Early Animation Devices

Early Animation Devices

There were many different animation devices before what we use today, one of these devices was called the Zoetrope, this was a piece of equipment where you would draw around 20 images around it and then spin it, one example could be horses galloping, of course this is only what your brain thinks however it is actually still images.

Another example is the Kinetoscope, this was invented by Thomas Edison, this piece of equipment at the time was a very clever idea, it was used by lots of film in a device with headphones. This was a series of film which could tell a story / play. The example below was one of the first ever films which was created. 



Another example of an early animation device was a Mutoscope, this was also a device which you could watch a play / short film on, the way it worked was there would be pictures in a device and which you would run your thumb over, telling your brain it was moving however they were just still images. As you can see from the example below, it looks as though it is moving.

Finally there was the Thaumatrope which was 2 pictures on each side of a circular piece of paper, this was then turned at a fast pace which made your brain they were together, below is an example of a bird and a cage looking like they're together.