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starman · Aug 18, 2006, 07:25 AM

Dakar · Aug 18, 2006, 07:29 AM

This kills me. I had this idea for an ongoing project during my senior year of college. While it's not exactly what I envisioned, it's close enough.

rickey939 · Aug 18, 2006, 07:32 AM

Neat, you could tell the change in seasons and everything just by watching.

ghporter · Aug 18, 2006, 07:48 AM

Very cool.

Eug · Aug 18, 2006, 07:48 AM

Blonde wig?

P.S. How to save the video?

Oozinator · Aug 18, 2006, 07:54 AM

It's on youtube. Old news dude. Old news.

alligator · Aug 18, 2006, 07:54 AM

I saw the blond wig too.

How did she get her face in the same spot every day for three years? Plus, how did she edit this? Frame by frame? Ouch!

I'd love to try this.

macroy · Aug 18, 2006, 08:20 AM

Someone posted one of a family before on this forum... where they all got together for a Pic once a year.. and they did it for like 20 years or something. I think it actually started out with just the husband and wife... and ended up with two grown kids.

I actually would love to find that again....

Dakar · Aug 18, 2006, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by macroy

Someone posted one of a family before on this forum... where they all got together for a Pic once a year.. and they did it for like 20 years or something. I think it actually started out with just the husband and wife... and ended up with two grown kids.

I actually would love to find that again....

That would blow my mind.

Adam Betts · Aug 18, 2006, 08:27 AM

Exact same expression in every frame, no happy or sad face. That's tough.

Oozinator · Aug 18, 2006, 08:56 AM

Yeah, she did that so her expression wouldn't change much. It'd be harder to match everything up. I emailed her a while ago, she hasn't responded yet... I wanted to knw if she did it frame by frame or used trick software....

Gossamer · Aug 18, 2006, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by Eug

Blonde wig?

P.S. How to save the video?

Saw that too

Originally Posted by Rob

It's on youtube. Old news dude. Old news.

We all humbly bow before your amazing knowledge of what's on the internet.

krillbee · Aug 19, 2006, 05:40 PM

i wish we could see a body transformation video or something. like a chick who went on a diet, and became hot afterwards

MallyMal · Aug 19, 2006, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by macroy

Someone posted one of a family before on this forum... where they all got together for a Pic once a year.. and they did it for like 20 years or something. I think it actually started out with just the husband and wife... and ended up with two grown kids.

I actually would love to find that again....

I think you are talking about this Family Timeline. I posted it here back in 2004. Looks like they updated too.

Buckaroo · Aug 19, 2006, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by Eug

Blonde wig?

P.S. How to save the video?

hehehehe, I wasn't the only one that caught that. it was so fast. It must have been a special day to go blonde.

wataru · Aug 19, 2006, 07:33 PM

A guy did this a while back and was featured in the New York Times magazine section. Nifty, but not original.

KeriVit · Aug 19, 2006, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by MallyMal

I think you are talking about this Family Timeline. I posted it here back in 2004. Looks like they updated too.

That's cool.

Ulrich Kinbote · Aug 20, 2006, 01:36 AM

Cool.

Has anyone seen Baraka? > Baraka (1992)

Some of the most incredible time-lapse cinematography I have seen (wheeling stars, days and nights flash by in a blur, human transit like flowing water... )

PER3 · Aug 20, 2006, 01:57 AM

Originally Posted by krillbee

i wish we could see a body transformation video or something. like a chick who went on a diet, and became hot afterwards

It's not a video, but it's something like what you mentioned. I doubt the time line myself, though:

http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20060706_2.htm

©öñFü$íóÑ · Aug 20, 2006, 02:36 AM

whoa..... now.... -THAT- is commitment.

Ulrich Kinbote · Aug 20, 2006, 04:24 AM

Originally Posted by PER3

It's not a video, but it's something like what you mentioned. I doubt the time line myself, though:

http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20060706_2.htm

techtrucker · Aug 20, 2006, 07:13 PM

How DID she keep her face in the same exact spot??

Doofy · Aug 20, 2006, 07:26 PM

Wow. Three years and nobody told her that her spectacles are of a particularly pretentious design.

abbaZaba · Aug 20, 2006, 07:56 PM

three years and she didn't change one bit. kind of sad. it'd be more interesting if it was three years from 15-18 years old.

loki74 · Aug 20, 2006, 08:53 PM

Heh, yea she didnt change much.. except her hair got much shorter--thats the real tragedy.

