Unit 53: 2D Animation Production
Phenakistoscope history.
The phenakistoscope
was invented independently by a Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau. And by an
Austrian physicist Simon Ritter Von Stampfer. Stampfer designed the patent for
what he called the stroboscopic disk. It was a disk with many slots and
pictures.
Thaumatrope history
The Thaumatrope is a
Victorian-made toy. It was constructed as a simple disk or as a simple card.
There was a picture on each slide of the card. When it was spun, the images
combined together. John Ayrton Paris invented the Thaumatrope in 1825. John
Ayrton Paris later died in 1856.
Zoetrope history
The Zoetrope is an
animated toy that was invented in the 1830’. It produces the illusion of motion
from still images. It is a cylinder with vertical slits. It has a strip of
images from the inside. You spin the cylinder and then you look through the
slits. and see the pictures moving. The device was created by the English
mathematician William George Horner in 1833.
The choreutoscope.
The Choreutoscope is
the very first pre-cinema device. It is a device to employ the same principle
as the cinematrograph, an early film camera and projector. Each slide is drawn
by hand-crank across a viewing pane. A synchronized guillotine shutter was used
inside the choreutoscope, which closes the pane between images on the slide.
The device was invented in 1866 by English physician Lionel Smith Beale.
My top 3 animations.
Hercules (Disney
film)
I love Hercules, because I have an interest in ancient history. I love the stories of legendary
heroes like Hercules or Robin Hood. I enjoyed Hercules so much. It has comedy,
humour and heart. The technique they use is cell animation (2d animation). I would use this animation technique because it would be a good way of trying different styles of drawing.
Aladdin (Disney film)
I love Aladdin. It
was one of my favourite Disney films. I always enjoyed the animation, the
story, the humour, and the comedy. It was interesting to see the past and what life
they had in the middle east. The best part of the film was Robin Williams
voicing the genie. The technique they use is cell animation (2d animation). Again I would use this technique, it has the same style of drawing as Disney's Hercules.
Pokemon (anime TV series, Japanese TV animation)
Pokemon is one of my
favourite Anime (Japanese animation). I enjoyed watching the TV series on
ITV and collecting their trading cards. I also watched a feature length animated film in the
Cinema. It is my favourite Anime. The techniques they use is traditionally drawn in shapes and curved lines. Different to the cell animation made by Disney. I would use this technique if I knew which character I was creating because I would like to try different ways of drawing an animation.
