time compression
Squeezing elapsed duration
Time compression is the sensation that time is passing more quickly than usual, or the technique of condensing events into a shorter duration.
In film and narrative, time compression skips over uneventful periods: The montage compressed three years of training into two minutes.
In psychology, it describes how engaging activities make hours feel like minutes.
The phrase also appears in business contexts where deadlines shrink: Project time compression forced the team to work weekends.
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- fast forwardAccelerate playback speed
- sped upIncreased velocity or tempo
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- montageAssembled sequence of images
training montage · warp · condensed · elapsed · timelapse · speeding · rushing · blur · flash · in a flash · instant · quickening · hyperlapse · summary · editing · jump-cut · cut to · blink
- creative libertiesartistic license, poetic license, liberties, creative liberties, fictionalization
- time changesdaylight saving, spring forward, fall back, reschedule, schedule shift
time compressionslow motion
Playback below normal speed
time dilation · slow-mo · bullet time · overcranking · high-speed photography
time, compression, times, timed, timing, timer, timely, untimely, timeless