Who is Emile Reynaud?
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| Emile Reynaud |
Emile Reynaud was a French pioneer, responsible for
the first projected animated cartoon films. Reynaud created
the Praxinoscope in 1877 and the Theatre Optique in
December 1888, and on 28 October 1892 he projected the first animated film in
public, Pauvre Pierrot, at the Musee Grevin in
Paris. Ryanaud was born December 8, 1844, Montreuil, France and died in a
hospice on the banks of the Seine where he had been cared for since 29 March
1917.
The praxinoscope, invented in 1877, was the first
device to overcome the picture distortion caused by viewing through moving
slots. The image produced is more brilliant than with any previous
devices. Because of this advance, it quickly replaced the zoetrope in
popularity.
The Praxinoscope
A band of pictures is placed inside a shallow outer cylinder, so that each picture is reflected by the inner set of mirrors. The number of mirrors is equal to the number of pictures, and the images of the pictures are viewed in the mirrors. When the outer cylinder rotates, the quick succession of reflected pictures gives the illusion of a moving picture. 
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