Audio/Video Glossary - Freeze FrameA process which catches and freezes one TV/video frame on the screen. Freeze frame can be done in an electromechanical way, by stopping the VCR’s tape advance and re-scanning the same frame over and over again, or by electronic means by storing the whole frame in digital-chip memories. Digital freeze-frame is one of special effects* that are performed by a special effects generator* or a TBC*.