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overcrank

overcrank verb: 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.

Verb

overcrank (third-person singular simple present overcranks, present participle overcranking, simple past and past participle overcranked)

  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:
    undercrank

Antonyms of overcrank

Forms of overcrank

third-person singular presentovercranks
present participleovercranking
past participleovercranked
pastovercranked

Origin of overcrank

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

Questions about overcrank

What does overcrank mean?
Overcrank means 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.
What part of speech is overcrank?
Overcrank is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcrank?
The past tense of overcrank is overcranked.

Words near overcrank in the dictionary

  1. overcoyness
  2. overcram
  3. overcrammed
  4. overcramming
  5. overcrams
  6. overcrank
  7. overcranked
  8. overcranking
  9. overcranks
  10. overcreative
  11. overcredulity

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