3D Zoetrope "Get Animated" at the California State Fair 

This Zoetrope has moved to Museum of Science & History 1025 Museum Circle Jacksonville, FL 32207 It is amazing to see it live!

You could just stare at that all day. There is just so much happening! 😀👍 Infact so complex.

I'm almost 8 years late on this but I just recently got into the history of the tropes, animation, and photography. It's extremely fascinating.

You got all the classics: The Simpsons, Mr. Bill, Gumby, Pink Panther, and the oldest toon, of all, Felix the Cat!

12 years late, but I think these are great. We are talking about the history of film in my media class and the textbook mentioned one of these so I had to see for myself. Wasn't disappointed 😁

The disk spins at about 60rpm (1 revolution per second) and the strobes flash 15 times each revolution or ~ 15 flashes per second. I set my camera to record at 15 frames per second (frame averaging) and the camera syncs on the strobes pretty well. Many phone cams use 15fps as standard so they can get a reasonable image but most handy cames are at 30fps so most of the frames will appear black.

How does this not have over a million views?

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.. AND THE MUSIC IS A FANTASTIC ACCOMPANIMENT THANK YOU FOR SHARING

Потрясающе! Впечатлилась! Спасибо, что показали. Музыка-это что-то!

That’s really cool! Thanks for sharing!

I know it's a funny thing to concentrate on, but man, the way it looks like Bart Simpson keeps skateboarding around Homer at the bottom of the zoetrope always makes me smile...😊❤

Absolutely mesmerizing. With the computer-design and 3D printing now available, you guys should consider taking commissions for more of these.

50%of commenters: “Incredible work of art!” The other 50%: “But that beat, tho!”

I love zoetropes. Thank you.

This is oddly adorable

It was nice to see a couple of characters from my childhood, pink panther and Mr. Bill

Absolutely wonderful, fascinating

Amazing work

This zoetrope will be at the California State Fair in Sacramento July 12-28, 2024. You should see it live, it's amazing!

Cash on cash out made me come back to watch how all this is made 🔥

Excellent creativity, the background music is superb.

This is fantastic!

A true work of art, even when it's not spinning !

very beautiful

Stunning.

*THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLY 100% AWESOME!* *Thank you!*

Mr. Bill! Nice deep cut.

Amazing!

¡¡Impresionante mix de personajes, un enorme trabajo!!! Saludos desde Argentina.

The BEST I’ve ever seen

Oddly effective and appropriate music selection.

I used a Sony HD 3CCD camera and was filming at 1080i. This camera has the capability of changing the shutter rate to 15 frames per second. The strobe rate is very near to this rate so the camera can sync on most of the frames. I am not sure why your comment was removed?

Wow omg amazing really amazing video

Awesome!

Amazing!!

Freakin amazing!

I remember seeing this going to the fair it was awesome

Wonderful cast of characters. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

This Zoetrope is moving to the Comic-Con museum in San Diego in Feb 2023

I had a question if this was real... Yes this is a video of the actual Zoetrope that was running at the state Fair. Seeing it in person is actually much better! This Zoetrope is currently in Redding at the Turtle Bay Exploration park

The original motor was a 3/4 HP AC motor with Cap start. There was a limited slip clutch plate after the gear reduction. We changed the motor to a 2HP DC motor with motor controller. We elimitated the slip plate.

That's a whole lot of fun.

What an interesting video!

So impressive & enjoyable

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Awesome, Amazing 😮😮👍👍

I've just watched Pharell's latest music video and it's freakin sick to be seeing this concept now! 🔥🔥🔥

Yes it is ok to use part if this video

I love the Mister Bill reference...LOL Great video.

FASCINANTE!

Its not that loud. If you listen carefully you can hear the low rumbling of the spinning table under the music soundtrack. The sound was recorded with a standard hand held video camera which picked up the sound from the speakers along with all other ambient sound. You hear a 1hp electric motor driving the 6ft platter with a 40Hp gear reducer. The platter rests on 6 large roller blade wheels to take most of the weight of the platform.

this is insane :-)

I like this video because it's actually using the strobe. I don't mind the occasional flashes.

great! I like it 😃

The number of figures you use depends on the strobe rate The Pixar zoetrope uses 18 as the standstill strobe rate. I use 15 strobes per second as the standstill rate so it is easily filmed by a phone camera.

