freezeframes

Motion stopped cold

Freezeframes are moments captured from video as still images, or the technique of holding a single frame motionless on screen.

The effect suspends action, often for dramatic emphasis or analysis: The documentary used freezeframes of key moments.

Sports broadcasts freezeframe plays for replay.

As a verb, to freezeframe is to pause video on a single image.

film

pause

Temporary cessation of activity

playback · editing · video · cinema · storyboard · screenshot · keyframe · film still · VHS · DVD

photography

still

Unmoving, or continuing

shot · image · pause · instant · stop-motion · action shot · midair · suspension · timing · shutter

memory

moment

Brief period of time

nostalgia · remembrance · time capsule · mental image · vivid memory · milestone · keepsake · memento · bittersweet

Opposites
temporal motion

freezeframesmotion

Change in position

movement · live action · moving images · animation · video

playback mode

freezeframesplay

Recreation or staged drama

continuous play · playback · live broadcast · fast forward · rewind

temporal manipulation

freezeframesfast forward

Accelerate playback speed

time-lapse · quick cuts · hyperlapse

Family

frame, freeze, frozen, freezing, framework, freezer, freezes, freezers, unfrozen

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G