verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To shoot a scene while advancing the film in the camera more slowly than it will advance on playback. This results in speeding up the action in the final film.

Antonyms

All antonyms

overcrank

Etymology

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

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