The History of Animation

  • Thaumatrope

    Thaumatrope

    Created by John Ayerton Paris
    Disk is spun, images imerge
    Persistence of vision
  • Birth of Photography

    Birth of Photography

    Joseph Niepce
  • Phenakistoscope

    Phenakistoscope

    Spindle viewer
    spinning disk attached vertically to handle
  • Zoetrope

    Zoetrope

    Created by Wiliam Horner
    Also called Daedalum (wheel of the devil)
    Cylinder with slits cut vertically on sides
  • Tin Type Photos

    Tin Type Photos

    Louis Daguerre (Daguerre types)
  • Praxinoscope

    Praxinoscope

    Created by Charles Emile Reynaud
    Better version of Zoetrope
  • Improvement of Photography

    Improvement of Photography

    George Eastman
    Transparent Flexible Film
  • Celluloids

    Celluloids

    Made animation easier to manage
    Used in 1st half of 20th century
  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie

    Movie cartoon with sound
    MIckey Mouse
    Created by Walt Disney
  • Pioneers of Animation

    Pioneers of Animation

    Drawing photos one at a time