Meanings
plural cameraworks
- countableuncountableSkill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
Its fusion of mundane domestic tragedy, dark-night-of-the-soul emoting and hypermuscular camerawork suggests Robert Altman’s “Short Cuts” on jet-propelled roller skates.
2008 January 4, Matt Zoller Seitz, “One Filmmaker’s Vivid Tales of Fathers and Other Strangers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 20221 more example
Thanks to the camerawork, costuming, and production design, every shot is a carefully composed portrait, every inch of the frame occupied by an object, fabric, or shadow that informs the characters or narrative.
2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2019
Origin
From camera + -work (suffix denoting a craft involving a particular material or tool).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Indonesian teknik kamera
- teknik kameraskill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera
Japanese カメラワーク
- カメラワーク (kamerawāku)skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera
Cite this entry
camerawork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camerawork
“camerawork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camerawork. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “camerawork,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camerawork.
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