overcrank

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verb

To shoot a scene while advancing the film in the camera more quickly than it will advance on playback. This results in slowing down the action in the final film.

Opposite
undercrank
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Meanings

verbovercrank (third-person singular simple present overcranks, present participle overcranking, simple past and past participle overcranked)

present singular third person overcranks · participle present overcranking · participle past overcranked · past overcranked

  1. broadcastingTo shoot a scene while advancing the film in the camera more quickly than it will advance on playback. This results in slowing down the action in the final film.

    Antonyms: undercrank

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo shoot a scene while advancing the film in the camera more quickly than it will advance on playback. This results in slowing down the action in the final film.

Opposite
undercrank

Origin

From over- + crank; dating from a time when film was advanced in a camera by the turning of a crank.

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Cite this entry
APA

overcrank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcrank

MLA

“overcrank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcrank. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcrank,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcrank.

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