Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Les restes, Alexandre Fatta, 2012
I might have mentioned before how much I appreciate it when animation finds me. Such is the case with today's piece, which is a just brand new short by French Canadian artist Alexandre Fatta.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Memoirs of Captain de Ronch, Líviusz Gyulai, 2007
Tired of awesome Hungarian animation without subtitles? Too bad, because here is More of That Sort of Thing.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Garabonciák (Magic) Dóra Keresztes and István Orosz, 1985
Oh hey look more Hungarian animation without subtitles. But it's totally sweet.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Pauvre Pierrot, Charles-Emile Reynaud, 1892
Yes, you read that date correctly.
Charles-Emile Reynaud
presented this piece at his Théâtre Optique in 1892 - the first presentation of a projected moving picture show, using a modified version of his invention, the praxinoscope:
In 1888, (Reynaud) perfected a large scale projection version, that was similar in design to the projectors that would be used for cinema projection a few years later. Glass plates, individually painted by Reynaud himself, were mounted in leather bands. Each of the bands were connected by a metal strip with a hole through it which allowed it to locate on a pin on the rotating drum and align the image with the projecting lantern. By mounting the connected image strips on a pair of wheels similar to modern film reels, Reynaud was able to create a continuous series of moving images rather than restricting himself to 12 images, as had been the limit previously.
Here is a virtual reconstruction of Reynaud's device:
In 1888, (Reynaud) perfected a large scale projection version, that was similar in design to the projectors that would be used for cinema projection a few years later. Glass plates, individually painted by Reynaud himself, were mounted in leather bands. Each of the bands were connected by a metal strip with a hole through it which allowed it to locate on a pin on the rotating drum and align the image with the projecting lantern. By mounting the connected image strips on a pair of wheels similar to modern film reels, Reynaud was able to create a continuous series of moving images rather than restricting himself to 12 images, as had been the limit previously.
Here is a virtual reconstruction of Reynaud's device:
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