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Stop Motion

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Stop motion is an animation technique in which models (usually clay) are manoeuvred and photographed in small steps, which gives the appearance of self-movement when played back. Any object, living or otherwise, can be used in creating stop motion animation. The first known usage of stop motion was back in 1897 in the film The Humpty Dumpty Circus , by Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton. It featured a toy circus where various animals and acrobats came to life. In the early days of stop motion, it was usually shown as if things were moving by magic. One of the earliest creators of stop motion media was Wladyslaw Starewicz, a Polish-Russian animator, who used dead insects with wire limbs in order to achieve certain scenes. Stop motion has a unique look and is oftentimes favoured over more complex animation mediums, such as CGI, due to it's low cost. It is very popular in children's films and television shows, as it displays a whimsical and fun quality. Real life text
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Thaumatrope

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A thaumatrope is an optical illusion toy that became popular in the 19th century. It is a circular disc with a different picture on each side, attached to two pieces of string. When the strings are twirled quickly, the two pictures appear to morph into one due to the optical illusion known as "persistence of vision". Persistence of vision is a phenomena in which in an object does not cease to exist for a short time after the rays of light following it have ceased to enter the eye. They are often seen as significant predecessors of motion pictures, particularly animation. It's invention is usually accredited to the British physician, John Ayrton Paris, although it is still debated until this day. It was first described in the 1827 book "Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest". Others have contested that the thaumatrope was in fact invented later on in 1864 by the geologist, William Henry Fitton. The video above shows a classic example
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