Animation history

  • Who began the cycle

    H.W. Goodwin was the start of what we have today. He invented a film called celluloid made from gum cotton and gum camphor. This celluloid film was the first to be able to hold images.his invention paved the way to the good and bd of animation.
  • Audio

    In 1899 audio was introduced to Animation enthusiasts. The Audio recorder was magnetic. this was the first time animators were connected to technology which led to future events.
  • Drawing amplified

    1900 James Stuart Blackton had developed a new animation technique for drawing. This technique had a way of showing the characters without showing the artist. because of this the drawings appeared to just show up out of nowhwhere.
  • First animation

    The first animation was made in 1908. It was an french animation by Emile Cohl. This was one of the earliest examples of a animation. This animations was also hand drawn. Most historians considered it the first animated cartoon.
  • Gertie the Dinosaur

    Gertie was made in 1914 by Winsor McCay. McCay was an American cartoonist and animator. This short film was one of the earliest to feature a dinosaur. In the film Gertie had performed tricks under command of a person.
  • Felix the Cat

    Created in 1919 was Felix the cat a great success. Products had been sold because of how popular Felix was . He was created by two people Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer. Felix was basically the prototype before the well known Tom from Tom&Jerry. He was also voiced by 10 different people over time.
  • Warner Bros. born

    Warner Bros. Studio is born in 1930. Undoubtedly one of the most well known companies. They started with Looney Toons that became its own show.
  • Animation Advancement

    After Disney was born they came up with a new look into making animations. It was a 3-strip Technicolor this became the most popular process in Hollywood. the more popular films it was used in was The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Soon after Disney made the 3- strip Technicolor they came out with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.This was the longest movie so far running for 83 min or 1hour and 23 min
  • Character Development

    While the animation quality grows over time so did memorable characters. These characters included Woody Woodpecker, Mighty Mouse, and Tom and Jerry. This became the opining for more cartoon characters to rise in popularity.
  • Computer Animation

    The start of computer animation began at the University of Utah. Ed Catmull had came up with a new method of creating movies. This new form used scripting language to develop the movie.
  • 3-D

    after some decades Apple had made computer capable of making a 3-D film. This type of film would pop out at the person watching the movie .Later in 1995 Toy story was the first 3-D film made.