Unit 33: stop motion animation

The pioneers of animation came from three original inventions that changed the world of animation for ever. I will explaining the whats, whens, and hows of three animation devices that were most significant to the world of animation. The first animation device i will be explaining is the PHENAKISTOSCOPE. The   phenakistoscope  (also spelled phenakistiscope or phenakitiscope) was an early animation device that used the persistence of vision principle to create an illusion of motion . The phenakistiscope is regarded as one of the first forms of moving media entertainment that paved the way for the future motion picture and film industry. The way in which the phenakistiscope works in the form of a spinning cardboard disc attached vertically to a handle. Arrayed radially around the discs center are a series of pictures showing sequential phases of the animation. Small rectangular apertures are spaced evenly around the rim on the disc. The user would spin the disc and ...

Stop motion animation is a technique used in animation where static objects are moved in increments while filming a frame per second. When played back in a sequence, it conveys the illusion of movement. Stop motion animation can be used in a variety of media uses. I will be demonstrating how they are used and giving examples of the different uses of stop motion animation.  Stop motion animation in film  Wallace and Gromit: The curse of the were rabbit (2005). The creator of the film is Nick Park. It was produced by a British clay animation company. It was made using Plasticine models and was shot one frame at a time. This took the creator hours and hours to change the movement of the models. Vast amount of work was put in but paid off in the end.  Stop motion animation in TV  Pingu: the series produced from 1986 to 2006. The creator of the film is Otmar Gutmann.  It was produced by a British-Swiss stop motio...

What is persistence of vision? Persistence of vision is the illusion created by the delay of which we see images. We see an image for a fraction of second after we have seen it. As a result, we are seeing an image which is presented in front of us and the image presented in front of us a fraction of a second ago. Below is an example of persistence of vision:  As you can see in the video, the wand when still portrays lights in a line. Nothing more that LED lights lit up in a vertical line. However, when the wand moves back and forth at a certain speed we begin to an illusion of letters forming. The thaumatrope and roller work as they do because the movement of images creates an illusion. There are two images in both thaumatrope and roller which are connected together by revealing one after another. When the movement between images reaches a certain speed the human eye begins to see the image in front of them and the image a fraction of a second ago. The human...