stroboscopic toys
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Stroboscopic Toys. COM 320, History of the Moving Image. Peter Mark Roget’s essay on persistence of vision (1824, England). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Stroboscopic Toys
COM 320, History of the Moving Image
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Peter Mark Roget’s essay on persistence of vision (1824, England)
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Thaumatrope (from the Greek “wonder turning”) –Dr. John Paris (1825) –spinning disk with complementary drawings on the two sides (e.g., horse + rider = horse with rider; bird + cage = bird in cage)
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Thaumatrope in action found at
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=dol1xOW_Qzk
)
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Phenakistoscope (from the Greek “deceptive viewer”)
-Joseph Plateau(1832, Belgium)—also determined 16fr./sec. to be optimal -Coincidentally, same as Simon Ritter von Stampfer’s Stroboscope (1832, Austria)
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Phenakistoscope (from the Greek “deceptive viewer”)
-Joseph Plateau(1832, Belgium)—also determined 16fr./sec. to be optimal -Coincidentally, same as Simon Ritter von Stampfer’s Stroboscope (1832, Austria)
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Zoetrope (from the Greek “wheel of life”)
-William George Horner(1834, England)—a revolving drum with hand-drawn stills viewed through slits
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Magic Lantern-Appeared in early forms as early as late 1600’s-Popular in mid-1800’s, with moving pictures via “dissolving views”
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Magic Lantern-Appeared in early forms as early as late 1600’s-Popular in mid-1800’s, with moving pictures via “dissolving views”-Was an original type of “4D” experience, with live action, sound effects and music, and even pyrotechnics!
View example from Jude (1996; D: Michael Winterbottom, with Kate Winslet)
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Magic Lantern Animations
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Praxinoscope-Emile Reynaud (1877, France)—like a zoetrope, but with mirrors; Reynaud later developed a projecting version, and operated his own Theatre Optique from 1892 to 1900
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Praxinoscope-Emile Reynaud (1877, France)—like a zoetrope, but with mirrors; Reynaud later developed a projecting version, and operated his own Theatre Optique from 1892 to 1900
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Praxinoscope Animations
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Zoopraxiscope-Eadweard Muybridge (1879, U.S.)—an apparent combo. of the phenakistoscope and the projected Magic Lantern; was not the first such combo., but became prominent with Muybridge’s speaking tours.
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-Zoopraxiscope disc -Zoopraxiscope Animation
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