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Record 1 2001-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

A single frame of a moving shot arrested for as long as required by an optical printing process (or in TV electronically) to concentrate attention on a phase of action, e.g., a football goal, or to lengthen a shot which is not long enough.

Key term(s)
  • stop-action picture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
OBS

Par exemple au cours de la lecture d'un ruban magnétoscopique.

OBS

Ne pas confondre cet équivalent français avec celui qui exprime la même idée en cinéma ni avec la commande d'un projecteur de télécinéma.

Spanish

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