Stop Motion Animation

Paleolithic

2009 BCE

Relating to or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used

Thaumatrope

Jul 11, 1785

This is a Victorian toy constructed from a simple disk or card featuring a different picture on each side and attached to two pieces of string.

Phenakistoscope

Aug 11, 1832

The phenakistoscope uses the persistence of motion principle to create an illusion of motion

Zeotrope

Jun 11, 1834

This is relatively easy to build. It can be turned at a variable rate to create slow-motion or speeded-up effects.