Friday, January 20, 2012

Zoetrope


The zoetrope is another popular form of entertainment. The simple construction to animate an image is cheap and easy to produce.





Phenakistiscope

Phenakistiscope is one of the earliest methods of animating a sequence of images.

Here is an example of how it functions.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Eadweard Muybridge 1872




Using the system above Eadweard Muybridge was able to show for the first time that all four of a horse's hooves left the group when galloping.


The bank of cameras was activated by the horse breaking the trip wires as it passed it. This ground-breaking photographic work has been a source of reference for over a century.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Looney Toons

Today in lecture we were learning Looney Toon's cartoons.









one of the character we were learning is Daffy Duck.

Duffy Duck reminds me of Woody Woodpecker.

both these ducks have got very funny laughs.




Porkey Pig