slowmo

Time stretched effect

Slowmo is informal shortening of slow motion, the technique of playing video at reduced speed so action appears drawn out.

Used as noun or modifier: Let's watch that replay in slowmo, a slowmo shot of the explosion.

Common in casual discussion of video editing, sports replays, and action sequences.

technical

high-speed

Moving very quickly

post-production · editing · playback · footage · recording · capture · render · time-stretch · retiming · smooth

cinematic

replay

Repeated broadcast segment

  • dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
  • suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
  • climaxPoint of greatest intensity

tension · reveal · impact · emphasis · highlight · emotional · Matrix · explosion · collision · shatter

perception

awareness

State of perceiving reality

heightened · surreal · dreamlike · suspended · drawn-out · lingering · prolonged · stretched · crawling · frozen

aesthetic

graceful

Elegant in movement

mesmerizing · beautiful · poetic · ethereal · flowing · ripple · dance · movement · drift · glide

Opposites
playback speed

slowmofast-forward

Accelerated playback mode

time-lapse · speed-up · sped up · hyperlapse · real-time

Phrases
Family

slow, slows, slowed, slower, slowest, slowly, slowness, slowing

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G