animation

Animation Timeline

Zoetropes.

A zoetrope is one of several animation toys which were invented int the 19th century, as people experimented with ways to make moving pictures. The slots in the side of a zoetrope act like a shutter on a cinema projector.

A zoetrope are known as "wheels of life", when you place a strip of drawing inside the zoetrope spin it and look through the slits on the side, you will see the images come to life as they begin to move.

The Phi Phenomenon.

The Phi Phenomenon is the optical illusion of perceiving a series of still images, when shown in rapid succession. This is also the result of human instinct, as our brains strive to make meaning from what we perceive. Mark Wertheimer defined this phenomenon in (1912).

The persistence of vision.

The persistence of vision refers to the length of time the retina retains an imagine, it was first noted by Peter Mark Rogers in 1820. When a sequence of still images are presented in quick enough succession the viewer interprets them as a continuous moving image, this is the same principle that enables live action film making and projection to work. Film theorists often refer to this illusion of movement as the persistence of vision.

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