History of Animation

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  • Phenakistoscope

    Phenakistoscope
    Joseph Plateau developed the phenakistoscope which was the first device used for animation.

  • Rotoscoping

    Rotoscoping
    Max Fleischer creates the rotoscope which was an animation technique.

  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie
    Steamboat Willie was created by Walt Disney and was an animated black and white short film.

  • Snow White

    Snow White
    Snow White was Disney's first animated film and it had a budget of $1.4 million. It is now top ten in the highest grossing movies of all time.

  • Flintstones

    Flintstones
    The Flintstones was the first animated TV show.

  • 3D CGI

    3D CGI
    3D CGI was invented sometime in the 1970s by Peter Folds.

  • Westworld

    Westworld
    Westworld was the first movie to use CGI and it was released in 1973.

  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    First full length movie to use animation and live action at the same time.

  • Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park
    Jurassic Park was directed by Steven Spielberg and was released in 1993. The dinosaurs were made using animatronics and CGI.

  • Toy Story

    Toy Story
    Toy Story was the first full movie that used 3D CGI and it was produced by Disney.

  • Toy Story 3

    Toy Story 3
    First animated film to generate $1 billion and used 7.1 Dolby sound.

  • Paranorman

    Paranorman
    First movie to use a 3D printer for the models.