How We See Animation

How do we see animation

The way we see animation is by having pictures one after the other and the brain is tricked into see the image moving one after the other. It works if the image seen is between 1/25 and 1/12. This is called persistance of vision.


Early types of animation

In the past animation was viewed in different ways one of those ways is by using a device called the zoetrope. The earliest known one is from China in 180 by the inventor Ting Huan.

It works by using a cylinder which has holes cut on the side and has images which go in the inside. Each of the images are different one after the other. When you look through the slits it gives the illusion that the images are moving.

Phenakistoscope

The phenakistoscope was invented in 1841 by Joseph Plaateau. It works by having a having a disc with images on after the other which are different and when the disc is spun it gives the impression that the images are moving.

Kinetoscope 

The kinetoscope was invented by Thomas Edison. It works by having a series of photographs on a drum which flick one after each other giving the impression the images are moving.

Mutoscope

The Mutoscope was a early motion picture device that works by putting a coin in and pulling a hand crank which then a person would look through a lens and the pictures inside would get shown one after the other.