Misused: Adrenaline Time

Adrenaline Time is when a shot starts at normal speed, speeds up, and then returns to normal speed. However, most of the examples on that page are actually Bullet Time, which is when a shot starts at normal speed, slows down, and then returns to normal speed. It's a subtle difference, but it's a difference none the less.

I'll go through the examples one by one:

• Death Note: Bullet Time.
• Sword Art Online: That's just a stylized animation style, not an example of either trope.
• The Wild Bunch: Neither Adrenaline Time nor Bullet Time, just regular slow-motion.
• Raging Bull: Again, just slow motion.
• 300: Bullet Time.
• Watchmen: Bullet Time.
• Sucker Punch: Bullet Time.
• Charlies Angels: Correct.
• Die Another Day: Irrelevent. Contains no speed ramping.
• The Matrix: Bullet Time.
• Hot Fuzz: Correct.
• Wanted: Bullet Time.
• Day Watch: Correct.
• Crank: Correct.
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Bullet Time.
• Thir13en Ghosts: Correct.
• Cribs: Correct.
• The Real World: Correct.
• Survivor: Correct.
• CSI Miami: Correct.
• Legend Of The Seeker: Bullet Time.
• Angel: Correct.
• Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Bullet Time.
• Keen Eddie: Correct.
• Bitchin'Kitchen: Correct.
• "We Need da Money" music video: Correct.
• "Homeboy" music video: Bullet Time.
• Achron: Correct.
• F.E.A.R.: Correct.
• Final Fantasy XIII: Bullet Time.
• [PROTOTYPE]: Bullet Time.
• South Park episode "D-Yikes!": Bullet Time.
• Robot Chicken segment "1776": Bullet Time.

There seems to be a lot of confusion going on between this trope and Bullet Time. Maybe the description should be changed?

edited 10th Nov '14 6:47:51 PM by Zeego

Note that outside of this wiki, "adrenaline time" is used as a synonym for bullet time.

For example, as that other wiki states, "Bullet time (also known as adrenaline time ...) is a visual effect ..." So it looks like somebody tried to be clever by naming a trope after the exact opposite of what it means

Yeah, looks like a pretty clear-cut case of a bad name, to me.

Should it be renamed, then? And if so, what should it be called?

Speed Time, maybe? This is one of those that's hard to do without a super-long and overly descriptive name.

Fast Forward Shot?

Also, there has to be a technical name for this, yes?

@Discar: Speed Time sounds good.

@Spark 9: Fast Forward Shot also sounds good. I'm not sure if there's a technical term for this. I've heard it referred to as "Avid Fart" editing, although that term usually refers to MTV-style editing in general and not this trope specifically.

edited 12th Nov '14 1:32:21 PM by Zeego

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