Welcome!
Today we are going to be trying a new fun technology known as time-lapse!
What is Time Lapse?
Time lapse is a photography technique used to make motion movie footage using a still photographs.
Why is it called Time Lapse? Lapse means an interval or passage of time. So by making time lapse videos we are changing the speed of time.
Many time lapse films use nature subjects to show a sped-up event like a sunset or sunrise.
Today we are going to be trying a new fun technology known as time-lapse!
What is Time Lapse?
Time lapse is a photography technique used to make motion movie footage using a still photographs.
Why is it called Time Lapse? Lapse means an interval or passage of time. So by making time lapse videos we are changing the speed of time.
Many time lapse films use nature subjects to show a sped-up event like a sunset or sunrise.
Often times time-lapse is used to "speed up" an ordinary event. This video is a time lapse of a candle burning.
Some time lapse are done manually - with each picture being taken by the photographer and others are done with a special camera attachment that takes the pictures automatically at specific time intervals. Some cameras even come with this time-lapse feature.
So! What now?
In order to do time-lapse you need a few things.
You need a camera and you need a computer program to make the video.
We are going to use Microsoft Movie Maker to make our time lapse videos.
But you also need something to take pictures of.
For our first time-lapse we are going to do a video of you drawing something.
We have some great How-to-Draw books and some great pencils.
This is just a fun way to begin to learn time-lapse.
Don't make it about how you can't draw! :)
Here is an example of a master artist using time lapse to teach!
Your hand will not appear in your video - you will need both hands to hold the cameras steady.
Do you best to take the picture from close to the same angle and distance. It will look much cooler that way.
In order to do time-lapse you need a few things.
You need a camera and you need a computer program to make the video.
We are going to use Microsoft Movie Maker to make our time lapse videos.
But you also need something to take pictures of.
For our first time-lapse we are going to do a video of you drawing something.
We have some great How-to-Draw books and some great pencils.
This is just a fun way to begin to learn time-lapse.
Don't make it about how you can't draw! :)
Here is an example of a master artist using time lapse to teach!
Your hand will not appear in your video - you will need both hands to hold the cameras steady.
Do you best to take the picture from close to the same angle and distance. It will look much cooler that way.