freezeframe
Cinematic suspended moment
A freeze-frame is a single motionless image extracted from a film or video, where the action appears to stop: The movie ends on a freeze-frame of the two friends laughing.
Directors use freeze-frames for dramatic emphasis or stylized endings.
As a verb, to freeze-frame is to pause video on a single image: She freeze-framed the security footage to get a clear look at his face.
Take into custody
- shutterHinged window covering
- exposureState of being unprotected
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- shotQuick liquor serving
Informal photograph taken quickly
- instantBriefest unit of time
- capturedTaken by force
- split-secondFraction of a moment
- decisiveQuick to conclude
pivotal · climax · revelation · epiphany · flashpoint · milestone · juncture · culmination
Quick liquor serving
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- stillUnmoving, or continuing
- clipCut or attach
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
footage · editing · cut · playback · VCR · rewind · slow-motion · cinematic
Halted or hanging temporarily
- motionlessLacking all movement
- staticWithout motion or change
- immobileUnable to shift
- fixedRestored or immovable
stationary · arrested · halted · stopped · caught · captured · preserved · stasis
Suspenseful unresolved ending
- tensionStretched or strained state
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
edge-of-seat · nail-biter · prolonged · gripping · intensity · buildup · uncertainty · dread
capture
Take into custody
- shutterHinged window covering
- exposureState of being unprotected
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
shot · candid · portrait · timing · high-speed · strobe · flash
snapshot
Informal photograph taken quickly
- instantBriefest unit of time
- capturedTaken by force
- split-secondFraction of a moment
decisive · pivotal · climax · revelation · epiphany · flashpoint · milestone · juncture · culmination · watershed
shot
Quick liquor serving
sequence · footage · editing · cut · playback · VCR · rewind · slow-motion · cinematic · montage
suspended
Halted or hanging temporarily
- motionlessLacking all movement
- staticWithout motion or change
- immobileUnable to shift
fixed · stationary · arrested · halted · stopped · caught · captured · preserved · stasis · inertia
cliffhanger
Suspenseful unresolved ending
- tensionStretched or strained state
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
pause · edge-of-seat · nail-biter · prolonged · gripping · intensity · buildup · uncertainty · dread · foreboding
freezeframemotion
Change in position
movement · play · moving image · playback · live action
freezeframeplay
Recreation or staged drama
fast forward · flow · progression · continuity · time-lapse