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Step 6Enjoy the Animation
To use it in natural light, you should cut a hole in the base of the canister to increase the illumination.
The pen/pencil stuck through the lid can be spun between your hands by rubbing them together. Look through the rotating slits at the frames inside to get the illusion of motion.
You may need to orient the hole you have cut towards the window or other source of light. Stand with your back to the light so that the frames you're viewing are illuminated directly.
It's possible to put more than one animation in your Zoetrope, but leave a gap between them that you can look through.
If you make your own animation files, please link to them in the comments, or send them to me and I'll add them here.
It is almost impossible to record the visual illusion on video. I've tried using a maglite instead of a pen to maximise the illumination, and rotated it on a turntable to create the video. Hence it's the other way up.
The 58rpm-ish which it works best at (in the movie 78rpm slowed down using a pitch controller on a DJ turntable) interferes pretty badly with the frame capture rate of the camera itself so this illusion is best seen with the naked eye. You'll just have to build it yourself to see - only takes 5 minutes!
The Filmcan Zoetrope was conceived as part of a Curiosity Collective workshop.
For links to other people's filmcan projects, try this page
The pen/pencil stuck through the lid can be spun between your hands by rubbing them together. Look through the rotating slits at the frames inside to get the illusion of motion.
You may need to orient the hole you have cut towards the window or other source of light. Stand with your back to the light so that the frames you're viewing are illuminated directly.
It's possible to put more than one animation in your Zoetrope, but leave a gap between them that you can look through.
If you make your own animation files, please link to them in the comments, or send them to me and I'll add them here.
It is almost impossible to record the visual illusion on video. I've tried using a maglite instead of a pen to maximise the illumination, and rotated it on a turntable to create the video. Hence it's the other way up.
The 58rpm-ish which it works best at (in the movie 78rpm slowed down using a pitch controller on a DJ turntable) interferes pretty badly with the frame capture rate of the camera itself so this illusion is best seen with the naked eye. You'll just have to build it yourself to see - only takes 5 minutes!
The Filmcan Zoetrope was conceived as part of a Curiosity Collective workshop.
For links to other people's filmcan projects, try this page
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