Thursday, 20 September 2012

Introduction to...


Stop Motion Animation




The Persistence of Vision



Stop motion animation originated from the persistence of vision technique.  This technique was first discovered several thousand years ago by using a series of images and having them move in a certain way, this creates the illusion that the images are in fact moving.




Inventions that demonstrated the persistence of vision technique are:


  • Zoetrope (180 AD China)
  • Phenakistoscope (1839 Belgium)
  • Ketoscope (Was first described by Thomas Edison late 18th century)
  • Thaumascope (Was used in a London P.O.V. exhibition in London 1824)
  • Mutoscope (1894 Herman Casler USA)


  

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