freeze-frame

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noun freeze-frame an optical effect or technique in which a single frame of film is reprinted in a continuous series, which when shown gives the effect of a still photograph. 1
noun freeze-frame a button or other mechanism on a projector, videocassette system, etc., allowing one to stop the projected picture at any point. 1
countable noun freeze-frame A freeze-frame from a film is an individual picture from it, produced by stopping the film or video tape at that point. 0
uncountable noun freeze-frame If you watch a film in freeze-frame, you watch it using a facility that allows you to stop the film to look at an individual picture. 0
noun freeze-frame a single frame of a film repeated to give an effect like a still photograph 0
noun freeze-frame a single frame of a video recording viewed as a still by stopping the tape 0

before 1955

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First recorded in 1955-60

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stop motion — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.