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How do still pictures learn to move?
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The story
On a Hollywood set Quarky discovers that film is just a stack of still photos flicked past your eyes about 24 times a second. Your brain blends each picture into the next and invents smooth motion that was never really there.
What you'll learn
- Movies are made of many still frames shown very quickly.
- At around 24 frames a second your brain blends them into smooth movement.
- Animation works the same way, one drawing at a time.
- Quarky takeaway: your brain fills in gaps, which is amazing and also worth knowing.
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