animation

The phenakistoscope was an early animation device.[9] It was invented in 1831, simultaneously by the Belgian Joseph Plateau and the Austrian Simon von Stampfer.

Jan 1, 1831

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John Barnes Linnett patented the first flip book in 1868 as the kineograph.

Jan 1, 1868

A flip book is a small book with relatively springy pages, each having one in a series of animation images located near its unbound edge.

Reynaud created the Praxinoscope in 1877 and the Théâtre Optique in December 1888

Jan 1, 1877

On 28 October 1892, he projected the first animation in public, Pauvre Pierrot, at the Musée Grévin in Paris.
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In 1906, Blackton also made the first drawn work of animation on standard film, Humorous Phases of Funny Faces.

Sep 25, 1906

It features faces that are drawn on a chalkboard and then suddenly move autonomously.
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Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 animated short film by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. It is the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur.

Jan 1, 1914

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First appearance "Feline Follies" (1919)Created by Pat SullivanOtto Messmer

Jan 1, 1919

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Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.

Jan 1, 1928

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Stop motion

Sep 25, 1933

This process is used for many productions, for example, the most common types of puppets are clay puppets

Many consider Walt Disney's 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs the first animated feature film,

Jan 1, 1937

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The television era

Sep 25, 1951

Color television was introduced to the US Market in 1951.
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