page_title: Timelapse of the Future
section_title: Methodology
hierarchical_section_title: Timelapse of the Future / Production / Methodology
caption_attribution_description: English: The methodology of Timelapse of the Entire Universe, a short film by musician-filmmaker John D. Boswell. In summary, every second is 22 million years.
context_page_description: Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time is a 2019 multisensory-based short hypothetical animated pseudo-documentary web film created by American astronomy-themed musician and filmmaker John D. Boswell. The 29-minute film is a flowmotion— combination of a hyperlapse, time-lapse, and regular shots— of the universe from 2019 to the end of time, comprised with self-made and fair use footages from movies, the Internet, and speeches from scientists, with the lapse doubling every five seconds, using current knowledge, combining different hypotheses. It is the continuation of his other film, Timelapse of the Entire Universe, but is a standalone of their own, although both can be treated otherwise.
  Production took around six months. Tweets dating a year back were posted related to the film, followed by an initial teaser, as well as an announcement on February 14, as "my most ambitious release yet," followed by another sneak peek, and a 70-second teaser. The film is released on Boswell's YouTube channel Melodysheep on March 20, with an ad-free viewing on his Patreon. The film then screened at New York City on May 2.
context_section_description: The method of time in the film is "a lot more thought and trickery" from the predecessor Timelapse of the Entire Universe, where every second is 22 million years, and that every frame is approximately 958,000 years, thus having 13.8 billion years in nearly 10 minutes. Boswell chose a different methodology in Timelapse of the Future, saying that:
  It could have been every three seconds, and the video would have been over in fifteen minutes. But then you’re really cramming a ton of stuff into the first few minutes. Everything from the present day to the death of the earth would’ve occurred in one minute instead of three to four. That would’ve made it really hard to breathe. But then you have to apply that same rule to the rest of the video, and ensure you’ve got enough stuff in there to fill the time. It’s a balance.
  In Timelapse of the Future, the time per frame reduces to approximately 0.5 months per frame (film is 24 fps) at the beginning, increasing as it evolves. It uses the calculation: 12/24 = 0.5, in which: 12 = months, 24 = frames rate, and 0.5 = months.
caption: The methodology of time used in Timelapse of the Entire Universe. With Timelapse of the Future, the time per frame is just est. 0.5 months, or 15 days, at the start.
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