off-screen
adverb
(alsooffscreen,off screen)uk/ˌɒfˈskriːn/us/ˌɑːfˈskriːn/(of a perfomer,actor, etc.)when notappearingin afilm, on a TV show, etc. :
Theactorassumedtheroleofleaderoff-screen as well.
He isbestknownoffscreen forspendingtimeat thegolfcourse.
Offscreen, he hassufferedaseriesofpersonaltragedies.
off thescreen, or above, below, or at thesideof thescreen, so that thepeoplewho arewatchingcannotsee:
Mycaris just off-screen at thebottomrightcornerof thevideo.
His firstjobwas offscreenas a "voiceartist"dubbingfilms.
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on-screenadverb
Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- audio described
- audio description
- fade
- filmic
- filming
- filmstrip
- flick
- footage
- franchise
- projection
- reel
- remake
- rerelease
- rescreen
- reshoot
- reshow
- sting
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Broadcasting: television
off-screen
adjective
(alsooffscreen)uk/ˌɒfˈskriːn/us/ˌɑːfˈskriːn/used fordescribingaperformer,actor, etc. when they are notappearingin afilm, on a TV show, etc.:
His off-screenexploitsledto acomplaintbeing made to thepolice.
It was Reeve's offscreenactionsthat made him asuperheroinreallife.
off thescreen, orhappeningabove, below, or at thesideof thescreen, so thepeoplewatchingcannotsee:
Secondslater, the cop'searhas beenslicedoff in an offscreenmomentofsuggestedviolence.
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on-screenadjective
Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- audio described
- audio description
- fade
- filmic
- filming
- filmstrip
- flick
- footage
- franchise
- projection
- reel
- remake
- rerelease
- rescreen
- reshoot
- reshow
- sting