Last week we looked at animation created over the years.

The Magic Lantern:The first animation was the magic lantern in 1671. Produced with an oil lamp and a lens, images were painted onto a glass plate and projected onto a screen.

The Thaumatrope:The thaumatrope was next in 1824. A picture was put onto either side of a piece of card attached to a peice of string and twirled around quickly to make the images appear as one.

The Zoetrope: A zoetrope is made into motion with a series of still pictures moving in quick succession first documented in 1834.

The Praxinoscope: The praxinoscope came in 1877 as the succesor to the zoetrope. it is a strip of images placed inside a spinning cylinder.

The Flip Book:The flip book eventually arrived in 1868, and is a series of pictures changing steadily from one page to the next.

Stop Motion:Stop motion is the general term for an animation technique which makes still objects appear to move, using individual photographs.

CGI:CGI (computer generated imagery) is animation created and produced using computer technology. This is also used for special effects in movies and television shows.

Rotoscoping:An animation technique where animators trace over real film movements, frame by frame, to produce an animated peice.

Flipbook

Today we finished our flipbooks and scanned them on to the macs and created them into an animation we put the final touches to on friday more then.