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Magic drum
In this activity students make their own zoetrope, which creates the illusion of a moving pictures by rapidly spinning individual static pictures. A movie is traditionally made from 24 frames of individual images played per second to create the moving picture. Originally a vintage toy from the 1830s, a zoetrope (translated from the Greek ‘wheel of life’) applies the same principles filmmakers have used since the start of cinema.
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