Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Frame rate, shutter & time effects · Specialist

Fast motion

Also called: undercranking

ELI5

Action shown faster than real time, often created through lower capture rates or time compression.

Used in conversation

“Let’s test the fast motion before we lock the visual approach.”

Definition

Action shown faster than real time, commonly created through lower capture rates or time compression.

Here “Fast motion” means: Action shown faster than real time, commonly created through lower capture rates or time compression.

Pitch context

This term helps a treatment describe how the camera or light will shape the viewer's experience.

Why it matters: Explains what the image should look like and how it can be framed, captured and lit.

Connected terms

  • Slow motionComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
Sources & evidence · 10

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