Time lapse

Time-lapse is a technique where the frequency at which film frames are captured by a camera, the frame rate is much lower than that used to view the sequence, when it is played a normal speed time appears to be moving much faster, this is because it could showing hours worth of time in a matter of a few seconds. one example could be filming the sunset over hours and when you play that it would show the sun appearing from total darkness.  If it was played at a normal time it would appear subtle to the human eye (Suns movement), however when played at a much faster rate it is much more extreme it is much more clearer. This is not a version of stop motion as the frames a moving in one continuous motion and only the speed has been adjusted in some way. the first use of time lapse was in 1897 was by George Melies which was in a feature film. This it not an overused technique usually used for effects sake purposes such as to show a passage of time in a day. F percy Sith pioneered the technique in 1910 with the release of the film "Birth of a flower", this led to a special camera being which help film this process in the years 1911-12.  The first major use was for a film called Koyaanisqatsi released in 1983 which was an experimental film directed by Godfrey Reggio. Today it is a technique still used and sometimes would appear and there have been whole films presented in this format.