Persistence of vision

Persistence of vision is when the eye is misled into thinking that sequences of image frames are in motion as one. This is when the frames are shown at a faster rate to the human eye. The eyes send messages to the brain identifying that the photos are single frames. As the images are shown with increase of speed the eye merges the images into one to make a single moving image. When the rate of the moving image is shown at a slower rate the animation can be seen as less smooth and stuttered decreasing the fluidity of the overall animation. The more frames per seconds the smoother the animation is shown.

There were 3 inventors that helped develop the animation industry during the 19^th Century these inventors are known as the pioneers of animation.

In 1833 the first recorded animation invention was made. William George Horner invented the Zoetrope. This small invention produced enough frames for half a second of animation. This was the beginning. Though it was new and exciting it lacked duration the small cylinder had limited viewing time. 

Later on Thomas Edison invented the Kinetoscope in 1888. This was a big step from the previous invention Zoetrope producing longer frames of animation. The animation would be viewed by a person standing over the box and looking into the glass. A later version was invented allowing the viewer to experience sound with animation. This was a giant leap for the animation industry.

In 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumière were the first to show film publicly. Never before had animation been show to a large audience. The earlier cinema was easily superior compared to its predecessors the zoetrope and the Kinetoscope allowing more than one individual to view animation for longer periods of time. Now that sound was available with animation it was more enjoyable. One of the first films ever shown was the workers leaving the factory.