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MAGIC LANTERN
The Magic Lantern is an image projector using pictures on sheets of glass. Since some sheets contain moving parts, it is considered the first example of projected animation. -
THAUMATROPE
he thaumatrope housed a rotating mechanism with a different picture on each side.
When rotated, you saw a combined picture (known as persistence of vision). -
PHENAKITOSCOPE
The phenakitoscope featured spinning disks reflected in mirrors that
made it seem like the pictures were moving. -
ZOETROPE
The zoetrope was a hollow drum that housed images on long interchangeable
strips that spin and made the images appear to move. -
FLIP-BOOK
The flip-book, also known as the kineograph, reached a wide audience and is credited
with inspiring early animators more than the machines developed in this era. -
MOVIEOLA/PRAXINOSCOPE
The praxinoscope expanded on the zoetrope, using multiple wheels to rotate images.
It is considered to have shown the first prototypes of the animated cartoon. -
THE SILENT ERA
The early 20th century marks the beginning of theatrical showings of cartoons, especially in the United States and France. Many animators form studios, with Bray Studios in New York proving the most successful of this era. Bray helped launch the careers of the cartoonists that created Mighty Mouse, Betty Boop, and Woody Woodpecker. -
GERTIE THE DINOSAUR
is considered the first cartoon to feature
an appealing character. -
FELIX THE CAT
Musical Mews and Feline Follies introduced Felix the Cat—often considered the first animated movie star -
STEAMBOAT WILLIE
featuring Mickey Mouse—becomes the first cartoon with the sound printed on the film,
and is the first notable success for Walt Disney Studios, founded in Los Angeles in 1923.
