post 12 : 'history of the development of animation'
magic lantern- a magic lantern was essentially an early projector that showed a series of still images. The fluidity and smoothness of the projected images, would not be very good compared to today's standards and would be very choppy. Although in 1850, when magic lanterns were becoming very popular, the audiences would still have been very impressed with the movies produced from the magic lanterns. Through out the years the magic lantern was developed and the movies made with them became slightly better.
Phenakistoscope- A Phenakistoscope was a device that created an illusion of movement by moving very fast in a circular movement and making all the images seem to combine into one continuous moving image. For example it could animate a bouncing ball or walking person.When done correctly the Phenakistoscope could look reasonably fluid and give a good illusion of movement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqwkdlwmHig
Christaan Huygens- Christaan Huygens was a pioneer of stop motion and his work would have been incredible because at the time there was nothing like it. This would have allowed audiences to experience a new experience of an animation. however compared to a modern day animation his animations are not as smooth and fluid.
The work of the early pioneers is was amazing and revolutionary back then but since then animations have increased in quality because technology has improved.
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