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Animation Timeline

  • The Enchanted Drawing

    The Enchanted Drawing
    A silent film by J. Stuart Blackton, made the first step to animation come to life. It was stop motion animation of a man on paper, that sometimes changes expressions when a real man does something.
  • Felix the Cat

    Felix the Cat
    Felix was truly one of the of the first icons to animation. He became a pop culture icon, with lots of merch.
  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie
    Was the first animation to be fully scored, meaning it ad music to it. Not that impressive, but it was way back when.
  • Flowers and Trees

    Flowers and Trees
    A Silly Symphony that got an Academy Reward for Best Animated Short. And, it actually had color!
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    Snow White was a full length feature film, that took 2 years to create. It practically cemented Walt Disney's name into animation history.
  • The Flintstones

    The Flintstones
    The first prime time animated show, that was extremely successful. Also, Wilma and Fred were the first couple seen in bed together.
  • The Adventures of Mark Twain

    The Adventures of Mark Twain
    The first feature length claymation film. Made from stop motion.
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit
    The first animation with animated characters and humans together since The Enchanted Drawing! It also had many studios characters together.
  • Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park
    Was a mixed media film, using stopmotion and animatronics. All of it took a year.
  • Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers

    Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
    First time using CGI Motion Capture to make Gollum. Using a real person to make a animated character!