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It was a drum like object that spun around with an image on either side simulating movement. And because it's spinning it's more like a GIF in the sense that you see the same action being done over and over again.
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The Kineograph is a flip book that contains a series of pictures that vary from gradually from one page to another, and the pages are turned rapidly that make the pictures look like they are simulating motion. These were mainly used for kids.
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For the first time ever video could be recorded.
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It was the first film to use stop motion animation.
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The first stop animation is credited to J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith for Vitagraph's The Humpty Dumpty Circus which was released in 1898. The film was showed the day and light of the circus.
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On December 5th it is the 100th anniverssary where Max Fleischer made a patent for the Rotoscope. This invention would eventually revolutionize the look of animated films. The rotoscope is old school motion capture frame by frame they would draw over a person.
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Introduced color to cartoons, animations, and films.
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standardized at 24 frame Per second.
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The Jazz singer was created with motion picture, and the Vitaphone. It was the most advanced sound-on-disc at the time. This would soon become the standard for taking pictures.
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Characters like Betty Boop, Felix The Cat, and Bugs Bunny began to grow.
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Early experiments happened within 1940s-1950s. It paved the way for Toy story to be made in 1996.
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The first time cartoons and live action co-existed in the same film.
