Museum of Moving Image

The begin of Motion: The Moment of Rest

Our journey began with the introduction of the Thaumatrope, which is a round piece disk that has an illustration on both sides. The two different illustrations seem to be one when the Thaumatrope is spun between two pieces of string. What creates the perception is the moment of rest? Taking the concept of a moment of rest further. The zoetrope which is a series of slides on a cylinder with vertical slits that when spun creates the perception of motion. An early version of the zoetrope was made in China about 180 AD by Ting Huan. The modern zoetrope invented William George Horner called his zoetrope Daedalum. When it was debuted in American it was renamed the 'zoetrope', which means 'wheel of life. This was followed by the Mutoscope, which had a series of mutoscope cards pictures/ cards on a housed wheel. When cranked the mutoscope cards would flip creating the perception is the moment. The Mutoscope runs on the same principle as a flipbook. The Mutoscope was procurer to stop and go animation. Which was our next on the tour we created a short stop and go animation using cut of different images.

Jumping forward we movie cameras and how that came to be used in the moving image.

Sound is very important element of the movies it helps to create the mood that film has and send a message. Making the scence more complete. From voice to music to folly sound can make or break a film at any point. We learned the human voice can create a very