The Praxinoscope was first developed in 1887 by Charles-Emile Reynaud and was publicly exhibited in 1892. Raynaud's invention was the successor to the Zoetrope and similarly to the Zoetrope it used a a strip of sequential images placed around the inner surface of the cylinder. The Praxinoscope improved on the Zoetrope by replacing the small slits on the outer side of the cylinder with a column of mirrors in the centre of the device. This allowed for the images to appear as though stationary whilst the the outer cylinder moved round, giving viewers a clearer, brighter, sharper image than the Zoetrope could achieve.
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| Praxinoscope |
In 1889 Reynaud developed the Theatre Optique, which allowed for improved projections of images on a longer roll. This allowed for large audiences to watch animated sequences at the same time.
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| Theatre Optique |
Despite the fact that this was a big leap forward for animation, as it lead to the development of the Lumiere Brother's Cinematograph, it soon got pushed to the back whilst popularity rose for the Cinematograph. Although it wasn't as popular as previous forms of animation projects, the Praxinoscope was an important invention that was extremely beneficial to cinema.
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