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Friday, June 23, 2023

Camera - Basic Time Lapse


While I’ve been doing Time Lapses, 
I’ve noticed that there is a fundamentally basic structure.
I will call this the Basic Time Lapse.
























A Basic Time Lapse takes the form of –
 
1  Hour        60  minutes  x  60  seconds
                    3600  seconds   
                    360  x  10  second intervals   
                    360  frames taken at 10  second intervals   
                    360  frames
 
Standard Video/Film Rate        25  frames per second    (fps)
 
Video/Film  Running Time        360  Frames    at    25  fps
   
                                                 360    seconds
                                                      25

                                                 14    2/5    seconds

 
I think, though, that using the following  Video/Film Rate,  is more correct –
 
Video/Film Rate        24  frames per second    (fps)
 
Video/Film  Running  Time        360  Frames    at    24  fps

                                                  360    seconds
                                                       24
  
                                                  15    seconds
 
 

BASIC TIME LAPSE OVERVIEW
So, if you record -   
      -  1 frame every    10 seconds,    over  1 hour,   
that gives -   
      -  360 frames
And you end up with a –
      -   14  2/5    second     video/film,   
      or a   
      -  15   second    video/film,
      if you have software that can do that
 
This length seems to be reasonably long enough to see what the video/film is about.
 
 

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© Katherine Stuart 2023
Dochas Books Film

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