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The phenakistoscope
The inventor of phenakistoscope was Joseph Plateau. This device was created after the Zoetrope. The phenakistoscope was an early animation device that used of vision principle to create an illusion of motion. -
Stop Motion Animation
Stop Motion is a technique of animation involving physical models as opposed to drawings or CGI. Independent animator Mike Jittlov has been known to animate anything and everything with Stop Motion, including himself ( his famous shorts "Fashionation"). Stop motion animation can be done on live actors as well - in this case it's called "pixilation". "Claymation", a trademark owned by Laika for its clay-based animation technique, is just one form of stop-motion animation. -
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The Silent Age of Animation
The earliest known/existing cartoon as we know it is the 1908 French short film Phantasmagorie by Emile Cohl. But in the west, thanks to men like Winsor McCay (who made Gertie the Dinosaur, 1914) Winsor McCay was not happy with the idea of "Assembly Line" cartoons and regarded their work as inferior to his own. He spent years working on his cartoons like Little Nemo (1905- 1914). -
The Enchanted Drawing
Directed and created by J. Stuart Blackton. The artist rapidly draws on the paper a clever sketch of a bottle of wine and a goblet, and then, to the surprise of all, actually removes them from the paper on which they were drawn and pours actual wine out of the bottle into a real glass. What makes the drawing unique, is that the drawing went back to the original. -
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Little Nemo
The creator of Little Demo was Winsor McCay. It was a weekly Sunday comic strip written by Winsor McCay. -
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Walt Disney
He started out as a boy who wanted to entertain people. He attempted various careers to find out how best to do that—acting, cartooning, filmmaking—until he decided to try and break into the new and expanding field of animation. Walt Disney's animation studio, Walt Disney Productions, (1923) which he founded with his brother Roy, became a pop culture phenomenon. Mickey Mouse (1928) became beloved by children everywhere during The Golden Age of Animation. -
Cel Animation
A traditional form of animation used in the production of cartoons or animated movies where each frame of the scene is drawn by hand. Working at first on paper, a traditional cel animation team will plan out and sketch the animated frames (roughs) or the key positions in a sequence before sketching in every frame of the sequence (in between). Numerous sheets are layered on top of each other as more than one character or object is moving. -
Gertie the Dinosaur
Gertie the Dinosaur was created and animated by Winsor McCay. Gertie the Dinosaur was unique with a personality and a lot of mixed emotions, that influenced many artists and future animation pioneers. -
Warner Bros.
Mickey Mouse became beloved by children everywhere during The Golden Age of Animation, and soon after his Three Little Pigs short met similar fame and success. They established Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., in 1923. The eldest of the brothers, Harry, was the president of the company and ran its headquarters in New York City, while Albert was its treasurer and head of sales and distribution. Sam and Jack managed the studio in Hollywood. -
The Bouncing Ball
The bouncing ball was named and invented by Max Fleischer, the founder of Fleischer Studios. -
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The Golden Age of Animation
The Golden Age Of Animation is a period in animation history that is generally agreed to have begun on November 18th, 1928, with the release of Steamboat Willie. Max Fleischer was experimenting with animated lip-synch through his groundbreaking animation series Song Cartunes – namely with their final effort By The Light of the Silvery Moon,which lasted from 1924–1927. Lantz in collaboration with Bill Nolan produced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts beginning in 1929 and lasting into 1937. -
Cut Out Animations
The first animator to make a cutout animation was Lotte Reiniger. She used elaborate paper silhouettes to tell a full, feature-length, magical story. What makes it unique, is that's its a technique for producing animation using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card board, stiff fabric or even photos. -
Steamboat Willie
Animated by Les Clark, Ub Iwerks, and Wilfred Jackson. The Steamboat Willie was created by two greta wonders Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios. The Steamboat Willie was the first Mickey Mouse film released and the first cartoon with synchronized sound. -
Disney vs Warner Bros.
Throughout the 1930s and into the 40s, Disney established itself as the dominant masters of cinematic animation. The animated shorts were so successful the company started to make longer films. Warner Brothers changed all that! They started their animation department in 1930 in an attempt to duplicate the success Disney was having. They began with their “Merry Melodies” shorts, which were cartoons made to promote their music (They had acquired four music publishing companies). -
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The Dark Age of Animation
Originally, Limited Animation was primarily an artistic choice for filmmakers like Chuck Jones, Robert Cannon, and John Hubley who were tired of Disneyfication. They created not only successful kids fare in the 60s like Yogi Bear, but prime time series like The Flintstones and The Jetsons, which created a whole new television animation genre. Filmation also got its start during this time, although it wouldn't hit prominence until much later during the '80s.
