Editing Zoetrope (section)

==Contemporary media uses==
Since the late 20th century, zoetropes have seen occasional use for artwork, entertainment, marketing and other media use, notably as linear zoetropes and 3D zoetropes (see above).{{Citation needed |date=July 2023}}

Making a zoetrope has also become a relatively common arts and crafts assignment and a means to explain some of the technical and optical principles of film and motion viewing in educational programs.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ives |first=Rob |title=Make Your Own Movie Machine: Build a Paper Zoetrope and Learn to Make Animation Cells |publisher=Dover Publications |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-486-77979-9}}</ref>

===In popular culture===
[[Blue Man Group]] uses a zoetrope at their shows in Las Vegas and in the [[Blue Man Group (Universal Orlando)|Sharp Aquos Theater in Universal Studios (in Orlando, Florida)]].{{Citation needed |date=July 2023}}

The 1999 film ''[[House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)|House on Haunted Hill]]'' uses a man-sized zoetrope chamber as a twisted horror theme.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=David Annwn |title=Gothic Effigy: A Guide to Dark Visibilities |isbn=9781526101242 |year=2018 |publisher=Manchester University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3W4CEAAAQBAJ}}</ref>

In 2007, an image of a zoetrope was unveiled as one of [[BBC Two]]'s [[BBC Two 'Window on the World' idents|new idents]]: a futuristic city with flying cars seen through the shape of the number two.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC2 rolls out new idents |website=The Guardian |date=2007-02-06 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/feb/16/bbc.broadcasting1 |accessdate=2024-06-03}}</ref>

[[File:911 Zoetrope.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|9/11 Zoetrope by Scott Blake]]
In 2011, [[Scott Blake]] created a "[[September 11 attacks|9/11]] Zoetrope" allowing viewers to watch a continuous reenactment of [[United Airlines Flight 175]] crashing into the [[Two World Trade Center|South Tower]] of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]].<ref>[http://nymag.com/news/9-11/10th-anniversary/collected-works/ The Collected Works: How artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, video-game designers, and quilters responded to the attacks of 9/11] – ''[[New York Magazine]]'', Published August 27, 2011.</ref>

In 2012 animation studio Sehsucht, Berlin created the opener to the 2012 [[MTV Europe Music Awards]]. The [[CGI animation]] features a 3D zoetrope that shows a story of the American Dream. The animation followed the lives of Roxxy and Seth, who, through social media and popularity reach the height of their success playing at the EMA's atop the zoetrope carousel. It was directed by Mate Steinforth and produced by Christina Geller.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://christinageller.com/animation-producer/zoetrope-animation-mtv-ema-opener-2012/ |title=Zoetrope Animation – MTV EMA Opener 2012 {{!}} Sehsucht |access-date=September 14, 2016 |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924232426/http://christinageller.com/animation-producer/zoetrope-animation-mtv-ema-opener-2012/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2013, director [[Jeff Zwart]] created a two-minute film, "Forza/Filmspeed", promoting [[Forza Motorsport 5]]. The production placed high resolution still images from the game on panels around [[Barber Motorsports Park]] and filmed them from a camera attached to a [[McLaren MP4-12C]] sports car.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5fiJ49-o_8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/-5fiJ49-o_8| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Forza Motorsport 5: FilmSpeed [ESPN TV Commercial] Official Ad|date=September 19, 2013|via=YouTube|access-date=August 20, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcocreate.com/3017831/how-the-worlds-fastest-camera-was-created-for-forza-motorsport-5|title=How The World's Fastest Camera Was Created for Forza Motorsport 5|work=Co.Create|date=September 19, 2013|access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130920/CARNEWS01/130929974|title='Forza Motorsport 5' goes meta in new TV spot|date=September 19, 2013|access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref>

In the 2016 horror film ''[[The Conjuring 2]]'', there is the usage of a zoetrope in one of the scenes.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wetmore, Jr. |first=Kevin J. |title=Devil's Advocates: The Conjuring |publisher=Auteur |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-80085-927-2 |page=73}}</ref>

In 2019, the second season of the anime adaptation of [[One (manga artist)|ONE]]'s manga [[Mob Psycho 100]] features a 3D rendering of a zoetrope in its opening credit sequence.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/epZaT8B31-g Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190108083326/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epZaT8B31-g&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epZaT8B31-g| title = Mob Psycho 100 II - Opening {{!}} 99.9 | website=[[YouTube]]| date = January 7, 2019 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2022, the official music video for [[Pharrell Williams]]'s song "[[Cash In Cash Out]]" makes use of a computer-animated 3D zoetrope. The video, directed by Francois Rousselet, took a little over a year to create.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Stephen |date=2022-06-11 |title=Pharrell Williams "Cash In Cash Out" Music Video ft. 21 Savage and Tyler, the Creator |url=https://www.stashmedia.tv/pharrell-williams-cash-in-cash-out-music-video-ft-21-savage-and-tyler-the-creator/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Motion design - STASH |language=en}}</ref> It features [[claymation]]-like versions of Williams, [[21 Savage]], and [[Tyler, the Creator]] moving through a lavish rotating set, including a jewelry-sporting detached hand playing a piano and a road paved with money.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-10 |title=Inside Pharrell's Groundbreaking New Video With Tyler and 21 Savage |url=https://www.gq.com/story/pharrell-tyler-21-savage-cash-in-cash-out |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=GQ |language=en-US}}</ref>