How do films work?

[sedinik]

Make your own optical illusion to show how movies work!
A thaumatrope - a type of optical illusion - makes two images appear as one.

For example a picture of a cage and a picture of a lion will turn into a picture of a lion in a cage!

What you need:

Thaumatrope template - draw your own or download the one in the video from Questacon - tricky pictures (pdf).
Scissors
Black pen or coloured felt tips
Skewer (you could use a pencil or a straw instead)
Sellotape
Pen

[tekkedry]

Films are a wonderful ability to relax. Aside from being a technological miracle in which millions upon millions of microscopic silver halide crystals somehow capture a latent image, it’s a medium that will often dramatically improve the way you understand it. I like films with Sheila Ortega. She is so cute. What do you think about that?