A metal plate pierced with rows of holes through which pins are pushed to give shadows of variable density when obliquely lit, used to create images which are then filmed frame by frame to produce an animation.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in John Halas (1912–1995), film animator.
Definition of pinscreen in US English:
pinscreen
noun
historical
A metal plate pierced with rows of holes through which pins are pushed to give shadows of variable density when obliquely lit, used to create images which are then filmed frame by frame to produce an animation.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in John Halas (1912–1995), film animator.