Terms of visual communication design time lapse in photography (time lapse) technique: A sample application for Elaziğ

Time lapse technique, which became a part of photograph technologies, has widely used in movies, television shows, advertisements, introductory movies and documentaries. The flow of time has encountered with the audience more effectively by the usage of time lapse. We may say that we see the time lapse studies as a communication device as well as artworks. Time lapse technique, which is playing photos that had shot in series rapidly, has been handled as a tool for communication. In this sense, the historical background of photography and composition, one of the major issues in photography, has been studied. Also, we argued about, what is visual communication, the historical development of visual communication studies, it's usages and how it affected the people. The universe of this study is Elazığ and Harput regions. In this study we have tried to exemplify how a time lapse study could be used in an introductory film of a city. The paradigm of the study is the historical and cultural constituents of Elazığ. As the consequent of this study, we determined, beside its artistic visuality, time lapse studies are also powerful visual communication devices. We also tried to contribute promotion of Elazığ by using magical flow of time. Key Words: Photograph, Time Lapse, Visual Communication