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stop-action

stop-action noun: a film technique in which still frames depicting successive positions are displayed to create the illusion of movement.

Noun

stop-action (uncountable)

  1. A film technique in which still frames depicting successive positions are displayed to create the illusion of movement.
    • Given their early history, it is interesting that Benjamin made no mention of them — but if he had, he would have had to reconsider his thesis that film can only reproduce (and so, dislocate) works of art,' for stop-action provides a classic case of technology being used to create original...1999, John Bell, Puppets, Masks, and Performing, →ISBN, page 181

Questions about stop-action

What does stop-action mean?
Stop-action means a film technique in which still frames depicting successive positions are displayed to create the illusion of movement.
What part of speech is stop-action?
Stop-action is a noun.

Words near stop-action in the dictionary

  1. stop valve
  2. stop valves
  3. stop word
  4. stop words
  5. stop, drop and roll
  6. stop-action
  7. stop-and-frisk
  8. stop-and-frisks
  9. stop-and-go
  10. stop-and-go light
  11. stop-and-go lights

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