William Horner created the Zoetrope in 1834.The Zoetrope is a cylinder with slits in the sides so someone can see the images that are on the inside edge when spun.
Persistence of Vision is the theory that an image persists one twenty-fifth of a second on the retina.
Joseph Plateau invented the Phenakitoscope in 1831. The Phenakitoscope was the predecessor of the zoetrope and therefore a simpler version of it. The Phenakitoscope is just a series of images on a disk that can be spun with a handle.
Eadward Muybridge and Thomas Edison were both involved in the making of the kinetoscope. The Kinetoscope is designed to view films by looking through a hole at the top of the device. Eadward Muybridge was also the inventor of the Zoopraxiscope
Emile Reynaud is the inventor of the Praxinoscope. the successor to the zoetrope. invented in 1877, like the zoetrope it used a variety of pictures in a cylinder that would spin around. this was an improvement of its predecessors because instead of having slits, mirrors where used so the people viewing could see more clearly.
Auguste and Louis Lumière are proclaimed the first filmmakers in history and invented the cinematograph. The cinematograph is a film camera and a film projector/developer
Like the Zoetrope, the Flip Book creates a illusion of motion. The flip book does this by a lot of images coinciding with each other.
Len Lye was born in Christchurch and is mainly know for his work with experimental films.
Walt Disney created the first animation with synchronisation.
Norman McLaren was born 11th April 1914 in Scotland and died 27 January 1987 and he was well known for his work with the NFB.
Hannah-Barbera was an animation studio that dominated when it was on air.
Warner Bros was founded by 4 brothers Albert, Harry, Jack and Sam.
ToonBoom studio is an animation studio founded in 1994
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