(The History of Animation) Alex

By Zeth Bell

  • The Thaumatrope was created by John Ayerton Paris

    The thaumatrope is the most basic of motion toys. It consists of a disc that is attached to two pieces of string. When twirled, the images on the sides of the disc are perceived together as a single image.

  • birth of photagraphy

    Animation on film was only possible because of invention of photography in 1827 by Joseph Niépce.

  • The Phenakistoscope was created by Joseph Plateau

    Used a spinning disc attached vertically to a handle. The user would spin the disc and look through the moving slits at the disc's reflection in a mirror.

  • The Praxinoscope was invented by Charles-Émile Reynaud.

    This improved on the zoetrope by replacing its narrow viewing slits with an inner circle of mirrors.

  • Eadweard J. Muybridge gives motion to pictures

    Using twenty-four cameras, a system of trip shutters, and high speed film, Muybridge’s series of still photographs gave the impression of motion.

  • George Melies Creates A trip to the Moon

    In 1902, Georges Méliès made his most famous film, “A Trip to the Moon.The film included the celebrated scene in which a spaceship hits the man in the moon in the eye.

  • Émile Cohl creates Fantasmagorie

    In 1908, Cohl created “Fantasmagorie.” This animation was created using an illuminated glass plate for his table while drawing black lines on paper

  • Otto Messmer creates felix the cat

    In 1919, Otto Messmer created Felix the Cat for the Pat Sullivan Studios.

  • the golden age of animation

    , many film studios were in California and had their own animation departments. The major animation studios were:
    Disney Studios
    Warner Brothers (Leon Schesinger)
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    Universal Studios (Walter Lantz)
  • Walt Disney creates flowers and trees

    Walt Disney creates flowers and trees

    In 1932, “Flowers and Trees” was the first cartoon released in color. It won the first Academy Award presented to a cartoon.