Frozen frame
n.phr.
Subject Field: Cinematography, Photography
Synonym of Freeze frame

Context: That frozen frame in The 400 Blows was printed over and over on a machine called an optical printer. Essentially, an optical printer duplicates prints of a film. In addition to freeze frames, it does several other technical operations, including not only all the opticals, but also the balancing of color values and the correction of contrast. Culhane Attestation: 2

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