History of Animation

By nfrauenheim

  • The Magic Lamp

    1) Circa 1650
    2) A Lens would project an image through a lens onto a flat surface
    3) Created by Giovanni Fontana
    4) Used by Christiaan Huygens and Athanasius Kircher
    "History of Animation." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    1) 1812
    2) Published by the Brothers Grimm
    3) Originally titled Seewittchen in German
    4) Revised all the way until 1854
    5) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7IB28VpGD0 info&Pic: "Snow White." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2016.
    Vid: Kidsanimations. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Grimm's Fairy Tales - Full Movie." YouTube. YouTube, 10 Mar. 2014. Web. 16 Sept. 2016.

  • Thaumatrope

    Thaumatrope
    1) 1824
    2) A disc with two different images, when disc moves images appear to combine
    3) Created by Sir John Herschel
    4) Popularized by John Aryton Paris when demonstrated to Royal College of Physicians
    5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SivM3UVHMeg
    "History of Animation." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.
    "Interesting Optical Device – Thaumatrope." Intelligent Heritage. N.p., 18 Sept. 2010. Web. 13 Sept. 2016
    Chopsticks78. "Thaumatrope: Bird & Cage." YouTube

  • The Phenakistoscope

    The Phenakistoscope
    1) Phenakistoscope created 1832
    2) Pictures moving through a disc showed image moving illusion 3) Created by Joseph Plateau
    4) This was the first device of animation evolution
    5) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4B3FHHt_k8 INFO&PIC: By 1891, Edison and Dickson Have Their Kinetograph Camera. "EarlyCinema.com." EarlyCinema.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2016.

  • Zoetrope

    Zoetrope
    1) 1834
    2) Created by William George Horner
    3) Pre-film animation, movement illusion
    4) From the Victorian Era
    5) Cylindrical shape and fast picture flashes
    6) Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5khDGKGv088
    "Zoetrope." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.
    AnimationIL. "Pixar's Zoetrope - YouTube." YouTube. YouTube, 31 Dec. 1969. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.

  • The Flip Book

    The Flip Book
    1) 1868
    2) created by John Barnes Linnet
    3) Series of pictures flipped together to make it seem like moving
    4) Flip books were the most inspiring to later animaters
    5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e1GKG-Gmjk
    Info&Pic: "History of Animation." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.
    Video: Travelry. "Japanese Flip Books." YouTube. YouTube, 15 Nov. 2014. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.

  • The Creation of the Praxinoscope

    The Creation of the Praxinoscope
    1)Praxinoscope was created in 1877
    2) Created by Charles-Émile Reynaud
    3) He used this for the first time in Paris
    4) used October 28, 1892
    5) The animation was titled Pauvre Pierrot.
    6) Video:
    /Users/frauenheim_natalie/Desktop/Praxinoscope.mp4
    "Jack and Beverly's Praxinoscopes." Jack and Beverly's Praxinoscopes. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.

  • Little Nemo

    Little Nemo
    1) 1911
    2) created by Winsor McCay
    3) successful comic strip turned into a animation
    4) Colorized by hand
    5) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f8tfSHIU_g
    Info: I, By That. "A Very Short History of Animation." A Very Short History of Animation. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.
    Mcanguish1977. "Little Nemo (1911) Aka Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics." YouTube. YouTube, 29 July 2013. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.

  • First Interactive Animation

    First Interactive Animation
    1) created 1914 by Winsor McCay
    3) Legendary cartoonist
    4) Created Little Nemo cartoon
    5) interacted with the Dinosaur and talk for it and himself
    By 1923, the Cat's Star Power at the Box Office Rivaled Not Only Chaplin's, but Buster Keaton's and Fatty Arbuckle's, as Well. From Germany to China, People Were Fascinated by the Technology That Enabled Felix to Take His Tail off and Turn It into a Penci. "10 Landmark Moments in Animation History." Mental Floss. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.

  • Felix the Cat

    Felix the Cat
    1) 1920
    2) Most popular series and character at the time
    3) began as Feline Follies from Sullivan's Studios
    4) also huge merchandising image
    5) video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amGbBFsiuzc
    info&pic: I, By That. "A Very Short History of Animation." A Very Short History of Animation. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.
    Video:UrChatNoir. "Felix The Cat - 1959 - The Magic Bag." YouTube. YouTube, 23 June 2007. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.

  • Mickey Mouse

    Mickey Mouse
    1) 1928
    2) Created by Walt Disney
    3) Steamboat Willie was first successful animation with sound
    4) beginning of the Disney studios
    5) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NQyzcDnMdE
    info: I, By That. "A Very Short History of Animation." A Very Short History of Animation. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.
    Gabrielaparentestudi. "Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Willie (1928)." YouTube. YouTube, 27 July 2012. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.

  • Looney Tunes

    Looney Tunes
    1) 1930
    2) Created by Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising
    3) A rip-off of Disney's Silly Symphonies
    4) New episode once a month
    5) video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2yPW1fWq_Y
    Info&Pic: I, By That. "A Very Short History of Animation." A Very Short History of Animation. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.
    Video: Duckaspresident9447. "Looney Tunes 1930-1969." YouTube. YouTube, 23 Apr. 2016. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.

  • Betty Boop

    Betty Boop
    1) 1930
    2) Created by Grim Natwick
    3) originally supposed to be a dog
    4) Modeled after Mae West
    5) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dNgezTJdEE
    Info&pic: I, By That. "A Very Short History of Animation." A Very Short History of Animation. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.
    Video: Http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt5RpancAhbenw9cHqX1_sA. "Non-Stop Betty Boop Classic Cartoons - FULL EPISODES." YouTube. YouTube, 04 Jan. 2014. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.

  • Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park
    1) 1993
    2) Produced by Universal Studios
    3) First film to use animated yet life looking creatures
    4) was a novel originally
    5) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bim7RtKXv90 Underpollo. "Jurassic Park First Trailer." YouTube. YouTube, 23 June 2006. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.
    "Jurassic Park." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.

  • Toy Story

    Toy Story
    1) 1995
    2) Produced by Pixar animation studios
    3) first full length 3D animated film
    4) released by Walt Disney Studios
    5) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgoiKLFBA3Q Http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTSbsxz78PM5Mq6RoGfZ4XA. "Toy Story Opening." YouTube. YouTube, 24 Sept. 2015. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.
    "Toy Story." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.