Hyperlapse or moving time-lapse (also stop-motion time-lapse , walklapse , spacelapse ) is a technique in time-lapse photography for creating motion shots. In its simplest form, a hyperlapse is achieved by moving the camera a short distance between each shot. The first film using the hyperlapse technique dates to 1995.

Technique [ edit ]

Regular time-lapse involves taking photos at a regular interval with a camera mounted on a tripod or using a motorized dolly and/or pan-and-tilt head to add limited motion to the shot. Hyperlapse relies on the time-lapse principle, but adds movement over much longer distances. ^[1] This technique allows using long exposures to create motion blur . The resulting image sequence is stabilized in post-production . The camera can also be mounted on a hand-held gimbal to achieve smooth motion while walking.

A "walking hyperlapse" is a special hyperlapse technique that requires a person in the frame to walk at a specified interval. When played back, the person will appear to be walking at normal speed, while everything else appears to move quickly through the scene. For example, a hyperlapse recorded at 1 frame per second while a person is walking at 124 beats per minute, will capture a frame on every other step. When the hyperlapse is played back at 24 frames per second, the person will appear to be walking at normal speeds. ^[2]

History [ edit ]

The first film using the hyperlapse technique seems to have been Pacer , shot on Super 8 film in Montreal in 1995 by Guy Roland, after experiments during the 1980s and 1990s. ^[3] It has been suggested that the term "hyper-lapse" itself was first used in 2011 by American filmmaker Dan Eckert, ^[4] and sustainably coined by Shahab Gabriel Behzumi´s Berlin Hyperlapse in 2012. ^[5]

Films made from images derived from Google Street View and Google Maps have also been called hyperlapse videos. ^{[6] [7]} Software that can help produce hyperlapse-style videos include Hyperlapse from Instagram and a similarly named program from Microsoft . ^{[8] [9]}

Unmanned aerial vehicles have been used to create aerial hyperlapses since at least 2015. ^[10]

Subgenres of hyperlapse are flowmotion and hyperzoom. Flowmotion was developed in the 2010s by British filmmaker Rob Whitworth . It combines hyperlapse, timelapse and regular film shots to create the suggestion of a story proceeding in one long, almost uninterrupted take. ^{[11] [12]} Hyperzoom was developed by Geoff Tompkinson and uses film and post-production techniques to create a seamless flight through diverse locations. ^[13]

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