Brinquedo óptico: um meio para a compreensão da animação quadro a quadro

Abstract

Animation as a visual product is well known by everyone, but the phenomenon and the techniques responsible for its existence are not, because of factors such as the passivity of the spectators and by erroneous explanations about the subject. Observing the practices of the past to seek the knowledge on how to propose a experience of comprehension of the phenomenons related to frame by frame animation and it’s techniques, this academic work proposes the development of a optical toy as a ludic teaching tool. Applying Löbach's product design methodology and Pazmino's analysis tools in order to achieve its objectives, the research sought to understand the knowledge that animation in optical toys offers on art and science, besides analyzing the functions and structure of similar products, to create the "Roboscope", a kit of pre- cut paper pieces for 11 year old users and above to set up their own animation machine and create frames with the knowlege acqquired by the content in the manual.