History of Animation

By SuperZL

  • Steam Boat Willie

    Steam Boat Willie
    Date: 7/29/1928 Description: Steam Boat Willie, created by Walt Disney, was the First full Synchronized sound animation to be released, and the debut of Mickey and Minnie "Animation Timeline." Animation Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016. "Steamboat Willie." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016. (for image)

  • Merrie Melodies

    Merrie Melodies
    Date: 1931
    Description: Merrie Melodies was part of the golden age of animation and was the start of warner bros studios.
    Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N08QRmELx4
    "Merrie Melodies." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.
    By the mid '80s, with Help from Cable Channels Such as The Disney Channel and Nickolodeon, Cartoons Were Ubiquitous on TV. "Early Waysof Showingmotion." History of Animation. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
    Date: 1/13/1938 Description: The first full length film to be released in the US and became a popular hit and was strides and leaps forward in the animation industry "History of Animation Timeline." History of Animation Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 Film)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtWcPgDjPrM
    DisneyMoviesOnDemand. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Trailer." YouTube. YouTube,

  • The Flinstones

    The Flinstones
    Date: 8/30/60
    Description: the first animated series to be aired on prime time TV and lead the way to many more animations like it to be created
    Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PPf3aaZmUw
    By the mid '80s, with Help from Cable Channels Such as The Disney Channel and Nickolodeon, Cartoons Were Ubiquitous on TV. "Early Waysof Showingmotion." History of Animation. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.

  • First Computer Generated 3D animation

    First Computer Generated 3D animation
    Date: 1972
    Description: Ed Catmull created the first 3D animation that was a short video of a model of his moving hand using a computer scripted language
    Links: https://vimeo.com/16292363
    "Redirect Notice." Redirect Notice. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
    "Animation Timeline." Animation Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

  • Tron

    Tron
    Date: 1982
    Description: was the first first movie to have a CG premise making it look like someone one had animated bits and cool edited bits on them
    Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3efV2wqEjEY
    "Animation Timeline." Animation Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
    "Tron." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

  • The Last Starfighter

    The Last Starfighter
    Date: 1984
    Description: was the first movie to use CG instead of Models for special effects. this helps in the future because now we can make whole scenes of realistic things without having to distort a picture with a model in it
    Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7NaxBxFWSo
    "Animation Timeline." Animation Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
    "George Spigot's Blog." George Spigots Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

  • The Adventures of Andre and Walley B

    The Adventures of Andre and Walley B
    Date 12/18/1984
    Description: was the first fully computer CGI animated film, witch was a break through in making movies because now they didn't have to draw everything
    Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qha0kEeVl0
    "Pixar." Pixar. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.
    "The Adventures of André and Wally B." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.

  • Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park
    Date:1993
    Description: used CG animation to make living creatures that interacted with objects and people in the movie. this was a great contribution to film making because once again less models
    Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc0UehYemQA
    "Animation Timeline." Animation Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

  • Toy Story

    Toy Story
    Date: 1995
    Description: was the first full length 3D animated film to be created. was created by pixar and became a 4 part series inspiring many other movies like it mostly made by pixar
    Links:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYz2wyBy3kc
    "Do You Really Remember Toy Story 1?" Playbuzz. N.p., 31 Mar. 2015. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
    "Animation Timeline." Animation Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.

  • Willow

    Willow
    Date: 1998
    Description: Was the first movie to use animation to make something morph within a live action film, and by morphing you've seen transformers so think of that but with an animal into another animal.
    Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKzbsDG58pc
    "Animation Timeline." Animation Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.