Flip book

Flip Book.

What is it and How does it work.

A Flip Book is an simple animation technique that uses persistence of vision to create the illusion of movement between still images.

drawings are layered on top of each other and flipped through at a fast pace showing each picture one after another giving the illusion of movement. 

it is created by using a flip book which is a book made of empty pages the drawings are put on and once the drawing are done it is ready to be used.

Advantages.

• Easy to use
• relatively easy to make
• Creates simple but cool looking animations
• can be complicated but dont have to be

Disadvantages.

• Some amount of artistic ability is needed to make good animations
• time consuming as each single picture needs to be drawn
• difficult to create consistent pictures that look alike (Artistic ability)
•  animations can only reach a certain limit for quality 

History.

The Flip Book was created in September 1868 by John Barnes linnet but was known as the kineograph at the time.

The idea was then used by Max Skladanowsky which had a direct connection to the birth of cinema as we know it today.

Examples.

1.The First recorded flip book in history created by John Barnes Linnet.

2. An official Disney Flip book.

Links.

1. Flip book of Michael Jackson Dancing.

2. Disney Flip book.

Zoetrope

Zoetrope.

What it is and how it works-

The zoetrope is an simple animation technique that uses persistence of vision to give the illusion of movement by spinning various images around in a cylinder shaped device.

A cylinder shape is cut with various 1 mm Slits for the user to look through, it is then attached to a device that will turn it at a decent speed in turn moving the drawn images inside creating a short but good looking "Animation".

Advantages-

the zoetrope is a simple easy to make device as it is possible to make one with simple everyday objects Tins, Pins, Paper etc...

It doesn't take long to make one allowing a short and simple animation to be made quickly.

Disadvantages-

The animations it creates can only be very simple and short ones eliminating the possibility of longer more complex animations.

It requires a some what decent drawing skill to create images that are clear and detailed enough to make the zoetrope work fully.

Inventor-

Although there have been many variations of this device throughout time ranging from 5000 years ago in Iran to 100bc China , and even though it was patented on march 6th 1867 by Henry Watson Hallet the earliest known use of the zoetrope can be dated back to January 1834, when it was designed and used by William George Horner a British Mathematician who had created the improved version of an idea he had seen from Joseph Plateau.

Examples-

The Zoetrope of the horse and rider is a well know, commonly used zoetrope as it is easy to create but gives a nice result of a horse galloping.













Another well known example of a zoetrope is one created with Various figures of bird in different sizes and positions giving the illusion of many birds flying when it is used.

Links to Video Examples-

1.

YouTube video showing the use of the well known galloping horse zoetrope.

2.

YouTube video showing how to create a very simple and easy to use zoetrope.