Flick books

Flick books are similar to pheokistoscope in that they are a primitive form of animation.

A flick book contains a series of images which are slightly different from each other but when they are 'flicked' they simulate motions or some other change.

The German word for flick book - Daumenkion, literally "thumb cinema" - reflects this process.

Like zoetropes the flick book requires 'persistence of vision' to see that continuous motion is being seen rather than a series of disjointed still images.

To make your flick book you will need:
loose paper
pen or pencil

To make your flick book you should start from back to front. Draw you animation on the right hand side of the page and don't forget to check if there's any jumping animation ans if so just add another paper with the animation in between them. Once you're  happy with your flick book just secure it and flick though the pages with you thumb.

 

Zoetropes

Zoetropes is a bit like a little cinema. It's a device that produces a illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures.

The Zoetropes was invented in 1834 by William Horner who called it a "Daedatum" or "Daedatelum" which means wheel of devil.

Zoetropes is a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. beneath the slits on the inner surface of the cylinder, is a band where the user insets the strip of frames. as the cylinder spins the user looks through the slits to see the pictures on the opposites side of the cylinder interior. the scanning of the silts keeps the pictures from simply blurring together, so that the user sees a rapid succession of motion pictures.
The faster the rate of the spin the smoother the progression of the image. a viewer can look through the wall of the zoetropes from any point around it, and see a rapid progression of the image because of its design more than one person could use the zoetropes at the same time.

Persistence of vision first noted in 1820 by peter mark roger.
Persistence of vision reefers to the length of time, the retina (the screen at the back of our eyes which is sensitive to light) retains an image, each flash of light remains on persists.

The phi phenomenon is a result of human instinct. our brains strive to make meaning from what we perceive. When we see different images close together our brains quickly create a relationship between them our brains try and create movement are meaning between the two images.

   

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