As far as editing the thing, she could have done it frame by frame; it would be one frame a day, as they become available. It would take like 5 mins each day, tops. Other than that, she could have just named each pic like, 000, 001, 002... lop them all in the same folder, and have QT pro or some other app compile all of them together.

And that other link to the chick who went on a diet... holy crap... that is AMAZING.

badidea · Aug 21, 2006, 05:29 AM

A friend of mine is doing this since about 6 or 7 years, 3 years of that he also took a picture of the photographer (he should have about 30 pictures of me that way)!

It's an art project of him and will someday be in an exhibition....hopefully!

Landos Mustache · Aug 21, 2006, 09:21 AM

Unfortunately she is Asian and nobody could tell the difference

Ulrich Kinbote · 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Unfortunately she is Asian and nobody could tell the difference

I agree. Her face matured quite a bit. Maybe I notice because I'm living in Asia and am more tuned in to the differences.

ghporter · Aug 21, 2006, 11:21 AM

I thought it was remarkable how similar her face looked throughout the process. She didn't gain or lose weight so that it showed, and keeping the same, impassive expression seems to have masked the few signs of aging that three years will place on a 20-something person.

Of course the blone wig was a bit of a shock, but I noticed the hair much more than I did the glasses. In fact, I thought her hair styles were the most changable thing about her appearance.

RAILhead · Aug 21, 2006, 12:42 PM

I'm not impressed.

Silky Voice of The Gorn · Aug 21, 2006, 03:11 PM

I had the idea to do this with my son when he was born..I had worked out the math of a sliding scale of images to take, based on his development (that is, a picture 2x a day for the first few weeks, then once a day for 2 months, etc).

Needless to say the reality of having a child and doing something as obsessively exacting to make it work don't mesh very well

I do have a number of shots that will work well for morphing passes, which has the same general effect.

I agree that while an interesting experiment, 3 years time-lapse for a mature adult isn't very compelling.

scaught · Aug 21, 2006, 03:24 PM

compelling for a free movie posted on the internet? what a strange thing to say.

Silky Voice of The Gorn · Aug 21, 2006, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by scaught

compelling for a free movie posted on the internet? what a strange thing to say.

Huh? I didn't find it very interesting, as far as time-lapses go. What difference does it being free or being on the internet make?

Doofy · Aug 21, 2006, 03:46 PM

Right then. $20 prize for the first bloke who does the same thing for three years whilst not shaving or having his hair cut.

E's Lil Theorem · Aug 21, 2006, 06:24 PM

Here's a similar project:

Guy takes pic of himself every 12 years for 24 years

One picture every 12 years since 1982. A film in progress by Brave Dave. Check back in 2018 for the next update.

Linkage

C.A.T.S. CEO · Aug 21, 2006, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by E's Lil Theorem

Here's a similar project:

Linkage

WTF?

It showed three pictures
he took 3 pics of himself for 24 years

WTF?

Doofy · Aug 21, 2006, 08:04 PM

So I watched the film "Revelation" the other night, and as usual browsed the actors on the IMDb afterwards.

Whilst browsing Udo Kier, I saw this:

He (Udo) continues to work often with Lars von Trier and is the godfather of Van Trier's child as well as a good friend. Von Trier is currently working on a film entitled Dimension which is a project that spans 30 years. Every year the cast and crew (including Udo) meet to shoot footage. The film will show the actors age 30 years without make-up or special effects. Approximately seen years of footage has already been shot. The premiere will take place in 2024!

Silky Voice of The Gorn · Aug 21, 2006, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO

WTF?

It showed three pictures
he took 3 pics of himself for 24 years

WTF?

Little thing called "parody"

INeverSpam · Aug 21, 2006, 08:59 PM

She changes quite a bit. Her face used to be a lot rounder and chunkier.... click some of the last frames vs some of the first few.

Ulrich Kinbote · Aug 22, 2006, 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by INeverSpam

She changes quite a bit. Her face used to be a lot rounder and chunkier.... click some of the last frames vs some of the first few.

I agree... it's weird that no one's seeing it... or is it?

Outgroup homogeneity bias

A cognitive bias in which individuals see members of their own group as being relatively more varied than members of other groups.

E's Lil Theorem · Aug 22, 2006, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO

WTF?

It showed three pictures
he took 3 pics of himself for 24 years

WTF?

Year 0 (baby), year 12 and year 24.

ghporter · Aug 22, 2006, 10:55 AM

I don't think it's as much outgroup homogeneity bias as the fact that the pictures are daily. The transitions are so subtle from one day to the next that she seems not to change-particularly when her glasses and hair DO change noticably in almost every frame. Distraction is a simpler hypothesis than outgroup homogeneity bias.