freeze frames
Motion halted onscreen
Freeze frames are single still images extracted from a video or film, capturing one moment in stopped motion.
The technique pauses action for dramatic effect or analysis: The movie ended on a freeze frame of the two friends laughing.
In casual use, freeze frame describes any moment that feels suspended in time: That look on her face is a freeze frame in my memory.
- motionlessLacking all movement
- stillUnmoving, or continuing
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- dramatic pauseIntentional silence for emphasis
- time stands stillPerceived temporal suspension
capture · snapshot · action shot · photos · slow mo · stop motion · suspension · stasis · photograph · stopped · timelessness · image · montage · videos · film reel · shots · videography · films
- French CinemaFrench New Wave, Godard, auteur, Catherine Deneuve, Playtime
- drama trainingacting, acting class, acting workshop, drama club, drama games
- ScorseseGoodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Departed, Casino
freeze frameslive action
Real filmed performance
moving images · video playback · animation · streaming video
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