The Classical Elements: Zoetrope Animation

Zoetrope animation is a type of animation thats from 1834, it's where you place pieces of card which show some sort of movement or animation in the inside of a cylinder. When you spin the cylinder around you'll be able to see the animation from the outside through the slits on the side of the cylinder.

William George Horner was the inventor of the zoetrope but he called it the 'Daedatelum'. A French inventor called Pierre Desvignes renamed it to zoetrope.

This pre cinema animation device is referred to in movies a lot but the main movie which people will recognise is Tarzan when he is figuring out who he really is.