Technology Then and Now
Zoetrope:
The Zoetrope was invented by William Horner in 1834
and the Zoetrope is a device that is used for animation and it works by the
barrel spinning and it creates an illusion and an illusion is created by a
quick rapid motion of the barrel spinning. The zoetrope has a cylinder with slits cut
vertically in the sides so that you can see the animation and this device has
limited space so only a couple of people can see it. The disadvantage that this
device has is that it can be seen by a limited amount of people at a time and
this means that you would have to take turns viewing the animation. Another
disadvantage that the zoetrope has is that the animation can’t last for long because
the animation is on a short strip so the animation will be short and will be
constantly repeating itself.An advantage of this device is that the strip that
it uses is easily changeable and this means that you can put other strips in.
Zoopraxinoscope:
The Zoopraxinoscope was invented by Eadward
Muybridge in 1878 and the zoopraxinoscope is considered to be the first movie
projector .The zoopraxinoscope projected images from rotating glass disks in
rapid succession to give the impression of motion. The stop-motion images were
initially painted onto the glass, as silhouettes.An disadvantage of this device
is that you have to paint your story onto glass and this is a time consuming
method of animation and this means that it takes longer to put content out for
people to see. An advantage of this device is that it can run long animation
clips unlike the zoetrope and this makes it better because you will be able to see
a more developed story.
The Cinematograph was invented by Lumiere Brothers
.
Cinematographe:
The Cinematographe produced a sharper projected image than had been seen
before due to its design, in which a kind of fork held the film frame behind
the lens in place using the perforations in the sides of the film strip.The
advantage of this device is that you can see a developed story because you are
not limited on film strips so the audience can see all the things that were packed
into the story unlike the zoetrope.Another advantage to this device is that it
uses film strips and not painted glass so this method is not as time consuming
as a zoopraxinoscope.
The rotograph
was invented by Max Fleischer and rotoscoping is an animation technique in
which animators trace over footage, frame by frame, for use in live action and
animated films.
Rotograph:
A rotograph was mostly used in cartoons and even to this day
rotoscoping is used and rotoscoping is used to capture real life motion frame
by frame.The advantage of this device is that you can capture real life frames
to make the animation more real life form and this adds detail to the animation
because you can control what you want to happen such as if you want a horse to
run you would capture what movement of the horse you want and you have more freedom
using real life objects.
Sound in Animation:
Steamboat
Willie was the first animation to have sound in the background and when
steamboat the animation was half finished the animation screened to test the audiences’
reaction. Sound was first used with animation in 1928 with a
live orchestra and this was good because the sound truly brought the
animation to life. The advantage of having sound in animation is it keeps the
audience engaged and it adds more of a story to an animation and sound can bring
out emotions better than just looking at a plain animation.
Computer –aided design (CAD):
Computer –aided
design (CAD) is the use of computer systems to aid in the creation,
modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. The advantages of using
CAD in animation is that it is fast, easy creation and the software is
developed for the designer /engineer, and does not require and animator to use
the software.
Computer animation,
or CGI animation, is the process used for generating animated images by using
computer graphics. The more general term is computer-generated imagery
encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images while computer animation only
refers to moving images. The advantages of CGI is filmmakers are able to create
amazing effects that would cost too much to produce physically. A disadvantage
of using CGI animation is that actors has to act against the green screen.
Zoetrope:
The Zoetrope was invented by William Horner in 1834 and the Zoetrope is a device that is used for animation and it works by the barrel spinning and it creates an illusion and an illusion is created by a quick rapid motion of the barrel spinning. The zoetrope has a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides so that you can see the animation and this device has limited space so only a couple of people can see it. The disadvantage that this device has is that it can be seen by a limited amount of people at a time and this means that you would have to take turns viewing the animation. Another disadvantage that the zoetrope has is that the animation can’t last for long because the animation is on a short strip so the animation will be short and will be constantly repeating itself.An advantage of this device is that the strip that it uses is easily changeable and this means that you can put other strips in.
The Zoopraxinoscope was invented by Eadward Muybridge in 1878 and the zoopraxinoscope is considered to be the first movie projector .The zoopraxinoscope projected images from rotating glass disks in rapid succession to give the impression of motion. The stop-motion images were initially painted onto the glass, as silhouettes.An disadvantage of this device is that you have to paint your story onto glass and this is a time consuming method of animation and this means that it takes longer to put content out for people to see. An advantage of this device is that it can run long animation clips unlike the zoetrope and this makes it better because you will be able to see a more developed story.
Cinematographe:
The Cinematographe produced a sharper projected image than had been seen before due to its design, in which a kind of fork held the film frame behind the lens in place using the perforations in the sides of the film strip.The advantage of this device is that you can see a developed story because you are not limited on film strips so the audience can see all the things that were packed into the story unlike the zoetrope.Another advantage to this device is that it uses film strips and not painted glass so this method is not as time consuming as a zoopraxinoscope.
Rotograph:
A rotograph was mostly used in cartoons and even to this day rotoscoping is used and rotoscoping is used to capture real life motion frame by frame.The advantage of this device is that you can capture real life frames to make the animation more real life form and this adds detail to the animation because you can control what you want to happen such as if you want a horse to run you would capture what movement of the horse you want and you have more freedom using real life objects.
Steamboat Willie was the first animation to have sound in the background and when steamboat the animation was half finished the animation screened to test the audiences’ reaction. Sound was first used with animation in 1928 with a live orchestra and this was good because the sound truly brought the animation to life. The advantage of having sound in animation is it keeps the audience engaged and it adds more of a story to an animation and sound can bring out emotions better than just looking at a plain animation.
Computer –aided design (CAD) is the use of computer systems to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. The advantages of using CAD in animation is that it is fast, easy creation and the software is developed for the designer /engineer, and does not require and animator to use the software.
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