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Praxinoscope is a beautiful reproduction of the incredible invention of Frenchman Emile ReynaudHow does the Praxinoscope work? Quite simply:It transforms static images into a moving sequence, thanks to retinal persistence. A circular drum is rotated, the mirrors in the centre...

From the first scientific toys to modern cinema, they rely on retinal persistence to make us believe that a series of static images are in motion. In 1834, the English mathematician William George Horner proposed an apparatus based on Plateau...

The praxinoscope was an animation device, the successor to the zoetrope. 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...

Fliposcope - Galloping Horse Hand-cranked movie machine with the historic “Galloping Horse” Edweard Muybridge motion study that has become an animation icon. Includes all movie machine parts and printed card deck.

Hand Cranked Movie Machine featuring Charlie Chaplin. Fliposcope If you want to make your own flip-scene, make sure to get a Blank Card Kit or select that option.(Crafters who just plan to build it, may want to select the "Fliposcope...

Hand Cranked Movie Machine featuring the film Metropolis. Fliposcope If you want to make your own flip-scene, make sure to get a Blank Card Kit or select that option.(Crafters who just plan to build it, may want to select the...

PAPATON Shadow Puppet Theater - Create Shadow Puppet Show - Family Storytelling Board Game - 32 Fairy Tale Shadow Puppets, Downloadable App Birthday Gift for 3 4 5 6 7 8 Years KidsProduct detailsBrand PAPATONSize BigItem Dimensions LxWxH 11.6 x...

The 12 Basic Principles Of Animation by FlipbokuThis double flip book edition is a handy but powerful tool for fans, beginners, students, teachers and professionals of the animation world, to learn and master the illusion of motion and physics in...

The Blanko FlipbookFlipbookThe Blanko Flipbook contains 320 blank pages on which you can animate whatever comes to your mind. If you’re new to animation, learn how to get started with 6 of the basic principles of animation we have included:...

Movie Classics Vol. 1 – The Early MastersFlipbookThe Movie Classics Flipbook is a surprising 6×1 flipbook that brings beloved film classics like Fritz Lang’s Metropolis or Charlie Chaplin’s Gold Rush back to life.Switch between sequences by placing your thumb on...

Georges Méliès FlipbookTHE MAGICIAN OF CINEMAGeorges Méliès (1861 – 1938) was a French illusionist, actor and film director who pioneered many technical and narrative developments, and became one of the most influential filmmakers in the early history of cinema.Méliès was...

Discover the path to cinema with this unique flipbook - Charlie Chaplin Flipbook: The Circus Charlie Chaplin's legendary character The LIttle Tramp always found a way to have a jaunty-jolly hop in his step as he strolled into the sunset....

Fliptomania Muybridge Horse Flipbook FLIP THE PAGES WITH YOUR THUMB -- see a little movie in your hands. THIS FLIP BOOK shows one of the earliest sequences of moving images ever recorded, Eadweard Muybridge's 19th century Horse Galloping CHECK OUT THE...

Fliptomania Muybridge Cat Flipbook FLIP THE PAGES WITH YOUR THUMB -- see a little movie in your hands! AS YOU VIEW THE IMAGES you might be reminded of your cat, but these motion photos were shot over 120 years ago by...

North by Northwest (Hitchcock) Flipbook You know it could only be one scene: A dashing (and we mean dashing!) Cary Grant sprints through a corn field as a mysterious crop duster swoops down and sprays machine gun fire at our...

Charlie Chaplin's comic genius is on display in this scene from one of his masterpieces, "The Gold Rush" made in 1925. Watch as he makes a couple of dinner rolls dance! Fliptomania Charlie Chaplin Flipbook: The Gold Rush Charlie Chaplin's...