-
Period: to
History of Animation
-
Thaumatrope
An invention created by John Paris, this form of animation was a disc with pictures on either side. When twirled, the pictures would form together. -
Phenakistoscope
The phenakistoscope was invented by Joseph Plateau. It was a series of animations that, when spun, created a repeated moving image. -
Flipbook Animation
A flipbook is bits of paper that when flipped through, create a scene of some kind. They are still made today but are the basics of animation. -
Praxinoscope
It used a circle of pictures placed around the mirrors. Then you spin the device and the pictures reflected in the mirrors moved -
First Motion Picture Film
The first motion picture film was made in 1888 by a Louis Le Prince. -
Colour Television
This was when colour television was invented by Jan Szczepanik. -
Stop Motion Animation
The first stop motion animation was the Humpty Dumpty Circus, created by Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton. -
Warner Bros.
This company opened by four founding brothers soon became one of Hollywoods most sucessful businesses by 1924. -
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, this was one of the first films to use stop motion animation technology. -
Claymation
One of the first claymation productions was called The Sculptor's Welsh Rarebit Dream and was made by Edison Manufacturing in the US. -
Gertie the Dinosaur
This was one of the first cartoons that included a character that seemed to have a personality. It used keyframe animation and was created by Winsdor McCay. -
Alice in Wonderland
The first movie made by Walt Disney that had a running time of roughly 13 minutes. -
Disney Brothers Cartoon
This industry opened by a handful of people has now become one of the world's leading movie animators. -
Mickey Mouse
The first Mickey Mouse film released by Wlat Disney was 'Plane Crazy'. The second one had sound and was known as 'Steamboat Willie'. -
Snow White
The first full-length colour film produced by Walt Disney. -
The Smurfs
After being a comic book for some time, this franchise turned into a tv show with sound and colour created by Pierre Culliford. -
CGI Animation
This early stage of computer animation was created by Edward E. Zajac, Frank W. Sinden, Kenneth C. Knowlton, and A. Michael Noll. -
Star Wars
This franchise focused heavily on special effects and some CGI and was created by George Lucas. -
Toy Story
This Disney Pixar film was the first film to be completely made on computer.
