RECREATING MOVEMENT

Recreating Movement is an experimental software tool designed to analyse film sequences in real time. Developed as part of a diploma thesis, the application deconstructs a video into individual frames and arranges these frames sequentially within a 3D space. The result is a striking, tube-like structure that effectively “freezes” a slice of cinematic time.

Users can navigate through the frames, exploring the sequence from any angle or perspective within the 3D environment. An intuitive interface offers various settings and filters, allowing users to tailor the visualisation to their preferences.

The project stands as a design exploration, mapping out new possibilities for three-dimensional representations of moving images.

In traditional film, the illusion of movement arises from rapidly projecting individual frames onto a screen—typically at a rate of 24 frames per second. Because the human eye cannot distinguish each frame at such speed, our brains blend them together, making the images appear to “come alive” as continuous motion.

Each frame is extracted and positioned sequentially within a 3D space, one after the other. This spatial arrangement transforms the passage of time into a tangible, visual structure.