| 1. | Also called stop-action photography, stop-motion cinematography. a special effect, carried out while shooting, in which the performers stop their motion and the camera is stopped while an object or performer is added to or removed from the scene, with camera movement and action then resumed for the remainder of the scene: used to create an illusion of sudden appearance or disappearance of persons or objects. |
| 2. | freeze frame (def. 1). |
| 1. | Also called stop motion. an optical effect or technique in which a single frame of film is reprinted in a continuous series, which when shown gives the effect of a still photograph. |
| 2. | a button or other mechanism on a projector, videocassette system, etc., allowing one to stop the projected picture at any point. |
