Paleolithic Cave Paintings - Perhaps the First Films? Confused by what those pictures have to do with one another? Read on… Some cave drawings, like those found in France’s Chauvet Cave at top, show animals drawn using sequential pieces that suggest movement. A horse’s head drawn in three parts, drooping toward the ground, or a multi-legged running deer. When they are looped back, as in the following video by archaeologist Marc Azéma, the use of moving pictures as a storytelling technique becomes more clear:  But just how would these ancient peoples make the pictures move? Flickering light like that from a torch can give the illusion of motion, readily within their technological know-how. But perhaps most interestingly, round bone “pendants” dating from this era have been found that resemble thaumatropes, spinning discs that create a two-frame scene that were popular in Victorian times (an example in the bottom picture above). More about these early “animators” at Discovery News. (via kottke)
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Paleolithic Cave Paintings - Perhaps the First Films? Confused by what those pictures have to do with one another? Read on… Some cave drawings, like those found in France’s Chauvet Cave at top, show animals drawn using sequential pieces that suggest movement. A horse’s head drawn in three parts, drooping toward the ground, or a multi-legged running deer. When they are looped back, as in the following video by archaeologist Marc Azéma, the use of moving pictures as a storytelling technique becomes more clear:  But just how would these ancient peoples make the pictures move? Flickering light like that from a torch can give the illusion of motion, readily within their technological know-how. But perhaps most interestingly, round bone “pendants” dating from this era have been found that resemble thaumatropes, spinning discs that create a two-frame scene that were popular in Victorian times (an example in the bottom picture above). More about these early “animators” at Discovery News. (via kottke)
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Paleolithic Cave Paintings - Perhaps the First Films?

Confused by what those pictures have to do with one another? Read on…

Some cave drawings, like those found in France’s Chauvet Cave at top, show animals drawn using sequential pieces that suggest movement. A horse’s head drawn in three parts, drooping toward the ground, or a multi-legged running deer. When they are looped back, as in the following video by archaeologist Marc Azéma, the use of moving pictures as a storytelling technique becomes more clear: 

But just how would these ancient peoples make the pictures move? Flickering light like that from a torch can give the illusion of motion, readily within their technological know-how.

But perhaps most interestingly, round bone “pendants” dating from this era have been found that resemble thaumatropes, spinning discs that create a two-frame scene that were popular in Victorian times (an example in the bottom picture above).

More about these early “animators” at Discovery News.

(via kottke)

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