English Explanatory Dictionary

overcrank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  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.

Word forms

overcrank overcranks overcranking overcranked

Etymology

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

Antonyms

undercrank
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