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Time-lapse Imagery

Dynamic Visualization 1 Theory presentation Group 4 Lídia Kecseti, Janne Koivisto, Misael Rojas

• Tool for visualising changing information in an elapsed

amount of time.

• Frequency of the filmed frames are lower than the normal

speed of the events.

• “[...]the action in a scene is speeded-up[...]”

Geoff Thompkinson, Merging Time and Motion, 2014

• What is it?

Source: Time lapse feature explained, accessed 14th of November 2017, http://c.mi.com

Source: Time Lapse Intervals Calculator, video, accessed 13th November 2017, https://youtu.be/ec_kssV7e_Y

Photography time-lapse interval guide by Learn Timelapse

15 – 30 second intervals: Moving shadows Sun across sky (no clouds) (wide) Stars (15 – 60 seconds) Longer Intervals: Fast growing plants (ex vines) (90 – 120 seconds) Construction projects (5min – 15min) 1 second intervals: Moving traffic Fast moving clouds Drivelapses 1 – 3 second intervals: Sunsets Sunrises Slower moving clouds Crowds Moon and sun near horizon (or telephoto) Things photographed with a telephoto

Source: Learn time lapse, accessed 13th November 2017, http://www.learntimelapse.com/time-lapse-photography-how-to-guide/

Brief history

1897

Carrefour De L’Opera by Georges Méliès.

1900s

First used by biologists. Jean Comandon

Das Wunder des Schneeschuhs by Arnold Fanck

1920

1950s

Plants growing featured in film “Secret of Life”.

2000s

Use in science: cell division in a newt lung cell

2000s

Time-lapse technology easily accessible through digitalisation

Time-lapse examples

Documentation

Science

Information representation

Information representation

Hyperlapse

Kubikfoto

Using timelapse in data visualization

Digital attack map Shipmap Also to look at: Google Public Data (google.com/publicdata) Immigration data (lucify.com/the-flow-towards-europe/)

Ways to use timelapse?

• Occurrences of events in history
• Example: territorial changes in a map
• Growing amounts of data
• Example: weather visualisations
• Narrate a (design) process
• Example: creative work timelapse, meeting timelapses
• Visually changing objects
• Example: cell division

What a designer should consider?

+ Interactive forms of time-lapse Visualizes elapsed time Able to visualize and speed-up change in time Easy to use and understand Has a clear beginning and an end

• Typically in video format

Dynamic ways to use are limited Represents a timeline Takes a long time to capture real-time data Interval stays static No sound

Some time-lapse software for designers

Carto (carto.com): map time-lapse visualizations Schnapps (schnappsformac.com): design process time-lapse creator Microsoft Hyperlapse Pro (aka.ms/hyperlapse): hyperlapse creator from video Google Public Data (google.com/publicdata): graph time-lapse visualisation of data Chronolapse (chronolapse.com): time-lapse creator

Conclusions

• time-lapse is not only a video based representation
• ften requires a static point of view
• good for representing a few objects
• poor with complex data representation
• is there a way to create audio timelapses with video?

Bibliography

What's The Difference Between A Timelapse And Hyperlapse?, Vice Creators, accessed 13th November 2017, https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/nz4neg/whats-the-difference-between-a-timelapse-and-hyperlapse How to Shoot Timelapse Photography: The Massive Updated Tutorial, Learn Time Lapse, accessed 12th November 2017, http://www.learntimelapse.com/time-lapse-photography-how-to-guide/ Time-Lapse Video, Chaudry Farabee, Colby Manifesto, accessed 13th November 2017, http://web.colby.edu/am297/category/time-lapse/ Time Lapse Through Decades Part I, Wallis Seaton, Time-Lapse Systems by Hideaway Studios, accessed 13th November 2017, https://www.time-lapse-systems.co.uk/2017/07/time-lapse-decades-part-i/ Chapter XIV: Moving Pictures of Microbes, Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose, 1912, Moving Pictures. London: Heinemann. What is Time Lapse Photography - Part 1, Hamaworth Village, accessed 15th November 2017, http://www.haworth-village.org.uk/nature/time-lapse/tutorial/how-time-lapse.asp Timelapse, Geoff Thompkinson, accessed 13th Novermber, http://www.geofftompkinson.com/timelapse/

Thank you.