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The History of Animation

  • Flip Book Animation Introduced!!

    Flip Book Animation Introduced!!
    An example of flipbook animation
    The first flip book appeared in September 1st, 1868, when it was patented by John Barnes Linnett under the name kineograph (More known the"moving picture")
  • Stop Motion Animation

    Stop Motion Animation
    Not the original but a stop motion animation of humpty dumpty
    Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton were the first people to use stop motion animation when they created The Humpty Dumpty Circus in 1898.
  • Gertie the Dinosaur

    Gertie the Dinosaur
    Gertie The Dinosaur
    Gertie the Dinosaur was released by Winsor McCay. It was not the first animated film made but is the first cartoon that had a character with an appealing personality. It was made using keyframe animation and it has a running time of 12 minutes.
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    Snow Whit song showing the animation in the movie!
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first full-length animated movie. As well as the first film produced in full colour and the first to be produced by Walt Disney.
  • Star Wars Starts using Special Effects in their Movies!

    Star Wars Starts using Special Effects in their Movies!
    Shows some special effects that were put into the star wars movie.
    Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is the first of 6 films in the Star Wars film series. It was written/directed by George Lucas. It relied on the computer for its special effects but in the end came out with a wonderful end result.
  • Toy Story Begins

    Toy Story Begins
    Trailer for Toy Story
    Toy Story was released in 1995 by Disney/Pixar. It was the first Disney/Pixar film made, also the first feature film made entirely with CGI, which basically means it was made 100% on the computer. Rather than with paper (like the flipbook animations).