ANIMATION - K

WHAT IS PERSISTENCE OF VISION?

The term to describe the optical illusion whereby multiple discrete images blend into a single image in the human mind and believed to be the explanation for motion perception in cinema and animated films.

ZOETROPE

The zoetrope is an optical toy that produces an illusion of motion from a rapid succession of static images. It was made by Pierre Desvignes in the early 19th century.

KINETOSCOPE

The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the device

MUTOSCOPE

The Mutoscope was an early motion picture device, invented by Winsor McCay and later patented by Herman Casler on November 21, 1894. Like Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope it did not project on a screen, and provided viewing to only one person at a time. Mutoscopes were a popular devices in amusement arcades and pleasure piers in the UK until the introduction of decimal coinage in 1971

CELL BASED ANIMATION

A cell based animation creates an animation by using a sequence of still images. The most notable is for example when people make a flip book by getting a notepad and drawing something on each page and when you flip ever page really fast it creates an animation









CUT OUT ANIMATION

Cut out animation is created by using cut out images (which are flat against the background), perhaps made by fabrics, paper or photos. 












MODEL BASED ANIMATION
Model based animation also known as 'claymation' is created by making characters and props using clay and taking a picture with ever single move the props/character does.











TIME BASED ANIMATION

Time based animation is also known as a timelapse animation. A more popular type is where a certain someone may take a picture of themselves ever day for a few months and put all the pictures together. Or, one of the most common ones is of the sky throughout the day/night.









PIXILATION
Pixilation animation is where live actors are used.