Its design prevented distortion, so it quickly replaced the other optical toys Eadweard Muybridge & Etienne-Jules Marey Pictures were attached to the rim of the drum and they looked like they were moving when the drum spun. This optical toy didn’t have mirrors, which allowed the ‘motion picture’ to be viewed by several people at once. In 1834, William Horner invented the zoetrope as an improvement of the phenakishoscope. It was first invented by Simon von Stampfer in 1832, but renamed the phenakishoscope by Joseph Plateau. It had a disc with pictures on the edges which looked like they were in movement if you looked through the slots at its reflection in the mirror. This was a toy in the form of a giant magnifying glass. At the time, the toy was only meant for entertainment, but its invention peaked people’s interest in animation and the moving image. When turned, the designs on either side blended into one and it looked as though the picture was in motion. It was basically a piece of paper with designs on the front and back of it and two strings tied on either side of it.

The thaumatrope was created by astronomer Sir John Herschel in 1824, but made popular by English physicist, Dr. Here are a few ways that concept was used: The Thaumatrope from the 1820s This just means that the eye takes a certain amount of time to see, so if images flash in front of our eyes before they have the chance to properly see them, it appears as though they are in motion. They all used the scientific concept of “ persistence of vision“. This lantern was an early version of today’s projectors.įrom the 1830s onwards, more and more people were finding ways to make still images appear to be moving. Pictures painted on glass were projected by a lantern (just a candle and a lens) onto the wall. Telling stories with shadows puppets have always been around but it’s the magic lantern shows that started in the 1600s that were crucial to the birth of cinema. Let’s walk through the major moments in film history… The Moving Image Every new film movement and filmmaking technique helped pave the way for the next innovation, creating the art form we now know and love. The last 200+ years have been marked with creative experimentation and technological advancement.

Cinema has come a long way since it first originated in the 1800s.

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