undercrank
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From under + crank; dating from a time when movie film was advanced in a camera by the turning of a crank.
[edit] Verb
undercrank (third-person singular simple present undercranks, present participle undercranking, simple past and past participle undercranked)
- (film) To shoot a scene while advancing the film in the camera more slowly than it will on screen. This results in speeding up the action in the final film.
