This next animation invention that was a crucial factor in turning animation from what it used to be, to what it was, was designed in 1834, by a man called William George Horner. Horner was born in 1786 and sadly died on 22 September, 1837. Not only was he a British Mathematician, he was also a schoolmaster, headmaster and school keeper. He was extremely smart from a very young age, with great enthusiasm towards his classes- which is why some people believed he was 'ahead of his time'.
Then, in 1834- Horner invented the modern invention of the Zoetrope (under the name Daedaleum)
The Zoetrope:
A Zoetrope is one of several pre-film animation devices that produced the illusion of motion. It did this by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion.
The zoetrope (above) consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. On the inside of the cylinder is a band with images from a set of sequenced pictures. As the cylinder spins,you are able to look through the slits at the pictures across. The scanning of the slits keeps the pictures from blurring together, and you are able to see a rapid succession of images, producing the illusion of motion.
Did you know?
The name zoetrope was composed from the Greek root words ζωή zoe, "life" and τρόπος tropos, "turning".
Then, in 1834- Horner invented the modern invention of the Zoetrope (under the name Daedaleum)
The Zoetrope:
A Zoetrope is one of several pre-film animation devices that produced the illusion of motion. It did this by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion.
The zoetrope (above) consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. On the inside of the cylinder is a band with images from a set of sequenced pictures. As the cylinder spins,you are able to look through the slits at the pictures across. The scanning of the slits keeps the pictures from blurring together, and you are able to see a rapid succession of images, producing the illusion of motion.
Did you know?
The name zoetrope was composed from the Greek root words ζωή zoe, "life" and τρόπος tropos, "turning".