Gertie the dinosaur

History of Animation

  • First book about animation

    First book about animation
    Peter Mark Roget published "Persistence of Vision with Regard to Moving Objects." This book presented the idea that still pictures can still create motion .
  • Creation of the Praxinoscope

    Creation of the Praxinoscope
    he praxinoscope, invented in 1877 by Charles-Émile Reynaud, was made by using strips of picture around the inside of a circle, and a set of mirrors on another circle inside the original. When the wheel turned, it seemes as though the images would move
  • First Movie Camera Invented

    First Movie Camera Invented
    Louis Le Prince created the first movie camara
  • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
    A short film created in 1906 directed by James Stuart Blackton. In the cartoon, animated hand-drawn scenes appear on a chalkboard, such as a clown playing with a hat and a dog jumping through a hoop. In the beginning, though, the cartoonist's hands are included, too, as he draws the first several lines on the chalkboard in standard live action.
  • Gertie the Dinosaur

    Gertie the Dinosaur
    Gertie the dinosaur performs for an audience with a ringmaster giving her commands.
  • "Felix the Cat"

    "Felix the Cat"
    Pat Sullivan created an American cartoon called "Felix the Cat"
  • Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

    Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
    Walt Disney created Oswald shortly before coming up with Mickey and Minnie Mouse
  • Start of luney tunes

    Start of luney tunes
    Looney Tunes is an American animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros.
  • The First Animation with color

    The First Animation with color
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the First Animation with color also made by Walt Disney
  • Mr. Bug goes to town

    Mr. Bug goes to town
    This was the first full-length animated musical
  • First movie to use CGI animation

    First movie to use CGI animation
    It is the first commercial film to attempt to make a realistic computer generated character
  • The first full-length 3D CG feature film

     The first full-length 3D CG feature film
    Toy Story is the first full-length 3D CG feature film
  • Rotoscoping

    Rotoscoping
    ohn Bray patents rotoscoping which was developed by Max Fleischer