off-screen
Outside the shot
Off-screen describes what happens outside the visible frame of a film, television show, or video.
A character who dies off-screen meets their end without the audience seeing it.
The term extends to actors' lives away from their roles: Off-screen, the two costars were bitter rivals.
Also used as an adverb: The explosion occurred off-screen.
Suggested without stating
- unseenNot perceived visually
- suggestedOffered for consideration
- heardPerceived by ear
- describedRepresented in language
imagined · referenced · mentioned · alluded · offstage · background · peripheral · ambient
Theater's hidden area
- behind-the-scenesHidden from public view
- crewWorking team aboard
- directorOne who leads
- producerOne who makes things
script · rehearsal · casting · audition · wardrobe · makeup · set-design · lighting
One who tells events
- voiceoverOff-screen recorded speech
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- dubbingPost-production sound replacement
ADR · announcement · disembodied · omniscient · intercom · radio · loudspeaker
implied
Suggested without stating
described · imagined · referenced · mentioned · alluded · offstage · background · peripheral · ambient · diegetic
backstage
Theater's hidden area
- behind-the-scenesHidden from public view
- crewWorking team aboard
- directorOne who leads
producer · script · rehearsal · casting · audition · wardrobe · makeup · set-design · lighting · soundcheck
narrator
One who tells events
- voiceoverOff-screen recorded speech
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
dubbing · ADR · announcement · disembodied · omniscient · intercom · radio · loudspeaker
tabloid
Sensationalist newspaper format
- paparazziAggressive celebrity photographers
- interviewFormal questioning session
- memoirWritten personal recollection
biography · scandal · romance · feud · friendship · reputation · persona · publicity · candid · unscripted
off-screenon-screen
Shown via display
on camera · in character · on the record · public · in the spotlight