Persistence of vision "The persistence of vision with regard to moving objects"
Theory stated the retina retains an image briefly after it disappears.
Layering in cave drawings are theorised to be attempting to show movement. A spinning bowl from Iran 5200 years ago shows a run cycle of a deer type creature.
- Thaumatrope in 1825, John Ayrton Paris created a disc with one image on each side, when you spin the disc you get a full image due to the image retention.
- Phenakisticope and Zoetrope both have slits with a series of images behind that show movement when spun.
- Praxiniscope(1877) uses mirrors mounted in a spinning cylinder to improve clarity, this later got developed into a projector called Theatre Optique.
- Eadward Muybridge in 1872 created a photographic sequence of a horse galloping to prove the theory of unsupported transit - where the horse was completely off the ground at some point in its run cycle.
- Etienne-Jules Marley in 1882 used his invention, a chronophotographic gun that took 12 photos per second onto a photographic plate.
- Kineoscope conceived in 1888 by Thomas Edison, was a box instead of a projector that produced 46fps.
- Lumiere brothers invented the cinematographe in 1895, credited as the first commercial breakthrough. They combined projection and photographic into a single unit using 35mm film and 16fps.
Thomas Edison deliberately staged the body as the centre of attention - Gave the audience what they sex and violence for entertainment on the kineoscope. He also created the first film advertisment in 1897 for scotch whiskey.
Louis Aime Augustin Le Prince successfully created a single lens camera in 1887. 1889 he perfected his device using a gear system to create a smooth film movement. In 1890 he boarded a train and disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Arthur Melbourne-Cooper, 1899 created what is considered to be the first true animation advertising matches and trying to raise funds for the British war fund, using frame by frame, although it is rather stop motion like.
Film first came to NZ due to visiting entertainers who saw the potential in Thomas Edisons medium. The first person to exhibit film in NZ was Henry Whitehouse in 1895. In 1898 he imported a camera and began creating films of NZ but found that NZers were to critical, comparing his films to the imported film standards. Henry filmed the training of the 2nd contingent of NZ troops during the Boer war which helped change public perception of the film industry in NZ.
Film and Animation History 1900-1905
- Segundo De Chomon - director, cameraman, special effects director and an early pioneer of film techniques.
- Alice Guy was one of the inventors of narrative film. Directed The Cabbage Patch Fairy in 1896 - one of the fist films to have a plot using humour and magic.
- Edwin S Porter directed the life of an american fireman in 1903 - used closeups and interjected staged footage with clips of real footage. The great train robbery made use of various different camera angles, and had actors to the side of frame instead of centre.
- Winsor Mccay 1911 broke into animated films with Little Nemo.
- Cecil M Hepworth was the forerunner of Rin Tin Tin and Lassie films that star dogs.
Top Ten list from last week genres
- The Lion King - animated musical/drama
- Shawshank Redemption - drama
- Howls Moving Castle - animated drama/romance/action
- Thor - action/comedy
- 300 - action
- The Blacklist - action/drama
- Pirates of the Caribbean - action/comedy
- Silence of the Lambs - thriller/mystery
- Saw - horror
- Tangled - animated comedy/adventure
Definitely love my drama and comedy movies/tv series. I dont watch random shows/movies as such anymore, I tend to binge watch particular series that I enjoy over and over. Mostly Supernatural, Lucifer and Bones, yet again more drama lol.
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