Stop Motion Animation: Research on Pioneers of Stop Motion Animation

PIONEERS OF STOP MOTION ANIMATION.

Joseph was a Belgian physicist whom was also the first person to demonstrate moving images.
He created the Phenakistoscope which proved the theory of persistence of vision.

Here is a video below showing an example of a Phenakistoscope and what it does.

William Horner created the zoetrope.
A zoetrope is a device that produces the illusion of motion from a rapic continuous of still pictures.
There are implication that William stole the idea from someone else but this had not been proven.

Charles Reynaud was a French physics teacher
He first projected animated cartoon in 1892
Charles also created the praxinoscope. Like the zoetrope, it used a strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder.
The praxinoscope improved on the zoetrope by replacing its narrow viewing slits with an inner circle of mirrors, placed so that the reflections of the pictures appeared more of less stationary in position as the wheel turned.

Hungarian-born, American animator
Graduated in 1928
worked for Paramount Pictures
Made puppetoons
awarded Oscar - mainly for special effects
George Pal created 'The time Machine'
Puppetoons were a series of animated puppet films made in Europe in the 1930s and in the U.S in the 1940s.
Here is one of his many short animations work.

Willis O'Brien was an American motion picture special effects and stop motion animator pioneers..
Willis was the animator of the original 'King Kong' (1933)
He sculptured and illustrated King Kong.
He was a pioneer whom inspired generations of 'effects artists'
Responsible for some of the best images in cinema.

Ray was an American visual effects creator, writer and producer who created a form of stop-motion animation known as 'Dynamation'
Ray made his name by developing fantastic stories and creatures based on legends and mythology and creating a unique genre of fantasy films.
Here is a drawing of an example of Dynamation.

Jan was originally a Czech film-maker
Specialised in Theatre of mask
Jan had an impact on films such as 'saw'
Self-labelled surrealist known for his unreal animation and features.
Here is one of his most famous piece of work called 'Meat Love' which conveys his surrealism and creative imagination with everyday life.

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