A couple examples of pre cinema animation are the magic lanterns and animated cave paintings. The magic lanterns maintained popularity from the 17th century all the way up to the 19th century. The evolution of the magic lantern sparked further development for the concept of animation as singular slides overlapped and took the early form of projected abstract animations. It was discovered that even cave paintings used the concept of overlapping images to convey the illusion of movement. Although vastly different, it’s quite clear key elements of fundamental animation were evident. The most major difference between these two is the various mechanisms used in magic lanterns that made the illusion feel much more alive compared to the archaic caved paintings. Naturally as so much time had passed by, the evolution of the animation had improved significantly.
Naiquan
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My name is Naiquan Kibler and I picked this class because animation has been a big part of my life from a young age so naturally I became quite interested in learning more about the subject. In particular, I am most interested to learn about anime. My major is psychology and my career goals as of right now are graduating from BMCC and transferring to Baruch to get my Masters degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology. My favorite hobbies are anime, playing games and thinking about why people or things are the way they are. I am also looking into getting into editing in my spare time. My favorite food is chicken alfredo.
