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ZoetropeThaumatrope
PhenakistoscopePraxinoscopeMagic Lantern
Zoetrope-produce the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion. The name zoetrope was composed from the Greek root words zoe, "life" and tropos, "turning".
Thaumatrope -a card with a picture on each side and is
attached to two pieces of string.
When the strings are twirled quickly, the
two pictures will appear to combine into a single image
due to persistence of vision.
Phenakistoscopealso spelled phenakistiscopeor phenakitiscope) was an early animation device that used a spinning disk of sequential images.
Phenakistoscope
the persistence of
vision principle to create an illusion of motion.
Praxinoscope-invented in 1877 by a Frenchman, Charles Reynaud-has mirrors in the middle with frames at the side that’s been placed inside a shallow outer cylinder, to see the movement of the animation you have to spin it and look at the mirrors.
Magic Lantern
-early type of image projector developed in the 17th century.
Still Being Used in Cinema
Still Being Used in Cinema