The History of Animation

By Wilpatr23

  • First Photo

    The first photo was taken around this time by Nicéphore Niépce, but at least eight hours of exposure in the camera were required.

  • The Praxinoscope

    The Praxinoscope 1877 by Charles-Émile Reynaud. It was a device that spun around single images in a sequence creating a moving image.

  • The start of animation

    A man named H.W. Goodwin invented a celluloid film which could hold images. It was made of gum cotton and gum camphor.

  • The first Cinema

    In 1892, Émile Reynaud opened a cinema known as Théâtre Optique. He projected films he drew on a material called celluloid.

  • The Kinetoscope

    1893 Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope Using the celluloid film developed by H.W. Goodwin, Edison was able to produce moving film pictures on the wall. The film moved over a series of wheels to produce the pictures.

  • The first animated film

    A guy named Emile Cohl produced a film called "Fantasmagorie." It is known today as the first official animated film.

  • Animation studio

    Raoul Barré and Bill Nolan opened the first animation studio in New York in 1914

  • Disney

    In 1923, Walt and Roy Disney, Ub Iwerks, and other animators
    formed a company called Disney.

  • The first full-length film

    Walt Disney produced the first-ever full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

  • Computer generated movies

    At the University of Utah, a man named Ed Catmull developed a method of creating computer generated movies.

  • 3-D

    Apple produced a method for creating 3-D films.

  • First 3-D movie

    In 1995 Toy Story was released as the first full-length 3-D film.

  • The present day

    Now, hundreds of animated movies come out every year. The animation industry has come a long way since 1827.