Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Fast motion, also called accelerated motion, is an effect resulting from running film through a movie camera at slower-than-normal speed. When the film is projected at the standard rate of speed, action on the screen seems more rapid than it would in actual life. For example, a man riding a bicycle will display legs pumping furiously while he flashes through city streets at the speed of a racing car. The opposite of fast motion is slow motion. A VCR often has the option of fast motion playback, possibly at various speeds; this can be applied to any normally recorded scene. It is used for searching a scene, skipping advertising, etc. See also Motion picture terminology This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.