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on camera
Being filmed, as in When the talk-show host began, I wasn't sure if we were on camera. This usage dates from the first half of the 1900s, soon after the birth of motion-picture and television filming. The same is true of the antonym off camera, meaning "outside the view of a movie or TV camera," as in Go ahead and scratch-we're off camera now.
on camera
Within the field of view of a movie camera.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Alva (2) | | AL-və | English |
| Thamar | | - | Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin |
| Varlaam | | - | Russian |
| Clotilde | | klo-TEELD (French) | French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
| VahİT | | - | Turkish |
| Dianne | | dee-AHN (French), die-AN (English) | French, English |