Marvelous

Now imagine that each individual movement goes off into it's own parallel dimension.......

The voice actor at the beginning is Bill Farmer, the voice of Disney's Goofy.

Hi Sean those are posable off the shelf models. They were purchased by stage 9 in Sacramento

Why did I get this 13 years later?

this will work although most record players only turn at 45rpm max. You should try an LED style strobe. The standard xenon flash tube party strobes are very insense, hard to look at, and do not have a fast flash rate. I used a record player to make a zoetrope that has 12 lego characters and I modified a party strobe so it would flash at 20% of its normal intensity but at a higher flash rate. I have used this for teaching in classrooms and it worked well.

Who would downvote this?! Super cool! Looks like a kooky animation. Amazing.

I never knew such a thing existed until now

Our brains and eyes are great!

Why would you say that... You need to see it in person. The concept of 3D animation is amazing.

The wheel is spinning at 60rpm. The strobes stop the action so you can see it. (15 flashes per second 1/1000 flash duration) I syncronized the camera shutter speed to the strobes to take the video.

Not everyone knows who Mr. Bill is. Great addition.

Okeeeeyy let's go!

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Superb

I hope it won first place!!!

@DrGaryAden I appreciate your reply. I felt bad after I second guessed myself.

Lighting Effect Change The Art ❤❤❤

GENIAL...!

You sir are a Garden!

Blur is usually caused by the strobe "on time". Depending upon the diameter and speed of your zoetrope you will need about 1/1000 sec "on time". What are you using for a strobe.

That was bad Ass !

12 years later this is fascinating , I am actually working on making a 2d zoetrope inspired by cultural dance we have in Kuwait so my concept is to capture the rhythm of the dancers through their motions so I am cutting their silhouette out of paper + layering other details like their clothes hair etc.., the thing is I am kinda stuck in figuring out what speed the desk should spin how many figures should I include to make the motion smooth enough to see it in real eyes not on camera , I am not good at physics lol …but I really want to do it for an art studio project .. it’s seams that you have a lot of knowledge about zoetropes and how they work I Would love to hear your advice

What RPM does this spin at? Also, does the effect rely on a strobe light or a particular framerate on the camera?

13 years late, I'm 56 and understand how they work but I still question myself every time lol.

The animation effect requires distinct "frames" to work. Otherwise, it will just be a blur. Using a camera with an appropriate frame rate is one way to do it. If you want to see it in real life without a camera, you could instead use a strobe light with a suitable flash frequency.

WOW !!!⭐️💫❤️💕❤️

@DrGaryAden I appreciate your reply. I second guessed myself after I asked the question. I then I removed my own post. For that you're owed an apology.

Great! I just saw this. Thanks for posting. How did you get such clear unflickering shots?

and I’m still wondering how these things work

Our childhood in a nutshell.

Obviously the work of intoxicated alien pranksters. No normal human would attempt such a thing even if it were possible

I'm glad these didn't exist 50 years ago when I was an LSD enthusiast. I might be twiddling my thumbs in a cave somewhere.

super

Now i understand the op of mob psycho

Hi Davide, you don't need to flash so slow for a video camera to have difficulty catching the image. The "on" time is only 1/1000 of a second for my strobe, your eye has persistence of vision so you can see if bright enough. Your phone video camera might record at 1/60 of a second per frame so it could see mostly black if not synced.

Cool

Incredible! Is this actually ''real''?.... or like a cartoon? -if done by strobes, not sure exactly how it works, but looks amazing.

Love

I need to know how big is your platform and how much weight you are spinning. A large 6ft zoetrope used a 3HP motor while a small 2ft zoetrope would use a 1/4 HP motor

Did this come before or after the Toy Story zoetrope that used to be in Disneyland? I know a zoetrope isn’t that new of an idea, but the similarities between the animation movements of these two are SO similar. Buzz light year is on a ball and aliens are jumping into a hole. There are videos of it too.

wow amizing

They have the exact same one at the pne

Anyone remember bart vs the world nintendo game? You had to ride the skateboard on the great wall of china hard af lol.

Beaucoup de travail 👍