# overcrank

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. 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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/overcrank