Toy Story Zoetrope currently installed at DCA
 

The Zoetrope I saw at the PIXAR MoMA exhibit is currently on display in the Animation building at DCA. You should go check it out.

I will ... if I'm ever in DCA.


(They have a really cute Candy Corn farm for Halloween though)

Where in the animation building?

In the area where they have the artwork and maquettes.

Oh, thanks Steph!

This way I can go strieght to it and not spend any more time in DCA than nessisary!





J/K... I don't mind DCA.

For an AP Lounge. ;)

Okay, I kinda remember seeing this thread and thinking "whoopee, another zoetrope in the Animation Building," thinking of the ones that have been installed from the beginning, in where you can draw your own.

And Steph's original RtS mention of it didn't give much detail either.

Now I've seen it.

Oh
My
God.

This is NOT your typical "put a strip of paper in a wheel with some slits" zoetrope. Fully 3 dimensional, huge, with 6 different animated sequences coming to life simultaneously before your eyes. And PERFECTLY engineered and timed.

Blown away.

There was a woman and little boy looking at it while it wasn't moving. They started to walk away just as it began to spin and I told them they had to watch. I couldn't stand for someone to come so close and then miss something so amazing.

I concur with Greg. That was exactly my impression going in having it described to me minutes before heading over to the animation building and I was totally blown away. Will upload video to some website at some point.

OOh more great video from NirvanaMan. That was incredible, I had no idea what to expect from it and like everyone else, had my socks blown off.

Socks.... off...

I knew what to expect since I have seen the INCREDIBLE Totoro zoetrpoe at the Ghibli Museum. None the less, it was still fantastic to see. I watched it several times and got a complete thrill when it started up, the lights dimmed and, suddenly, the strobes came on and the audience all "OOOHHH"ed in unison.

We got video as well but it does it no justice, as the frame rate doesn't match well. If you've seen it you know what you're looking at, but if you don't, meh.

You have to see it for yourself, it's incredible (as I said multiple times on video).

Hah, jinx. I'm sure the Totoro one is an all caps INCREDIBLE. :)

I can't find any video of the Totoro Zoetrope, but there's a picture (and other pictures from the museum) here.

Well, I did find some video, but neither is very good. One and Two

I can vouch for the one in Japan (since we were oohing and aahing along with NA and €uro)... but the Toy Story one is equally cool - and a shorter drive from our house.

We saw this too, and loved it. Really well executed.:)