Right,
Managed to dig out a project I abandoned a while ago, but it gives a basic and very satisfying result and explains my idea well... Just managed to sign up to youtube and uploaded a couple of example clips... youtube does no justice to them, but you get the idea...
This is the default time lapse, reduced to fit the 720x576 video window. Very nice (again Youtube does no justice!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx1SxmO98PIHere's the exact same footage, but instead of starting scaled at full frame, I kept to a scale level at about 70% and "zoomed" out during the length of the clip to the final scale (34%) which matches the 720x576 video window.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgC6g9p1fdsThis gives the impression that the camera zoom was pulled back in gradual increments on each shot by using some fancy rig, capturing a seamless zoom out. This works when there are is few foreground objects in view, as the perspective gets messed up and it just doesn't look right. But as above, if the objects are back far enough you can pull off such a trick.
The next step would be to do some panning across the image, and maybe different shots cut together. But the above example should give you an idea. If you want to know how to import the images into Premiere, and using the scale and keyframes to animate the zoom, I can knock up some sort of mini tutorial??
Remember, this will only work if you have shot a full res sequence, i.e. the pictures' resolution is greater than the final video resolution. Making soley for the internet (say 640x480) would give you even more "zoom" ability.
Let me know if you want this explaining in a tutorial or something, or like my sunset!!
Cheers
Steve