Time Lapse

Time lapse is a series of photos took over a period time. Time lapse has also been used in movies such as 'The Matrix' Time lapse takes a long period of time to create. When recording time lapse you have to keep the camera still on a tripod so the camera won't have moment when the video is played back. It is taking one photo ever 10 seconds or every 10 minutes or anything you want and played back at 24-30 FPS (frames per seconds). Time lapse can be used for a variety of different scenarios such as recording a sun set, as it will take picture ever so often which will allow the sunset to played in a much quicker speed.

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http://subliminalspaces.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/meanings-of-the-matrix/

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