Dictionary definition of “eat up the camera”

eat up the camera

v. phr. in movies, to be appealing or engaging on screen. Subjects: English, Entertainment, Movies

Editorial Note: This term is distinct from eat the camera, which is sometimes said of an actor whose face fills the screen.

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Citations: 1998 Esther Hecht Jerusalem Post (Israel) (Aug. 14) “A Model Child?” p. 18: Beyond looks, a child has to exude personaliy and a passion for the camera, she says. “They have to eat up the camera.” 2003 Angela Mulholland CTV.ca (Can.) (Nov. 25) “Jim Sheridan gets personal ‘In America’”: The girls rewarded him with their tremendous talent. They practically eat up the camera when they’re on screen. 2005 Dutch Boyd Because Everybody Pays Their Own Way (Fresno, California) (Apr. 24) “Smoking Cigarettes and Watching Captain Kangaroo”: Both of those guys are great characters and eat up the camera. 2005 Yahoo! News (Apr. 25) “Malik makes his screen debut” (in India): Vipul told me he that liked my confidence in Indian Idol, and the way I speak, and the way and I eat up the camera. 2005 Native American Times (May 3) “Producers seeking some good-looking Natives” (in Hollywood, Calif.): Thunder Mountain media is currently conducting a talent search for Native American men and women between the ages of 18 and 50 that, as they say in Hollywood, “eat up the camera.” The producers say they are looking for people who are photogenic.

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