Early Days of Animation (BBC):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-66v1ARI0-Q
This short BBC documentary shows examples of early victorian zoetropes and praxinoscopes. It is interesting to see the level of fluidity within these different early animations, and how persistence of vision works better with some examples than in others. Often the interchanges between frames are noticeable because the artist is unable to create the exact same strokes. colours and textures for each of the images used. I personally find the examples of praxinoscopes more interesting, as the movements of their images often seem more smooth and fluid.
The documentary also shows an example of a short film made in 1906, which shows the early use of combining real life actions and stop motion art animation effects. Although these effects were probably rather new and advanced at the time of making, it is still easy to see where and how they were created.
One of the things I found most interesting about this short documentary were the examples used in The Birth of a Flower. These animations of flower growth were made in 1910 from research pictures from botanists. Although these were made over 100 years ago they still seem to have quite a contemporary feel, due to the high quality pictures and the fluidity of the animations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-66v1ARI0-Q
This short BBC documentary shows examples of early victorian zoetropes and praxinoscopes. It is interesting to see the level of fluidity within these different early animations, and how persistence of vision works better with some examples than in others. Often the interchanges between frames are noticeable because the artist is unable to create the exact same strokes. colours and textures for each of the images used. I personally find the examples of praxinoscopes more interesting, as the movements of their images often seem more smooth and fluid.
The documentary also shows an example of a short film made in 1906, which shows the early use of combining real life actions and stop motion art animation effects. Although these effects were probably rather new and advanced at the time of making, it is still easy to see where and how they were created.
One of the things I found most interesting about this short documentary were the examples used in The Birth of a Flower. These animations of flower growth were made in 1910 from research pictures from botanists. Although these were made over 100 years ago they still seem to have quite a contemporary feel, due to the high quality pictures and the fluidity of the animations.
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