What is a zoetrope is?

A zoetrope is a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures.

Explain what the persistence of vision is?

The persistence of vision is when the ability of the eye to retain the impression of an image for a short time after, the image is no longer seen.

Who invented the zoetrope

The earliest elementary zoetrope was created in China around 180 AD by the inventor Ding Huan

Why was it so important?

because it was the first time ever people have ever made an animation to move.

cutout animation

•               Explain The Technique

Cutout animation is a technique for producing animations using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card, stiff fabric or even photographs. The world's earliest known animated feature films were cutout animations made in Argentina by Quirino Cristiani

•               What is good About the Technique

the good thing about cutout animation is that it is really quick to get the characters you want also, when making the animation you can be very creative with the story i.e. Settings and characters.

•               what can't the technique do?

This technique is very restricted in it's movement as, the characters being used are paper thin so they can't have side shots neither can the characters become smaller or bigger. To make the characters smaller you would have to cut them smaller which could be very frustrating and, time consuming. It is also difficult for you to create expressions for your characters and, show emotions as the faces are already prefixed. 

•               How Does it compare to other techniques you have experienced

Cut out animation is a difficult very animation to work with as, you need to have some sort of idea of what you want to make before you start the process off. You also have to be careful with every move you as they all have to line out in order for, the animation to work out.

•               Who are the masters of the technique and, what are they're films?

Terry Gilliam is an American born British animator who is also a ; film director, actor and, a screen writer. Terry Gilliam is well known for making Monty Python's Flying Circus

object animation

Explain The Technique
Object animation is a type of stop motion animation that involves the animated movements of any non-drawn objects such as toys, blocks, dolls, etc. which are not fully malleable, such as clay or wax.
What is good About the Technique
Object animation is a very creative technique which allows the person to think very imaginative as, they don't really feature characters such as; humans or, animals so the story could amount to anything. Also when the animation is complete it looks really spectacular knowing how it is made.
what can't the technique do?
The object cannot show any facial expressions so, if making a animation which is meant to mirror humans or animals it will be difficult to see and know what their feelings are.

How Does it compare to other techniques you have experienced
When i made my object animation i enjoyed working with my team as, we all had very imaginative minds and the group did not fear to put across any ideas that had about the animation. It relatively easier to think of ideas for this technique rather than, other animations due to no characters or story lines having to be involved