Histoy of 2d animation

By robertkanalas

  • Phenakistiscope

    he phenakistiscope was developed. Many variations on these and other optical toys developed in this period. The phenakistoscope used a spinning disc attached vertically to a handle. Around the disc's center was a series of drawings showing phases of the animation, and cut through it was a series of equally spaced radial slits.

  • The Flip Book

    Development of the flip book which led to a coin machine 'viewer' based on a series of photographs being flipped by turning a handle.

  • Praxinoscope

    Emile Raynaud developed the praxinoscope which was the successor of the zoetrope. This was a spinning drum but one in which viewers saw moving images in a series of mirrors rather than through slots.

  • One of the First Motion Picture Film Cameras Made

    Although the date of the first movie camera is unknown the one made by Louis Le Prince was definately one of the first. He used a single lens camera and Eastmans paper film. He was not granted a patent for his single lens camera due to an interfering patent. He was granted a patent for his 16 lens camera that combined a motion picture camera with a projector

  • The invention of plasticine

    William Harbutt invented plasticine. This is used for model animation, now made famous by Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run.

  • first recorded uses of animation in adverstising

  • Stop Motion Animation

    Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton were the first people to use stop motion animation in 1898 when they created The Humpty Dumpty Circus. Info (actual date unknown)

  • Sherlock Homes Baffled

    Arthur Marvin was the first person to use Arthur Conan Doyle's detective character in a short feature film. Since the show includes a detective it is also considered the first detective film recorded. The show has a running time of 30 seconds. Info (actual date unknown)

  • J. Stuart Blackton Directs Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

    This was one of the first films that used stop-motion. It is a silent film that was produced by J. Stuart Blackton in 1906. Info (actual date unknown)

  • first proper animated film for cinema entertainment

    Windsor McCay, a pioneer animator produced the first proper animated film for cinema entertainment called Gertie the Dinosaur. This was a silent film in black and white.

  • Walt Disney Brings Out Alice's Wonderland

    Alice's Wonderland was the first Disney film featuring Alice. It was a black and white, silent film with a running time of 12 minutes and 29 seconds. Info (actual date unknown)

  • Mickey Mouse is Introduced

    Mickey Mouse was introduced and voiced by Walt Disney in 1928 after he lost his character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Mickey's first debut was in Plane Crazy. The first Mickey cartoon with sound was Steamboat Willie

  • Tom and Jerry, the First Installment

    Tom and Jerry were first introduced in 1931 by Van Beuren in a short film called Wot a Night, lasting 8 minutes and 19 seconds. The series only lasted 2 years. In 1940 Joseph Barbera and William Hanna re-created the series using a cat and a mouse.

  • The Smurfs are Introduce by Pierre Culliford

    Pierre Culliford introduced the Smurfs first in a comic strip in a Belgian magazine, Spirou. Later it was translated into English and was made into a childrens cartoon by the Hanna-Barbera Productions

  • Jurassic Park Creates Realistic Animals

    In 1993 the first Jurassic Park film was released. It was praised for its use of CGI and being able to create realistic animals

  • Toy Story Begins

    Toy Story was released in 1995 by Disney/Pixar. It was the first Disney/Pixar film made, as well as the first feature film made entirely with CGI (computer-generated imagery) basically meaning, it was made 100% on the computer.