Zoetrope Research

Zoetropes are one of the earliest forms of moving images, cinema or animation. They can be traced as far back as around 180 AD in China. A typical zoetrope consists of a cylinder with vertical slits down the sides. Images are made in a sequence and put onto a band which is inserted into the zoetrope, images facing outwards. When the zoetrope is spun the images are given the illusion of movement.