Throughout this task, the origins of animation will be defined, traditional techniques and types of animation will also be discussed.
First of all I would like to discuss the origins of animation. Discuss different public figures involved in the origins and the beginning of animation.
The people I would like to discuss are: William Horner and Thomas Alva Edison.
William Horner
William Horner was a British mathematician and the inventor of the zeotrope (also known as the “Wheel of the Devil”). The zeotrope relies on the persistence of vision to create the illusion that the image is in fact moving. Slots were cut around the outside of a cylindrical drum at equal distances with picture strips placed …show more content…
Cell animation has slowly disintegrated over recent years due to the advancements in technology. Below is a diagram of cell animation. Stop motion animation is where you use “stop frames” to make it look like the object is moving or performing a motion when it actually isn't, all you do is take a photo of the object and then slightly move it, take a picture, and repeat this until you have your object where you want it, it takes 24 frames to make 1 second of film, this type of animation does take a while but it one of the most effective, this is still used today but is rare. Below is a diagram of stop motion animation (used in the film chicken run).
Cut out animation is where you cut out pictures of props, for example animals, people and houses, and take a photo from above them move the prop where you want it, you can use all types of materials for this; paper, card, fabric. This type on animation was the earlier stages of its type because it was so simple and easy to use, but it was very time consuming, and you could probably guess. Below is a diagram of the cut out animation (from modern day series …show more content…
The myth was debunked in 1912 by Wertheimer but persists in many citations in many classic and modern film-theory texts. A more plausible theory to explain motion perception (at least on a descriptive level) are two distinct perceptual illusions: phi phenomenon and beta movement.” https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Persistence_of_vision.html In my own opinion I believe that the persistence of vision is based on a scientific theory and not a myth as the human eye can only keep an image on the retina for an extremely short time and still processes the image once it disappears meaning an animation which displays multiple images in a short time will create the illusion that the image is moving.