The Three God-Fathers of Animation

The Three Fathers of Animation

The three fathers of animation were undoubtably George Melies, Winsor Mccay and Lotte Reineger.

George Melies: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDaOOw0MEE

George Melies was the pioneer of special effects.

His most famous movie was 'Trip to the moon' in which he used cut outs to create worlds he used in his scenes, because it was so expensive to film, he made his own scene backgrounds and featured in his own movies.

  

What is Persistence Of Vision

Persistence of vision is a collection of pictures moved fast, when the images are moved fast, the brain is tricked into thinking they are somehow connected, his make the images seem moving to your eyes.

                    Zoetrope -

  
The zoetrope is a mechanism made out off a hollow inside circle, when you spin the wheel, and look through the slits it creates an illusion of animation. The slits on the side stop the image from blurring whilst spinning, because the images are spinning so fast, it confuses the brain into thinking that the images are connected, making the brain link them together.