A zoetrope is a Victorian animation toy that produce the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings that are each slightly different. When you spin the zoetrope they move, just like a film clip!
Okay, are you ready to make one?
You are! Good!
Then let’s get a bit Blue Peter…
First of all you will need to download the two pdf files:
Cut out the two strips and stick them together into one long strip…
Put the strip inside the zoetrope, and spin it…
Here also is a blank template for a separate base circle in case you want to animate your own zoetrope base animation
You can get some great effects with circular animations, so it is worth having a go at creating your own…
Here is a real victorian circular animation, that inspired the one I created with Malkin for my zoetrope. If you google Victorian circular animations you will find many more examples! You could even print some of them out and try them in your zoetrope…