slow motion
Decelerated video effect
Slow motion is the effect of showing action at a speed slower than it actually occurred—frames captured quickly but played back slowly, so a bullet's flight or a dancer's leap can be studied.
Used figuratively for anything happening unusually slowly: The morning passed in slow motion.
As an adjective, usually hyphenated: a slow-motion replay.
Display refresh frequency
- overcrankingFilming at accelerated frame rate
- high-speed cameraDevice capturing rapid events
- bullet timeDramatic temporal deceleration effect
- replayRepeated broadcast segment
instant replay · interpolation · smoothing · playback · footage · video editing · post-production
Anxious uncertainty about outcomes
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- revealMake something visible
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- emphasisStress given to something
heightened · tension · poignant · powerful · emotional · impactful · intensity · pivotal
frame rate
Display refresh frequency
- overcrankingFilming at accelerated frame rate
- high-speed cameraDevice capturing rapid events
- bullet timeDramatic temporal deceleration effect
replay · instant replay · interpolation · smoothing · playback · footage · video editing · post-production
suspense
Anxious uncertainty about outcomes
emphasis · heightened · tension · poignant · powerful · emotional · impactful · intensity · pivotal · death scene
ballet
Classical dance on pointe
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- fluidityState of flowing freely
- glideMove with effortless continuity
flowing · dance · pirouette · leap · ribbon · silk · fabric · hair flip · falling petals · feather
freeze frame
Halted motion picture image
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- hang timeDuration while airborne
- weightlessHaving no heft
mid-air · levitate · hover · float · airborne · zero-g · falling · droplet · splash · shatter
- videovideo, AVI, clip, footage, film
- Film Technologycamera, projector, film reel, film stock, cinematograph
- Filmmakingcamera, film director, camcorder, directing, script
- action clichesexplosion, car chase, one-liner, shootout, showdown
- action filmschase scene, car chase, explosion, stunt, shootout
- entertainment clicheshappy ending, cliffhanger, plot twist, love triangle, damsel in distress
slow motionfast-forward
Accelerated playback mode
time-lapse · speed up · sped up · high speed · time compression
slow, motion, slowly, slowing, slowed, motionless, slower, motions, slowdown