time lapse

Photography showing change

Time lapse is a filming technique where frames are captured at intervals much slower than normal playback speed, making slow processes appear dramatically faster.

Hours of clouds moving or flowers blooming compress into seconds: The time-lapse video showed the construction of the building over eighteen months.

As an adjective, usually hyphenated: time-lapse photography.

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footage · video · photography · clouds · stars · bloom · decay · ice melting · sunset · sunrise · construction · timelapse · night sky · interval · frames · seconds · hours · days

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temporal compression vs expansion

time lapseslow motion

Playback below normal speed

slow-mo · high-speed photography · bullet time · overcranking

manipulated vs unmanipulated time

time lapsereal time

Without processing delay

Family

time, lapse, times, timed, timing, timer, timers, timely, untimely

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G