{"id":63,"date":"2019-04-24T16:19:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T23:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ruthhayes\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2021-10-07T21:53:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T04:53:23","slug":"pre-cinema-animation-in-the-post-cinema-age","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ruthhayes\/pre-cinema-animation-in-the-post-cinema-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Cinema Animation in the Post Cinema Age"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my own creative work, I\u2019ve produced flipbooks, zoetrope strips<\/a> and praxinoscope disks as a way to generate images and ideas.\u00a0 But these and other pre-cinema approaches are also really great teaching tools.\u00a0 They are a low stakes way to try out ideas and learn basic animation principles.\u00a0 As objects, they are in some ways more accessible than single channel linear animated film or video.<\/p>\n

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Turntable Praxinoscope with Intaglio Disk by Karlee<\/p><\/div>\n

In Drawing Outside the Lines, my co-faculty, Lisa Sweet<\/a>, and I asked students to combine two antiquated technologies in their image-making by creating copperplate etched disks for praxinoscopes they made from repurposed record turntables.<\/p>\n

After workshops in creating disks, drawing 6 frame animation cycles and repurposing turntables, the students executed the following assignments:<\/p>\n

Praxinoscope I (aka, half-moon)<\/h2>\n

Assigned:\u00a0 Mon., week 1
\nDrawing\/mock-up due Thurs., week 2 in critique<\/p>\n

Between week 2 and Tues. week 7, develop an intaglio plate, make 10 impressions in variety of \u2018state print\u2019 half-moon praxinoscopes on full size paper (i.e. paper that will accommodate a complete sphere praxinoscope image) employing a wide range of colors, values, transparencies in your use of ink. These prints will be used in an on-going collaborative \u2013 and somewhat contingent \u2013 process of developing full praxinoscopes through over-printing.<\/p>\n

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Print fest!\u00a0 Tues. week 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
\nSelect five<\/em> praxinoscopes by peers to complete by printing the other half of the sphere.\u00a0 Prints\/ink must be dry by Tues. week 8.<\/p>\n

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Second printing assigned:\u00a0 Tues. week 8
\nSelect three<\/em> praxinoscopes to over-print.\u00a0 Prints\/ink must be dry by Tues. week 9.<\/p>\n

Last printing assigned:\u00a0 Tues. week 9
\nSelect two<\/em> praxinoscopes by peers to over-print.\u00a0 Prints <\/strong>must be dried flat in the editioning racks<\/strong> and ink must be dry by Tues. week 10.<\/p>\n

Praxinoscope II (aka, full-moon)<\/h2>\n

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Assigned:\u00a0 Mon. week 5
\nDrawing\/mock-up due Thurs. week 6<\/p>\n

Final flat printed praxinoscopes due Tues. week 10<\/p>\n

These praxinoscopes will permit you an opportunity to make a final independent praxinoscope of your own design.\u00a0 (these also afford you the opportunity to establish a print exchange, in which every student receives a portfolio of praxinoscopes representing the work of everyone in the program!)<\/em><\/p>\n

To see some wonderful pictures of the Praxinoscope Project show, go to the Photoland<\/a> site and scroll down about a third of a page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my own creative work, I\u2019ve produced flipbooks, zoetrope strips and praxinoscope disks as a way to generate images and ideas.\u00a0 But these and other pre-cinema approaches are also really great teaching tools.\u00a0 They are a low stakes way to try out ideas and learn basic animation principles.\u00a0 As objects, they are in some ways […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3910,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ruthhayes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ruthhayes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ruthhayes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ruthhayes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ruthhayes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ruthhayes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ruthhayes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ruthhayes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}