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the magic lantern was a image projector that used pictures on glass. Some had moving parts making them the first projected animations.
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Many inventions were created during this time that made the illusion of movement. Some of these mechanisms were the Thaumatrope, Phenakitoscope, zoetrope and the Movieola.
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One of the first known animated shorts was made by J. Stuart Blackton in 1906. It was made using chalk, a chalkboard and a camera.
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A french short by Emile Cohl from 1908. First traditional (hand-drawn) animation.
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Considered to be the first animated star.
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Movie made using puppets/ stop moition
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Between the 30s and 50s is what people considered the golden age of animation, it's the time when animated features became part of pop culture and well known and loved companies started like Walt Disney, Warner brothers animation and fleischer.
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First full length animated film made by the Walt Disney company in 1937. It had over one million cels!
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First stop motion tv series
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First tv series in colour
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Created by Hanna barbera, The flintstones was the first cartoon sitcom series to air on prime-time tv
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The first x rated animated film
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A Canadian hand drawn film, one of the first to contain computer generated imagery
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The first CG short made by the Graphics group (later Pixar)
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The first full length clay animated film
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The first animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
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The first full length CG animated film made by Pixar.
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Shrek was a CG animated film created by Dreamworks. It was the first film to win the academy award for best animated feature in 2002.
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In 2002 the Oscars introduced the best animated picture to their roster for the movies from the year before (2001). The first nominations were Monsters inc, Shrek and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
