Overview
Hyperlapse is film's answer to the modern pop song. Take as many catchy hooks as you can and arrange them in a three-minute time frame. The more compelling the orchestration, the more popular the response. Of course, a marketing machine can make the 'compelling' bit less necessary, but that's another story.
American filmmaker Dan Eckert was one of the first to gain web attention for hyperlapse videos, with his poetic takes on American landscapes, including the Arizona and Nevada Deserts. But it was Shahab Gabriel Behzumi (or b-zoomi, as he's known online) who saw them become a vimeo phenomenon, with his September 2012 release of 'berlin hyper-lapse'. Somehow, the German filmmaker crammed the Reichstag, Alexanderplatz, the Brandenburg Gate, an array of aerial views, train stations, shopping districts, parks, graffiti murals and anything else you can associate with quintessential Berlin into a 2 minute, 10 second long film clip that seems to compress time and space.
Now, Patrick Cheung has given Hong Kong the same treatment. He made 'Hyper lapse Hong Kong' on a Canon Mark 2 camera, and says that every shot took two to three hours to complete. Most of Hong Kong's major attractions feature, including Victoria Harbour and the Big Buddha.
Anyone interested in taking hyper lapse into their own hands might be interested in some of the tips that b-zoomi shared with the LR Timelapse Forum in January this year.
[via Hypebeast]