Animation has been around since Egyptian time, using the wall to place their images on then the greeks using a vase and spin it to create the effect of a running man and other designs then that was updates to a phenakistoscope seeing the image on a flat board moving using more frames and leaving no gaps once its fast enough, however i like the Zoetrope, its more mechanical. You can look through or have a overtop view, it also can use mirror unlike the phenakistoscope. If you want a brain teaser you want the most simple but effective animation equipment a thaumatrope! You can put it in your pockets and show everyone. The strings is the key factor, you need to roll it through your fingers fast enough to make the circle spin fast enough to make the illusion work.
Egyptian:
We've come a long way from the olden days but to say this was invented in Egypt times couldn't we have gone further than what we have?
Greek:
I dont think you get the full effect with this design. Its not my favourite out of the bunch, however turning art into moving image is very clever, getting two in one. I made these varses in primary school trying to draw these type of images running on the pot but unfourtinly mine didn't have the effect like this one does.
phenakistoscope:
Zoetrope:
thaumatrope:
This is my favourite so simple, not much machine engineering. I could accomplish something like this and might attempt this in my prating animation.
Before starting my animation project i think its really important to go over what was said/shown in lectures to get a better understanding on how people used to manage moving image before computers.
