Rollers

Roller 1

Roller 2

What happens when you roll it?
The roller is a very simple object. It is simply a piece of paper folded in half with two pictures on each of the sides, you simply place a pencil on the top image and you roll the piece of paper to the top, until you can see the bottom image. You then roll the piece of paper down to create an illusion which will make you think that the image is moving. In this roller it was a image of a robot bouncing up and down.

What happens when you roll my second one?
This was the same idea as before however, In this roller I did a ball bouncing. I thought this one was better as the movement was more fluid and I felt the animation was better.

Are these rollers animation?
As with the thaumatrope, yes it is animation but it very basic as like the taumatrope you can only have what is on the image. You cannot add anything to it. You also cannot change the way in which you are viewing it,

What sort of actions work best? Why?
The actions that usually works best is something bouncing up or down. For example a ball bouncing on the floor. This usually works best because if it something else then the image will just look like it teleporting between to positions. For example, if you wanted to add more complicated movements then the image would not move smoothly.

What can’t they do?
As the thaumatrope it is extremely limited. For example you cannot add anything else than the image into the frame as then it becomes confusing and the images start to teleport.

How easy are they to make?
They are extremely easy to make compared to the thaumatrope as it only took me a couple of minitues and you only need a pencil and a sheet of paper.