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latest occurence of early animation
The magic lantern is an early predecessor of the modern day projector. It consisted of a translucent oil painting, a simple lens and a candle or oil lamp. In a darkened room, the image would appear projected onto an adjacent flat surface. Some slides for the lanterns contained moving parts, which makes the magic lantern the earliest known example of projected animation. Source: <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation' > -
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Types of animations over time
Some Tecniques of early animation where used from toys to the simple flip book. Here are some examples: Thaumatrope (1824), Phenakistoscope (1831), Zoetrope (1834), Flip book (1868), Praxinoscope (1877). Most of these where strips of paper on a rotating cylinder as each frame would skim by. Ex: Phenakistoscope -
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Winsor McCay
Winsor McCay was a american cartoonist and animator. Two of his noble works are Gertie the Dinosaur and Little Nemo. -
Gerdie the Dinosaur.
an animated short film by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. It is the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur. McCay first used the film before live audiences as an interactive part of his vaudeville act; the frisky, childlike Gertie did tricks at the command of her master.
