undercrank.
To shoot a scene while advancing the film in the camera more slowly than it will advance on playback. This results in speeding up the action in the final film.
Meaning & usage
To shoot a scene while advancing the film in the camera more slowly than it will advance on playback. This results in speeding up the action in the final film.
Where this word comes from
From under- + crank; dating from a time when movie film was advanced in a camera by the turning of a crank.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.