The Zoetrope is a vintage animated toy which was a major feature in the new The Women in Black. The Zoetrope is device that spins and produces the illusion of moving in a still image. Its moderately easy to use, you need a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides to use them for viewing, on the inner surface is a band of images from a few photos. So once its spinning the user would look through the vertical slits at the side and it will portray that the images are moving.
The Zoetrope
Creator
William George Horner was the originally creator of the Zoetrope .
William George Horner
Examples of a Zoetrope
Old Style Zoetrope
Mordern Zoetrope
A simple video of a Zoetrope
Advantages
Simple to make
Fun for all ages
Has potential to amuse the young for a long time
Disadvantage
Simple to make for an adult but a child would struggle to make it
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