Time-lapse

Time-lapse is a form of animation but is commonly mistaken for photography as it is not a model or a drawing but photos, this is a common misconception.

Time-lapse is a way to capture a long process that could take days, weeks or months even, and refines it down to a few seconds in a clip. This gives the ability to capture beautiful scenes like a sunset or a flower blooming in spring time and give the ability to watch it without having to stare for hours at a still object.

It does this by capturing still images from the same position every few seconds and then is played back at a steady 30 frames per second,  For example, an image of a scene may be captured once every second, then played back at 30 frames per second; the result is an apparent 30 times speed increase. 

Some examples of Time-lapse from Mr Casey Neistat: