on camera than in this photo; to me, she looked gorgeous.
Blog text (10) -
And John Sweeney asked me on camera, is this true?
Synonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'being filmed or appearing within the view of a camera' is directly derivable from combining the locative/participation preposition 'on' with 'camera' (a recording device): it indicates presence or appearance in the camera's view. This locative preposition + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
On camera comes from the simple image of a person standing where the camera can see them, often with a red light showing it is recording; that's the literal idea. So, when you are on camera, you are 'being filmed or broadcast'.