FLIPPING THROUGH STILL IMAGES
DID YOU KNOW? The Ghibli museum in Tokyo features a 3D zoetrope based on the film My Neighbor Totoro
SLIT S AND MIRRORS
SETTINGIN MOTION
Also known as a kineograph, a flipbook is a simple form of animation still enjoyed today. Each stage of an animation is drawn on a separate piece of paper, together forming a small booklet. When the pages are flipped through in quick succession, the images on each page blend to create a moving picture. Though these are of much simpler design than the zoetrope and similar devices, the first documentation of a flipbook wasn’t until 18 March 1868, when zoetropes were already widely available.