[Frameworks] persistence

[Huckleberry Lain]

So, the after image is just a phenomenon on it's own?

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Pip Chodorov <frameworks at re-voir.com> wrote:

> Persistence of vision is when an image remains on the retina, like a
> flash can leave a trace for a few minutes on your field of vision. If
> persistence of vision were operating during the perception of a film,
> each frame would stay impregnated on the retina. We would not
> perceive the illusion of motion, but all the still frames
> superimposing. The correct phenomenon responsible for the illusion of
> motion in cinema is the Phi Phenomenon. The movement appears during
> the black space between individual frames. If there is no
> relationship between the images, as in a flicker film, then the
> illusion will not be of motion but of flicker, for example.
>
>
>
> At 9:14 -0700 6/07/10, Huckleberry Lain wrote:
> >It was always my understanding that the "persistence of vision" is
> >the phenomenon that creates an after image.  But you have
> >been separating the two within your analysis.  Could you explain
> >further?  I suppose maybe a more proper term would be "motion blur",
> >but even then it's not quite right.
> >thanks,
> >huck
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