verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To shoot a scene while advancing the film in the camera more quickly than it will advance on playback. This results in slowing down the action in the final film.

Antonyms

All antonyms

undercrank

Etymology

From over- + crank; dating from a time when film was advanced in a camera by the turning of a crank.

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