The Path to Cinema
Movies weren’t the world’s first form of visual entertainment. The cinematic experience we know today evolved from a long tradition of optical illusions and devices of wonder. Over centuries, storytellers and inventors experimented with visual effects, light, projection, and motion to bring still images to life. Discover a collection of items that recall our path to cinema.
About the Exhibit:
Path to Cinema: Highlights from the Richard Balzer Collection will explore how the cinematic experience we know today evolved from a long tradition of optical amusements and devices of wonder: from shadow play, peepshows, magic lanterns, zoetropes and praxinoscopes to the Cinématographe Lumière, the world’s first successful film projector.
HEMISFERIUM MINI PRAXINOSCOPE
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...
$54.00
MODERNIST PRAXINOSCOPE - BLACK
Optical Toy, Praxinoscope Miniature ReproductionTransforms static images into a moving sequence, thanks to retinal persistence. A circular drum is rotated with mirrors in the centre of the drum reflecting images drawn on strips of paper placed around it. The spectator...
$93.00
HEMISFERIUM MINI ZOETROPE
Mini Zoetrope Height: 7.48” Diameter: 5.59” Include 20 animated strips
Imported from Spain
$54.00
GOLD PRAXINOSCOPE
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...
$93.00
ZOETROPE PIN
ZOETROPE MOVING HORSE PIN
Gold plated brass pin with hard enamel.1.6"Comes individually packaged with two gold butterfly clasps.
$12.00
MOLECULARIS
Molecularis Coloring Flip Book by FlipbokuYou are into coloring but don't want to use the usual flat paper? Then Molecularis is a great fit. First, color each page of the flip book with your favorite coloring technique and then flip...
$18.00
THE BLANKO FLIPBOOK
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:...
$12.00
12 PRINCIPLES OF ANIMATION
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...
$38.40
DOTS & LINES
Dots & Lines Interactive FlipbookDots & Lines is an interactive Flipbook Edition based on the classic puzzle game ‘Connect the Dots’. The Edition includes two volumes, each containing 6 different animations of numbered dots.The first volume, Dots, contains 6 different...
$34.80
METROPOLIS CARD SET
Historic film sequence by Fritz LangThis is a scene adapted from the groundbreaking and iconic silent film Metropolis.Rings of plasma undulate as robot Maria comes to life. 24 FlipBookit cards, pre-printed and die cut.Please note:FlipBooKit IS NOT included.This is...
$18.95
GEORGE MELIES FLIPBOKU
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...
$18.00
EMILE COHL FLIPBOKU
Émile Cohl FlipbookTHE FATHER OF THE ANIMATED CARTOONÉmile Cohl (1857 – 1938) was a French caricaturist of the largely forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, director and animator, known as the “Father of the Animated Cartoon".Cohl’s short film Fantasmagorie (1908) is considered...
$18.00
THE LUMIERE BROTHERS FLIPBOKU
The Lumière Brothers FlipbookTHE FATHERS OF CINEMATOGRAPHYAuguste Lumière (1862 – 1954) and Louis Lumière (1864 – 1948), were among the earliest manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between...
$18.00
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE FLIPBOKU
Eadweard Muybridge Flipbook THE PIONEER OF MOTIONEadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904) was an English photographer renowned for his groundbreaking work in the field of motion photography, and his early work in the projection of moving pictures.Muybridge created motion studies of...
$18.00
MOMENTOSCOPE: CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Stylized to resemble the brass machines of the early industrial age, these Momentoscopes were originally designed for a museum installation for permanent display.We found that the brass machines functioned perfectly inside a glass cloche, and they resembled a ticker-tape machine or...
$1,200.00
CRAFT FLIPBOOKIT
The newest member of the FlipBooKit family happens to be the easiest and quickest to assemble.The box includes everything you need to turn your own video or images into a custom Hand-cranked Movie Machine! FlipBooKit CRAFT Maker includes: FlipBooKit box – New...
$34.95
BLANK FLIPBOOKIT DIY CARDS
Make your own FlipBooKit Scene with a DIY Blank Card Kit!This is what you need to add your own art and video into a FlipBooKit. The Blank Card Kit includes blank flip cards and 5 sheets of printable labels with...
$13.95
THE WIZARD OF OZ FLIPBOOK
The Wizard of Oz Full color flipbook glossy print. They don’t get more classic than this! The famous foursome — Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion — skip arm in arm out of the poppy field and down the...
$5.00
GALLOPING HORSE CARD SET
Galloping HorseIn 1872 Leland Stanford, a wealthy railroad baron, bet his friend that all four hooves leave the ground when a horse gallops. He approached experimental photographer Eadweard Muybridge and asked him to somehow find out with cameras. After much...
$18.95
MUYBRIDGE CAT FLIPBOOK
This flipbook of Eadweard Muybridge's Cat Running is rather amazing. As you view the images you might be reminded of your cat, but the photos were shot over 120 years ago! A classic piece of photography history. Full color flipbook, glossy, 2"...
$5.00
