PROJECT TWO: brief

Yuri Endo 2012

PROJECT TWO

El Zoetropito (working title) 

Simultaneously with PROJECT ONE, I plan to focus on developing my ongoing Zoetrope experimentation, in connection with rapid prototyping and fabrication for the purpose of visual art and new media. 

Applying the principle of light and optics, my prime goal is to generate a 3D zoetrope, in which 3D printed objects would serve as animation sequence. 

On that note, I plan to proceed with the following carte for this particular project; 

A. Rapid prototyping and fabrication 

>> STAGE ONE  3D formation and modeling 

>> STAGE TWO 3D Printing 

B. Device and Space design 

>> STAGE ONE  Zoetrope design and  fabrication

>> STAGE TWO Exhibition production design (for its exhibition during the degree show.)  

Reference:  Emergent Media One research blog >> Bnotes 

El Zoetropito II

Yuri Endo 2012

After several trial and errors, I finally caught a glimpse of animation through thi second DIY zoetrope. (As its rotation speed was still not stable, I failed to video document it.)  My next step is to finally move on from this analog stage and "digitalize" my previous experimentations.  The whole process and results  will be documented in this blog, and my other 2 blogs; A:NOTES and  B:NOTES. 

El Zoetropito II: WIP

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As my previous zoetrope was too small and the rotation speed was too fast to catch the animation, I have decided to make a larger device with slower rotation speed. 

El Zoetropito: work in progress

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Introducing my DIY mini zoetrope, assembled with a plastic gun toy and plastic lid. As image sequences, 2 scene excerpts  from my stop-motion movie, The League of Extraordinary Illuminance are set on the lid to be spun. 

A little bit of Zoetrope

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A zoetrope is a rotatable, cylindrical  (or sometimes liner) device with vertical slits, that produces the animation from a rapid succession of static images. When the images are scanned through slits while the cylinder rotates,  the viewer sees this rapid succession of image producing the illusion of motion.

The earliest known zoetrope was believed to be created by Chinese inventor Ting Huan around 180 AD, while the modern zoetrope was invented in 1833 by British mathematician William George Horner and  in the 1860s,  it was patented by English and American makers. Later American developer, William F. Lincoln, coined the term "zoetrope"  from the Greek words; zoo , meaning "alive, active", and trope, meaning "turn", then once they are combined, meaning "active turn" or "wheel of life." There are also similar inventions around the same period; such as the phenakistoscope and the stroboscope. 

Zoetrope's development continues into the 21st century, and the technique still has been widely used especially as art and entertainment forms. ( Ex. NYC Subway Zoetrope,  Studio Ghibli Museum exhibit) 

Reference: History of Animation Media – Innovation and Experimentation, Tunnel Vision: Subway Zoetrope, My Optical Toys, The Caketrope of Burton's Team by Alexandre DUBOSC