rotoscope -brianj

Rotoscoping was first created by the animator Max Fleischer, for his short comedy animation series, out of the inkwell. the series was created in 1915, and was created with his brother david Fleischer dressed as a clown as the direct reference for koko the clown. rotoscoping is achieved through tracing over an already created film frame by frame. pre recorded where originally projected onto frosted glass for the animator to draw over the image. the only problem with this method is the boiling it causes, making the image look jittery and unnatural. this method was soon copied by walt disney studios, and max Fleischer intended to sue, but in the discovery of a previous device, similar to the rotoscope, fleischer dropped his charges.