Zoetrope Device
The zoetrope device is one of the earliest motion picture projectors ever invented. It was created by William George Horner in 1834 and was originally called the Datelum. The device consisted of a drum, which contained a set of images which were put together in a sequential way, so when the drum was spun, the illusion of movement from the images was created and was noticeable between a set of slits in the drum, meaning if the sequence of images was of figures of people in motion, when the device was spun the figures could look like they were walking and moving. When the device turns it seems like the slits have disappeared however, they have they have not disappeared, instead the device moves so fast it simply makes the slits look like they have disappeared. The device was created with the idea removing the need for a mirror and allowing many people to view the device all at one time, which was something the Phenakistoscope could not do.
(Zoetrope Device)- March 2016- Photo taken by Amir-Hamzah
The Persistence of Vision is also related to the Zoetrope as it is the way the human eye perceives the motion of the images. The Persistence of Vision is a reference to the way in which the retina remembers an image for approximately a split second straight after an image has been viewed, when noticing a sequence of images placed very closely together the Persistence of Vision fills in all the gaps, creating a smooth illusion of movement.
The persistence of Vision
References-
- http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/zoetrope
- http://animation.about.com/od/glossaryofterms/g/pervision_def.htm
- https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+persistence+of+vision&espv=2&biw=1364&bih=931&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAxsGfqPbPAhWIAsAKHdGXDpoQ_AUICCgB#imgrc=h0LNaa1dPvbYgM%3A
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