Historically Interesting Dept.
The first animated film ever, from 1906.
Imagine being the person who figured out you could do this.
Watch out for the accidental shots of the animator's hand.
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Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Wed 10 Jul 2024, 0:59,
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Odd, when reading about earlier animation such as the flipbook or phenakistoscope it all assumes that everything really starts in the 19th century.
I can understand that there's a reliance on written evidence, patent applications and scientific papers but I'd have thought animation effects on a rotating/moving surface would have occurred before that. Thinking of things such as decoration on ceramics, clothing worn by dancers that spin, marks/decoration on wheels and so on.
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Didn't that spinny disk bird cage illusion exist pre-19th century?
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Wed 10 Jul 2024, 18:49,
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Apparently called a thaumatrope, again connected with the early 19th century*
*wikipedia does mention this which suggests the idea may be a lot older
flintstone media
(, Thu 11 Jul 2024, 0:16, Reply)